Home advantage could prove decisive in Niort - Épinal battle

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 15.Sep
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Another intriguing match in the National. Niort is in the 6th place from participating in five fixtures. They welcome Épinal who are placed 17th from five matches.

Insights:
  • Niort have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Épinal have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in National

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Niort form and stats

Seven points from three National home games is a great start for Niort, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stade René Gaillard.

A nice win for Niort last time playing, versus Cholet. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0. At last, a league win after three games without.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Nancy the opponent.

Early season league goal statistics from Niort's 3 home games: {6 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Épinal form and stats

The National season is young and Épinal have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Épinal's previous game was their home loss versus Sochaux (0-3).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cholet wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Épinal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Épinal have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Niort victory, one draw and one Épinal win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortK. Gasnier
K. Gasnier
3 goals
ÉpinalE. Lepaul
E. Lepaul
2 goals

Niort missing players

Épinal missing players

Niort Épinal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 0 2 5
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
8 6 0 Scored S 0 3 4
7 3 0 Conceded C 0 4 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
20% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 60%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 40%
 
3.6 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
4.8 3.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1.5 3.2
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.6 9.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 5.4
3.4 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1.2
47% 55% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 150% 67%
 
10.6 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 3 6.2
4.4 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.6
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Niort's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Épinal's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Niort have created more than twice as many corners as Épinal.
  • Niort have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Niort have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Épinal have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Épinal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Épinal have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Épinal have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in National
  • Épinal have the most matches over the total-line (4) in National
  • Épinal have yet to win a game.
Niort Last season Épinal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   15 30
7 5   Won W   9 17
8 4   Drew D   4 7
23 10   Lost L   2 6
35 24   Scored S   27 55
67 36   Conceded C   14 34
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
71% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 83%
58% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 60%
26% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 40%
16% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
50% 68%   BTTS BTTS   67% 67%
11% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 23%
47% 32%   Failed to Score F T   13% 17%
 
3.9 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 2.6
4.6 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 2.8
1.5 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.2
4 3   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9.3 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 5.8
3.3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 2.9
28% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 52%
 
12.7 12.3   Shots against (avg) S A   6.2 4.2
4.9 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.6 1.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Red Star 5 4 0 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 12
2 Le Mans 5 2 3 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 9
3 Chasselay MDA 5 2 2 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 4 8
4 Dijon 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 8
5 Châteauroux 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 8
6 Niort 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 8
7 Martigues 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 8
8 Villefranche 5 2 2 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 8
9 Avranches 5 2 1 2 10 9 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 2 5 9 1 7
10 Nancy 5 1 4 0 8 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 6
11 Rouen 5 1 3 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 6
12 Cholet 5 2 0 3 5 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 6
13 Nîmes 5 0 4 1 5 7 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Versailles 4 0 3 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Sochaux 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 -2 3
16 Orléans 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 3
17 Épinal 5 0 2 3 4 9 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 2
18 Marignane Gignac CB 5 0 2 3 3 9 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 2

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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.