Evenly matched teams: Dunkerque vs Bourg-en-Bresse match preview

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 16.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

The table tells us that 5 points split the two two sets of gladiators in this National game. Dunkerque carry both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the most points (16) away in National

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Dunkerque form and stats

Dunkerque have collected 13 points from their National home games so far after 4-1-3.

A good away victory last time out for Dunkerque, who won 1-0 against Le Puy F.43 Auvergne (placed 16th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Martigues (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dunkerque have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 1.

It should be added that a peek at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Dunkerque has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Dunkerque are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Marcel-Tribut in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bourg-en-Bresse form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the National.

Bourg-en-Bresse played 1-1 against Orléans in their previous match. As mentioned above, Bourg-en-Bresse drew the match against Orléans. Manager Pochat brought on Ezikian to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Le Mans.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bourg-en-Bresse playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were 6 Bourg-en-Bresse wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Bourg-en-Bresse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Bourg-en-Bresse have put together a streak of 8 consecutive games without losing (6-2-0) when playing Dunkerque.

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueS. Baghdadi
S. Baghdadi
7 goals
DunkerqueR. Ghrieb
R. Ghrieb
3 goals
Bourg-en-BresseM. Ezikian
M. Ezikian
3 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Bourg-en-Bresse missing players

Dunkerque Bourg-en-Bresse
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 15
8 4 1 Won W 1 5 5
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
6 3 1 Lost L 1 2 5
21 10 4 Scored S 1 11 19
16 5 3 Conceded C 2 7 20
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 87%
40% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
20% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 20%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 13%
27% 12% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 60%
47% 62% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 27%
33% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 13%
 
4.9 4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 4.9
5.5 5.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 5.8 4.9
2.1 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
11 11.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.5 11.7
4.9 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5 4.9
29% 27% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 26%
 
10 10.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.4 10.9
4.7 5.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.1 5.1
Key stats in National this season:
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the most points (16) away in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dunkerque have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in National
  • Dunkerque have the most clean sheets (5) at home in National
  • Dunkerque have won significantly less 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 15 9 3 3 27 16 8 5 1 2 15 8 7 4 2 1 12 8 11 30
2 Versailles 15 7 5 3 20 15 8 5 2 1 14 7 7 2 3 2 6 8 5 26
3 Martigues 15 6 8 1 25 18 7 4 3 0 14 8 8 2 5 1 11 10 7 26
4 Dunkerque 15 8 1 6 21 16 8 4 1 3 10 5 7 4 0 3 11 11 5 25
5 Red Star 15 6 7 2 19 10 7 3 2 2 8 7 8 3 5 0 11 3 9 25
6 Cholet 15 5 7 3 19 16 8 4 4 0 11 4 7 1 3 3 8 12 3 22
7 Sedan 15 5 5 5 16 21 7 3 1 3 7 9 8 2 4 2 9 12 -5 20
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 15 5 5 5 19 20 7 0 4 3 8 13 8 5 1 2 11 7 -1 20
9 Le Mans 15 5 5 5 28 17 7 4 3 0 20 4 8 1 2 5 8 13 11 20
10 Nancy 15 5 4 6 14 16 8 4 2 2 9 6 7 1 2 4 5 10 -2 19
11 Orléans 15 3 10 2 16 12 7 1 5 1 5 5 8 2 5 1 11 7 4 19
12 Avranches 15 5 3 7 14 21 7 2 2 3 9 10 8 3 1 4 5 11 -7 18
13 Châteauroux 15 4 6 5 15 19 8 2 3 3 8 11 7 2 3 2 7 8 -4 18
14 Villefranche 15 4 6 5 17 20 8 3 3 2 10 9 7 1 3 3 7 11 -3 18
15 Gobelins 15 3 7 5 13 14 7 1 5 1 7 4 8 2 2 4 6 10 -1 16
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 15 3 5 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 5 9 8 2 3 3 6 11 -9 14
17 Bastia-Borgo 15 2 4 9 15 31 8 2 2 4 10 17 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 10
18 Stade Briochin 15 1 7 7 17 24 8 0 4 4 8 12 7 1 3 3 9 12 -7 10

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.