National game preview: Châteauroux versus Bourg-en-Bresse

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

We love the setup of this game, with Châteauroux placed 5th and Bourg-en-Bresse in 3rd. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Châteauroux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the most scored goals (41) in National

This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Châteauroux form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 National games here at Stade Gaston Petit for Châteauroux. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Châteauroux after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Châteauroux are returning here after visiting Sète and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Mexique scored the goal(s).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Stade Briochin (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Châteauroux handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and one defeat.

A decent goal production from Châteauroux in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 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 7 from 11 matches.

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Bourg-en-Bresse form and stats

6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Bourg-en-Bresse playing as the away team in the National this season.

Eickmayer, Quarshie and Marouani scored in Bourg-en-Bresse's previous match, the home game against Créteil that ended 3-2.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Le Mans at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Bourg-en-Bresse have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, zero draws and two defeats.

Bourg-en-Bresse have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 10 away matches. As opposed to that, Bourg-en-Bresse have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the match result Bourg-en-Bresse - Châteauroux 1-0 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Châteauroux wins - draws - Bourg-en-Bresse wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChâteaurouxT. Robinet
T. Robinet
13 goals
Bourg-en-BresseJ. Quarshie
J. Quarshie
9 goals
Bourg-en-BresseJ. Eickmayer
J. Eickmayer
5 goals

Châteauroux missing players

Bourg-en-Bresse missing players

Châteauroux Bourg-en-Bresse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 10 22
10 7 0 Won W 1 6 12
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 5
6 1 1 Lost L 1 3 5
27 19 0 Scored S 2 24 41
19 7 2 Conceded C 3 14 22
86% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
68% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
32% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 90% 55%
14% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 27%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 14%
41% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 55%
36% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 32%
36% 27% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 10% 23%
 
5.5 6.5 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.8
4 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 3.7 4
1.6 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.1
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.8 16.6 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.3 10.5
5.4 7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.4 4.9
23% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 55% 38%
 
9 8.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 7.5 7.2
3.5 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.3
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Bourg-en-Bresse's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the most matches over the total-line (13) in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the most scored goals (24) away in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the most scored goals (41) in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the the best goal difference (+10) away in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the the best goal difference (+19) in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 Concarneau 22 13 6 3 31 14 12 9 1 2 19 7 10 4 5 1 12 7 17 45
2 Laval 22 14 3 5 28 17 12 6 2 4 13 10 10 8 1 1 15 7 11 45
3 Bourg-en-Bresse 22 12 5 5 41 22 12 6 4 2 17 8 10 6 1 3 24 14 19 41
4 Annecy 22 11 7 4 31 17 10 7 3 0 20 3 12 4 4 4 11 14 14 40
5 Châteauroux 22 10 6 6 27 19 11 7 3 1 19 7 11 3 3 5 8 12 8 36
6 Villefranche 21 10 6 5 24 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 12 5 4 3 12 10 8 36
7 Sedan 22 9 8 5 28 21 12 7 3 2 15 8 10 2 5 3 13 13 7 35
8 Le Mans 22 9 6 7 22 20 11 6 2 3 12 8 11 3 4 4 10 12 2 33
9 Orleans 22 8 7 7 25 23 11 5 4 2 15 8 11 3 3 5 10 15 2 31
10 Cholet 22 9 3 10 34 41 10 6 2 2 23 16 12 3 1 8 11 25 -7 30
11 Red Star 22 8 2 12 34 34 11 4 1 6 15 16 11 4 1 6 19 18 0 26
12 Stade Briochin 22 6 8 8 19 20 11 6 2 3 16 8 11 0 6 5 3 12 -1 26
13 Avranches 22 7 4 11 20 37 10 5 0 5 11 18 12 2 4 6 9 19 -17 25
14 Sète 21 7 3 11 23 25 12 4 3 5 14 12 9 3 0 6 9 13 -2 24
15 Chambly 22 5 5 12 27 39 11 2 4 5 17 20 11 3 1 7 10 19 -12 20
16 Bastia-Borgo 21 3 7 11 21 37 10 3 4 3 15 15 11 0 3 8 6 22 -16 16
17 Créteil 21 4 4 13 20 37 10 3 3 4 11 14 11 1 1 9 9 23 -17 16
18 Boulogne 20 2 6 12 17 33 10 0 5 5 8 16 10 2 1 7 9 17 -16 11

Read more about National

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.