📏 Form Guide

Girondins de Bordeaux

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Bordeaux will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 Ligue 2 loss in their previous game against St Etienne.

In that match, Girondins de Bordeaux had 57% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Girondins de Bordeaux was Pedro Díaz (42'). Saint-Etienne had 24 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Irvin Cardona (90', 90') scored for St Etienne.

Albert Riera's Girondins de Bordeaux have managed to score 8 times in their past half-dozen outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 11.

USL Dunkerque

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USL Dunkerque go into this game following a 0-1 Ligue 2 win against Amiens SC in their last outing.

In that game, USL Dunkerque managed 51% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For their opponents, Amiens had 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Over the course of 5 of the previous six clashes involving USL Dunkerque, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that period comes to a paltry 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Dunkerque being 0.83. Previous results aside, time will tell whether that pattern shall persist here in this match.

Ahead of this clash, USL Dunkerque have not been beaten in their last 7 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Ligue 2 match day 19 on 19/12/2023 which ended up with the score at USL Dunkerque 0-2 Girondins de Bordeaux.

In that match, USL Dunkerque managed 40% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Girondins de Bordeaux had 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Žan Vipotnik (4') and Alberth Elis (70') scored.

The match was refereed by Thierry Bouille.

🗞️ Team News: Bordeaux

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Bordeaux manager Albert Riera to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Alberth Elis (Head injury) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: USL Dunkerque

Due to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the USL Dunkerque manager Luís Castro has no fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

🔮 Prediction

For this match, we think that USL Dunkerque will likely create enough chances to score a goal against this Girondins de Bordeaux team, although that possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 victory for Girondins de Bordeaux at full-time. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:04 23/04/2024