Football news and preview: Châteauroux odds-on when Boulogne visit

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 25.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston Petit (17072 seats)

The stage is lit for Châteauroux - Boulogne! Forget the ups and downs, this game could be cracking!

Insights:
  • Châteauroux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (21) in National

These are hectic days for the home side, as they had a game only four days ago in the National. That game was an away game at Concarneau, so at least Châteauroux are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Châteauroux form and stats

Châteauroux are steadily winning National games and points here at Stade Gaston Petit. 7 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Châteauroux drew their last game, 0-0 away at Concarneau (placed 2nd).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Laval.

Châteauroux have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Gaston Petit with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Châteauroux are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Gaston Petit in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.

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Boulogne form and stats

Boulogne have only collected 8 points from their away games in the National, after 2-2-9 (13 played). Boulogne are desperate to end a 19-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Bastia-Borgo fixture.

Boulogne are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the National.

Boulogne played 0-0 against Créteil in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Le Mans's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Boulogne as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Boulogne have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other previously this match year: Boulogne - Châteauroux 1-1. Châteauroux-Boulogne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Châteauroux six wins, Boulogne one win, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ChâteaurouxT. Robinet
T. Robinet
15 goals
BoulogneC. N'Sikulu
C. N'Sikulu
4 goals
ChâteaurouxN. Roux
N. Roux
3 goals

Châteauroux missing players

Boulogne missing players

Châteauroux Boulogne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 13 25
11 7 4 Won W 1 2 2
9 5 0 Drew D 2 2 8
6 1 0 Lost L 2 9 15
31 21 10 Scored S 6 12 21
21 9 2 Conceded C 8 22 40
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 88%
69% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 72%
27% 38% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 62% 52%
12% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 24%
8% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
42% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 52%
38% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 16%
35% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 54% 44%
 
5.2 6.2 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 2.8
4.3 3.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.1 2.6
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.8
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.6 15.8 21 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 7.5 6.4
5.3 6.7 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 2.9
22% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 29%
 
8.7 8.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.3 8
3.3 3 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.5 3.3
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (21) in National
  • Boulogne have the the worst goal difference (-19) in National
  • Châteauroux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Châteauroux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Châteauroux have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Laval 26 16 4 6 33 21 14 8 2 4 17 11 12 8 2 2 16 10 12 52
2 Concarneau 26 13 9 4 34 18 14 9 2 3 19 8 12 4 7 1 15 10 16 48
3 Annecy 26 13 8 5 38 23 13 8 4 1 25 8 13 5 4 4 13 15 15 47
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 26 13 7 6 45 25 13 6 5 2 18 9 13 7 2 4 27 16 20 46
5 Villefranche 26 12 7 7 30 23 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 6 4 3 14 11 7 43
6 Le Mans 26 12 7 7 28 22 13 8 2 3 15 8 13 4 5 4 13 14 6 43
7 Châteauroux 26 11 9 6 31 21 13 7 5 1 21 9 13 4 4 5 10 12 10 42
8 Sedan 26 10 9 7 31 27 14 7 3 4 15 12 12 3 6 3 16 15 4 39
9 Stade Briochin 26 10 8 8 30 24 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 2 6 5 10 15 6 38
10 Red Star 26 11 3 12 42 37 13 6 1 6 22 19 13 5 2 6 20 18 5 36
11 Orléans 26 8 10 8 28 27 13 5 5 3 16 10 13 3 5 5 12 17 1 34
12 Cholet 26 9 6 11 38 46 12 6 3 3 25 19 14 3 3 8 13 27 -8 33
13 Avranches 26 9 5 12 25 41 12 6 1 5 13 19 14 3 4 7 12 22 -16 32
14 Sète 26 7 5 14 27 34 13 4 4 5 15 13 13 3 1 9 12 21 -7 26
15 Chambly 26 5 7 14 31 48 13 2 6 5 21 24 13 3 1 9 10 24 -17 22
16 Créteil 26 5 6 15 27 45 13 4 4 5 17 19 13 1 2 10 10 26 -18 21
17 Bastia-Borgo 25 4 8 13 30 47 12 4 5 3 21 17 13 0 3 10 9 30 -17 20
18 Boulogne 25 2 8 15 21 40 12 0 6 6 9 18 13 2 2 9 12 22 -19 13

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The Championnat de France National, often referred to as just National or Division 3, is the third highest division in French football. It has 18 teams, each playing 34 fixtures to decide the champion. The top three teams in the league table in May are promoted, the four lowest placed sides are relegated.