Delightful dogfight as daring Concarneau duel with determined Boulogne

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 10.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Guy Piriou (6500 seats)

Concarneau are expected winners of this home match against Boulogne, if the league table is to be trusted. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Concarneau is in the best form (5-1-0) in National
  • Boulogne is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

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Concarneau form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Guy Piriou as Concarneau have scored 14 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the National are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Concarneau goalkeeper Vincent Viot is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 258 minutes without conceding a goal in the National.

Concarneau's previous game was a National match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Stade Briochin (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Laval with a 1-0 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Concarneau have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.

The Concarneau fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Concarneau are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Guy Piriou in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.

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Boulogne form and stats

There's been little loot from Boulogne's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the National. Boulogne only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

Boulogne failed to get anything from their last game, a National home match vs Laval (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Sedan.

Boulogne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

Boulogne have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Boulogne have conceded 11 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Concarneau wins - draws - Boulogne wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ConcarneauF. El Khoumisti
F. El Khoumisti
10 goals
ConcarneauL. Nomel
L. Nomel
3 goals
BoulogneM. Noc
M. Noc
3 goals

Concarneau missing players

Boulogne missing players

Concarneau Boulogne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 1 7 15
9 6 3 Won W 0 2 2
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
2 1 0 Lost L 1 4 8
23 14 6 Scored S 0 8 15
12 6 1 Conceded C 2 11 22
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
80% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 73%
33% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 47%
13% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 27%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
47% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 53%
53% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 20%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 40%
 
4.6 5.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 2.7
4 2.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 2.1
1.9 1.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 10.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.3 5.2
4 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.4 3
38% 41% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 33%
 
9.1 7.4 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.3 6.5
3.7 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 2.3
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boulogne have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in National
  • Boulogne have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Boulogne is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Concarneau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Concarneau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Concarneau have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Concarneau have the most points (19) at home in National
  • Concarneau have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Concarneau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Concarneau is in the best form (5-1-0) in National

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Villefranche 15 9 5 1 20 8 7 5 2 0 11 2 8 4 3 1 9 6 12 32
2 Bourg-en-Bresse 15 9 4 2 33 14 8 4 3 1 12 5 7 5 1 1 21 9 19 31
3 Concarneau 15 9 4 2 23 12 8 6 1 1 14 6 7 3 3 1 9 6 11 31
4 Annecy 14 9 3 2 25 10 6 5 1 0 15 1 8 4 2 2 10 9 15 30
5 Laval 15 8 2 5 17 13 8 3 1 4 9 9 7 5 1 1 8 4 4 26
6 Chateauroux 14 7 4 3 19 13 8 5 2 1 12 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 25
7 Sedan 15 5 8 2 14 9 8 4 3 1 7 3 7 1 5 1 7 6 5 23
8 Cholet 15 6 3 6 26 29 7 4 2 1 17 10 8 2 1 5 9 19 -3 21
9 Avranches 15 6 3 6 17 25 7 4 0 3 9 13 8 2 3 3 8 12 -8 21
10 Le Mans 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 4 2 2 9 6 7 1 3 3 6 8 1 20
11 Sete 15 6 1 8 20 21 8 4 1 3 14 10 7 2 0 5 6 11 -1 19
12 Red Star 15 5 1 9 21 27 7 3 0 4 9 11 8 2 1 5 12 16 -6 16
13 Chambly 15 4 3 8 19 26 7 2 2 3 14 13 8 2 1 5 5 13 -7 15
14 Orleans 15 3 5 7 14 18 7 2 3 2 8 5 8 1 2 5 6 13 -4 14
15 Stade Briochin 15 3 5 7 10 16 7 3 2 2 9 6 8 0 3 5 1 10 -6 14
16 Boulogne 15 2 5 8 15 22 8 0 4 4 7 11 7 2 1 4 8 11 -7 11
17 Creteil 15 2 4 9 9 24 8 2 3 3 6 11 7 0 1 6 3 13 -15 10
18 Bastia-Borgo 15 1 5 9 15 31 7 1 3 3 9 13 8 0 2 6 6 18 -16 8

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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.