A fast pace is expected at Stade Francis Turcan when Martigues face Dunkerque in what should be a superb fixture. Read the preview!
- Martigues have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in National
- Dunkerque is in the best form (5-0-1) in National
These teams have little in common geographically as Dunkerque have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Martigues form and stats
Martigues are steadily winning National games and points here at Stade Francis Turcan. 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games.
Martigues's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Dunkerque (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Orleans and winning 4-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Martigues perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Martigues as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Martigues has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Martigues have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Francis Turcan with 26 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Martigues have conceded only 14 goals.
Dunkerque form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (15) in National, are W8-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the National.
There might be some fixture complaints from Dunkerque as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Martigues. Before that defeat this side had taken at least one point from eight league games in a row.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Avranches.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dunkerque playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Dunkerque wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Dunkerque have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 21 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Martigues - Dunkerque 1-0 was the scoreline in these participants' last head to head match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Martigues wins - draws - Dunkerque wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ghrieb 10 goals |  K. Tlili 9 goals |  S. Baghdadi 9 goals |
Martigues missing players
Dunkerque missing players
| Martigues | Dunkerque | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 48 | 26 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 42 |
| 32 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 50% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 33% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 47% | 50% |
| 10% | 7% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 4 | 4.8 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 11.3 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.9 | 10.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 40% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 9.1 | 8.3 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.1 | 10.1 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
- Dunkerque have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in National
- Dunkerque have the most clean sheets (15) in National
- Dunkerque is in the best form (5-0-1) in National
- Martigues have the most points (32) at home in National
- Martigues have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in National
- Martigues 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 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 22 | 55 |
| 2 | Martigues | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 3 | Dunkerque | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Red Star | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | Versailles | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | Orleans | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Chateauroux | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 41 |
| 8 | Sedan | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 40 |
| 9 | Le Mans | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 39 |
| 10 | Cholet | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 39 |
| 11 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -2 | 38 |
| 12 | Avranches | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Nancy | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Villefranche | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Stade Briochin | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -5 | 33 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -17 | 28 |
| 17 | Gobelins | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 25 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 25 | -28 | 22 |
