Grenoble vs Boulogne Prediction & Betting Tips

Form guide

Grenoble's recent Ligue 2 results have swung both ways. They've beaten Laval and Rodez on the road, but also shipped four at Saint Etienne and lost at Dunkerque, so there's goals at both ends when they play.

Grenoble: 20 completed matches; Boulogne: 20 completed matches.

Grenoble

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

30

Difference

-5

Boulogne

20 matches

Win

10% 2 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

12

Conceded

23

Difference

-11

Boulogne's picture is much flatter. They haven't won any of their last seven league games, with five draws and two defeats, and they've barely scored - just three goals in that run. Zoom out to their last twenty matches across competitions and it's only two wins in total.

Boulogne's inability to win matches, not just draw them, is the clearest form signal here.

Comparative Team Statistics: Grenoble vs Boulogne

Head-to-head

The last two meetings have gone opposite ways. Grenoble and Boulogne drew 0-0 back in February, but Grenoble won 3-1 away from home the previous November. Older meetings stretch back over a decade and don't tell us much about these two teams now.

So recent history doesn't really point in a strong direction either way.

League table

Grenoble sit 13th with eight points from seven games. Boulogne are down in 17th with five points from the same number of matches. It's a tight gap in terms of points, even if the positions look further apart than they really are.

Discipline notes

A few players have picked up cards regularly this season. Grenoble's Akpa Akpro has four yellows in seven appearances, with Vidal and Diba not far behind. On Boulogne's side, Mion picked up a red card in just three matches, which hints at a bit of a short fuse, though that's not confirmation he'll even be involved by mid-October.

Grenoble:

Penalty cards:

J. Akpa Akpro x 4

C. Vidal x 3

S. Diba x 3

Boulogne:

Penalty cards:

M. Mion x 1 x 1

T. Brusco x 1 x 1

A. Hbouch x 2

How this one might play out

Grenoble have shown they can score goals but also concede plenty, which fits a team capable of an open game. Boulogne, by contrast, look set up to avoid defeat rather than chase wins, given how many low-scoring draws they've had recently.

That contrast could make for either a cagey afternoon shaped by Boulogne's caution, or a more open one if Grenoble's attacking side takes over. It's genuinely hard to say which version turns up, especially with the match still some weeks away.