National match preview: Le Puy F.43 Auvergne against Dunkerque

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 09.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charles Massot

A quick peek at the National standings suggest an edge to Dunkerque when they visit Le Puy F.43 Auvergne. Yet; let's play before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • All of Le Puy F.43 Auvergne's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Dunkerque have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Le Puy F.43 Auvergne and Dunkerque should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Le Puy F.43 Auvergne form and stats

Le Puy F.43 Auvergne's results here at Stade Charles Massot in the National have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats. When Le Puy F.43 Auvergne hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Martigues, Cholet, Concarneau, Red Star and Versailles), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Happy days for Auvergne in their previous game, a fixture away at Orléans (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win eight consecutive matches.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bourg-en-Bresse (0-2).

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league games, 8 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Le Puy F.43 Auvergne have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Le Puy F.43 Auvergne have conceded 8 goals.

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Dunkerque form and stats

As the visiting team in National matches, Dunkerque have produced an overall stat of 3-0-3 so far.

Dunkerque's previous game was their home loss versus Martigues (0-1).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Avranches at their stadium, the result 4-3.

The travelling fans enjoy Dunkerque's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Dunkerque struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueS. Baghdadi
S. Baghdadi
6 goals
AuvergneM. Ben Fredj
M. Ben Fredj
4 goals
DunkerqueR. Ghrieb
R. Ghrieb
3 goals

Le Puy F.43 Auvergne missing players

Dunkerque missing players

Le Puy F.43 Auvergne Dunkerque
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 1 6 14
3 1 1 Won W 1 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 6
11 5 2 Scored S 4 10 20
19 8 2 Conceded C 3 11 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 64%
21% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 43%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 14%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 29%
21% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 43%
36% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 36%
 
3.4 2.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 4.6
6.8 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.3 5.6
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 9.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 20 11.2 11.4
3.6 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 12 5.8 5.1
22% 18% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 28%
 
14.4 14.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.5 9.9
5.9 6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.8
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Le Puy F.43 Auvergne's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dunkerque haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Le Puy F.43 Auvergne have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 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 Concarneau 14 9 3 2 27 14 8 5 1 2 15 8 6 4 2 0 12 6 13 29
2 Versailles 14 7 4 3 20 15 8 5 2 1 14 7 6 2 2 2 6 8 5 25
3 Red Star 14 6 6 2 19 10 6 3 1 2 8 7 8 3 5 0 11 3 9 24
4 Martigues 14 5 8 1 23 18 6 3 3 0 12 8 8 2 5 1 11 10 5 23
5 Dunkerque 14 7 1 6 20 16 8 4 1 3 10 5 6 3 0 3 10 11 4 22
6 Cholet 14 5 7 2 18 14 8 4 4 0 11 4 6 1 3 2 7 10 4 22
7 Le Mans 14 5 4 5 27 16 7 4 3 0 20 4 7 1 1 5 7 12 11 19
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 14 5 4 5 18 19 6 0 3 3 7 12 8 5 1 2 11 7 -1 19
9 Nancy 14 5 4 5 14 15 8 4 2 2 9 6 6 1 2 3 5 9 -1 19
10 Orléans 14 3 9 2 15 11 7 1 5 1 5 5 7 2 4 1 10 6 4 18
11 Villefranche 14 4 5 5 16 19 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 1 3 3 7 11 -3 17
12 Châteauroux 14 4 5 5 14 18 8 2 3 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 6 7 -4 17
13 Sedan 14 4 5 5 14 20 6 2 1 3 5 8 8 2 4 2 9 12 -6 17
14 Avranches 14 4 3 7 13 21 6 1 2 3 8 10 8 3 1 4 5 11 -8 14
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 14 3 5 6 11 19 6 1 2 3 5 8 8 2 3 3 6 11 -8 14
16 Gobelins 14 2 7 5 9 14 6 0 5 1 3 4 8 2 2 4 6 10 -5 13
17 Bastia-Borgo 14 2 4 8 15 27 8 2 2 4 10 17 6 0 2 4 5 10 -12 10
18 Stade Briochin 14 1 6 7 16 23 7 0 3 4 7 11 7 1 3 3 9 12 -7 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.