National: The mid-table spots illustrates the road Dunkerque and Châteauroux have been on uptil now. Both squads are eager to play; let's bake this cake!
- Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Dunkerque form and stats
Dunkerque have played 11 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Dunkerque, their manager Revelli and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The home team returns to Stade Marcel-Tribut after drawing with Cholet (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Versailles (1-2).Dunkerque has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches.
Châteauroux form and stats
Playing away, Châteauroux have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the National this season.
Châteauroux's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Orléans that finished 1-1. The draw against Orléans came from a losing position. The Châteauroux manager Flachez brought on Roux as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bourg-en-Bresse at their stadium, the result 2-0.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Châteauroux have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Châteauroux - Dunkerque 1-0 was the output when this pair of squads last did battle, also in this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Dunkerque victories, two draws and two Châteauroux wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Baghdadi 7 goals |  R. Ghrieb 4 goals | A. Ba-Sy 4 goals |
Dunkerque missing players
Châteauroux missing players
| Dunkerque | Châteauroux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 59% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 41% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 14% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 36% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 45% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 23% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 5 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10.3 | 11.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.8 | 12.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 28% | 28% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 17% | 20% |
| 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Martigues | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 40 |
| 2 | Versailles | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 3 | Concarneau | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Red Star | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Cholet | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Sedan | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 7 | Dunkerque | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Orléans | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | Le Mans | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 29 |
| 10 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Châteauroux | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | Nancy | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 13 | Avranches | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 14 | Villefranche | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 15 | Stade Briochin | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 | Gobelins | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 17 |
