2nd position in the National table for Red Star so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Bourg-en-Bresse visits Stade Pierre Brisson.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Red Star form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Red Star have to build on here at Stade Pierre Brisson in the National. After failing to beat Creteil here at Stade Pierre Brisson, Red Star has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
In their previous game, the manager V. Bordot led his Red Star to a defeat in the Coupe de France match away at Nice. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Pierre Brisson. A strong away win before that one, visiting Toulon and winning 1-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Red Star perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Red Star as a small favourite), we find ten games. Red Star has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Red Star are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Red Star are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Pierre Brisson in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Bourg-en-Bresse form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the National. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Bourg-en-Bresse are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Bourg-en-Bresse delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Beziers (placed 12th) in their previous match; a National game. Preceding that, the 0-7 home loss versus Olympique Lyonnais.
It looked so good for Bourg-en-Bresse vs Beziers, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Bourg-en-Bresse in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Bourg-en-Bresse, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Bourg-en-Bresse have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bourg-en-Bresse have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bourg-en-Bresse - Red Star 1-4 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Red Star 5 wins, 3 draws and Bourg-en-Bresse 2 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Anani 11 goals |   M. Chahiri 10 goals |  M. Sao 2 goals |
Red Star missing players
Bourg-en-Bresse missing players
| Red Star | Bourg-en-Bresse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| 94% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 44% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 39% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 11% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 152 | 70 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 66 | 187 |
| 62 | 30 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 25 | 78 |
| 35% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 36% | 32% |
- Bourg-en-Bresse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bourg-en-Bresse haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Red Star is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Red Star | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Pau | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Lyon Duchere | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Avranches | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Boulogne | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Laval | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Creteil | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Cholet | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Beziers | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Quevilly Rouen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Bastia-Borgo | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | Concarneau | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Gazelec Ajaccio | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Toulon | 18 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 9 |