National match preview and statistics: Laval fight Boulogne

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Competition: France National
Date: Fri 10.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis Le Basser (18467 seats)

6th position in the National table for Laval so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Boulogne visits Stade Francis Le Basser.

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Laval form and stats

Laval have played 9 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Laval goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 485 minutes without conceding a goal in the National.

Laval drew their last game, 0-0 away at Bastia-Borgo (placed 13th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Avranches in a game that was won 3-0.

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 Laval have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 6 Drawn 2 Lost 3.

The Laval fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Laval are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Francis Le Basser in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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Boulogne form and stats

As the visiting team in National matches, Boulogne have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far.

Boulogne's last game was the home draw against Pau (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dunkerque that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Boulogne in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Boulogne, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Boulogne as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Boulogne as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Boulogne - Laval 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Laval won 2 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Boulogne has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

LavalA. Robic
A. Robic
6 goals
BoulogneS. Id Azza
S. Id Azza
6 goals

Laval missing players

Boulogne missing players

Laval Boulogne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 5 Played P 3 9 17
7 4 2 Won W 0 3 7
6 2 2 Drew D 1 2 4
4 3 1 Lost L 2 4 6
18 9 6 Scored S 1 6 15
12 5 2 Conceded C 4 8 14
88% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
59% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 59%
24% 11% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 24%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 11% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 22% 35%
47% 56% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 35%
29% 44% 40% Failed to Score F T 67% 56% 41%
 
5.5 6.6 7.2 Corners For (avg) C F 7 5.3 4.8
4.5 4.8 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.3 3.8 4
2.2 1.8 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.4
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 7
 
147 86 51 Total Shots T S 34 86 148
63 30 20 Shots on Target S O 15 37 71
29% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 11% 18%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
  • Laval has the fewest conceded goals (12)
  • Laval has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
  • Laval has the most matches under the total-line (13)

  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.