National preview: Can Dunkerque edge out victory against Quevilly Rouen?

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Competition: France National
Date: Fri 10.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel Tribut (4200 seats)

1st position in the National table for Dunkerque so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Quevilly Rouen visits Stade Marcel Tribut.

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Dunkerque form and stats

Dunkerque, who have the most scored goals (29) in National, have played 9 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Dunkerque.

A good away victory last time out for Dunkerque, who won 4-0 against Cholet (placed 11th). In the match before that, Dunkerque hosted Boulogne and drew the game 1-1.

As mentioned above, Dunkerque "killed" Cholet in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

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 Dunkerque have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.

The Dunkerque fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Dunkerque have conceded 9 goals.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Quevilly Rouen so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Quevilly Rouen won their last game, 2-0 versus Toulon played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Red Star before that.

We have checked recent matches where Quevilly Rouen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were W4-D1-L8.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Quevilly Rouen as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Quevilly Rouen have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Quevilly Rouen - Dunkerque 1-3. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 1 Dunkerque victory, 2 draws and 4 Quevilly Rouen wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueD. Boudaud
D. Boudaud
8 goals
DunkerqueM. Bayo
M. Bayo
8 goals
DunkerqueG. Bosca
G. Bosca
5 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Dunkerque Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 4 9 17
10 5 0 Won W 1 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 1 4 5
4 2 0 Lost L 2 4 8
29 17 1 Scored S 5 7 17
15 9 1 Conceded C 7 12 23
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 82%
76% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 56% 71%
59% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 41%
24% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 24%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 12%
53% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 35%
29% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 35%
24% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 56% 47%
 
5.2 4.9 3 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.4 4.6
4.1 4.4 9 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.2 5.6 5.4
2 2.1 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.6
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 3 4
 
209 119 8 Total Shots T S 41 79 145
84 48 3 Shots on Target S O 16 33 68
35% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 21% 25%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Dunkerque has the most points from losing position (13)
  • Dunkerque has the most scored goals (29)
  • Dunkerque has the the best goal difference (+14)
  • Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dunkerque have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Quevilly Rouen have scored away.
  • Dunkerque haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunkerque 17 10 3 4 29 15 9 5 2 2 17 9 8 5 1 2 12 6 14 33
2 Pau 17 9 6 2 27 16 9 5 3 1 21 11 8 4 3 1 6 5 11 33
3 Red Star 17 10 2 5 24 16 9 5 2 2 11 6 8 5 0 3 13 10 8 32
4 Villefranche 17 8 7 2 25 14 9 5 3 1 15 7 8 3 4 1 10 7 11 31
5 Lyon Duchere 17 9 4 4 28 18 8 4 3 1 14 6 9 5 1 3 14 12 10 31
6 Laval 17 7 6 4 18 12 9 4 2 3 9 5 8 3 4 1 9 7 6 27
7 Avranches 17 8 3 6 16 17 8 5 1 2 10 6 9 3 2 4 6 11 -1 27
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 17 7 5 5 23 21 9 4 4 1 14 8 8 3 1 4 9 13 2 26
9 Creteil 17 6 7 4 23 16 9 4 3 2 13 8 8 2 4 2 10 8 7 25
10 Boulogne 17 7 4 6 15 14 8 4 2 2 9 6 9 3 2 4 6 8 1 25
11 Cholet 17 6 4 7 22 26 8 5 1 2 12 9 9 1 3 5 10 17 -4 22
12 Quevilly Rouen 17 4 5 8 17 23 8 3 1 4 10 11 9 1 4 4 7 12 -6 17
13 Bastia-Borgo 17 3 7 7 19 27 8 3 1 4 12 15 9 0 6 3 7 12 -8 16
14 Beziers 16 3 6 7 18 27 8 3 2 3 10 12 8 0 4 4 8 15 -9 15
15 Concarneau 16 3 5 8 12 19 8 2 3 3 7 7 8 1 2 5 5 12 -7 14
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 17 2 5 10 17 29 8 0 4 4 6 11 9 2 1 6 11 18 -12 11
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 15 2 6 7 8 21 7 1 4 2 4 5 8 1 2 5 4 16 -13 11
18 Toulon 17 0 9 8 12 22 9 0 6 3 7 10 8 0 3 5 5 12 -10 9

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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.