La Roche VF host Bourg-en-bresse 01 in the French National. La Roche have been picking up wins regularly, while Bourg-en-bresse have found results much harder to come by lately.
The gap between the two sides already shows up clearly in the table, and that's before you even look at how each side has been playing over their recent matches.
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Recent form tells two different stories
La Roche VF's last 20 matches, spanning the back end of last season and the start of this one, read well: 11 wins, eight draws and just a single defeat, with 34 goals scored against only 15 conceded. It's worth noting that sample crosses two competition levels, so it's not a clean one-season picture, but the pattern of winning far more than losing is clear.
La Roche VF: 20 completed matches; Bourg-en-bresse 01: 20 completed matches.
La Roche VF
- Win
- 55% 11 / 20
- Draw
- 40% 8 / 20
- Loss
- 5% 1 / 20
- Scored
- 36
- Conceded
- 16
- Difference
- +20
Bourg-en-bresse 01
- Win
- 20% 4 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 60% 12 / 20
- Scored
- 11
- Conceded
- 28
- Difference
- -17
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 3 | La Roche VF | Aubagne | 03.10.2026 | 3-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Thionville Lusitanos | La Roche VF | 26.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Ligue 3 | La Roche VF | Valenciennes | 19.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Villefranche | La Roche VF | 12.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Ligue 3 | La Roche VF | Quevilly | 05.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Orleans | La Roche VF | 29.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Ligue 3 | La Roche VF | Cannes | 20.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Amiens | La Roche VF | 14.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Ligue 3 | La Roche VF | Versailles | 07.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Nantes | La Roche VF | 22.07.2026 | 1-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 3 | Rouen | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 03.10.2026 | 2-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Concarneau | 26.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Gobelins | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 19.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Bastia | 12.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Caen | 05.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Aubagne | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 29.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Thionville Lusitanos | 20.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 3 | Valenciennes | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 14.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Ligue 3 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Villefranche | 07.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | Dijon | 22.07.2026 | 1-2 |
Bourg-en-bresse 01's equivalent run looks very different. Five wins, four draws and 11 losses over the same number of games, with 27 goals let in against just 14 scored. That's a side that's been struggling to keep games tight, let alone win them.
La Roche go into this one with far more momentum behind them than their visitors.
Comparative Team Statistics: La Roche VF vs Bourg-en-bresse 01
League position matches the form
In the current National table, La Roche VF sit top with 18 points from eight games. Bourg-en-bresse 01 are down in 17th with just five points from the same number of matches, a 13-point gap this early in the season.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Roche VF | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12/7 | 18 |
| 2 | Rouen | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15/5 | 17 |
| 3 | Caen | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15/9 | 15 |
| 16 | Aubagne | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5/9 | 7 |
| 17 | Bourg-en-bresse 01 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5/13 | 5 |
| 18 | Villefranche | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7/19 | 4 |
La Roche have also conceded far fewer goals, seven against Bourg-en-bresse's 13, which lines up with the contrast seen in their broader form figures.
Not much to report on team news
There isn't a lot of player information to go on here. Bourg-en-bresse's M. Guel has picked up four yellow cards in 15 appearances this season, which is a fairly ordinary return rather than anything that points to trouble ahead.
x 4No wider injury or squad list is available for either side, so this is really just a minor discipline note rather than anything that should shape expectations.
What kind of game this could be
On the numbers, La Roche look the stronger side by a clear distance, both in their recent matches and in where they sit in the table. That alone doesn't guarantee a comfortable afternoon, though.
Bourg-en-bresse arrive as the side under pressure, and teams near the bottom sometimes dig in hard against the league leaders even when their overall form has been poor. It could easily be a game La Roche control without it being one-way traffic.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Guel | Côte d'Ivoire | 27 | Attacker | 172 | 80 |
| N. Vitré | France | 28 | Defender | 182 | 78 |
| Q. Lacour | France | 33 | Defender | 193 | 78 |
| F. Kembolo | France | 35 | Midfielder | 166 | 65 |
| M. Magassouba | France | 31 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Laspalles | France | 29 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Z. Souleymane | Niger | 31 | Defender | 185 | 75 |
| A. Pembélé | France | 26 | Defender | 180 | 70 |
| B. Besic | France | 24 | Attacker | 180 | 77 |
| S. Cissé | France | 23 | Attacker | 174 | 65 |
| M. Bodmer | France | 22 | Midfielder | 179 | 70 |
| Kelvin Patrick | Cape Verde | 26 | Midfielder | 187 | n/a |
| D. Banzouzi | France | 22 | Attacker | 188 | n/a |
| R. Slimani | France | 23 | Midfielder | 174 | 63 |
| A. Do Marcolino | France | 20 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| M. Boumaaoui | France | 22 | Attacker | 187 | n/a |
| F. Mecheri | France | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| M. Conté | France | 22 | Defender | 193 | n/a |
| A. Mazuy | France | 24 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| B. Tankiev | France | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
With no market available to weigh up for this one, there's no pick to make here. The underlying picture favours La Roche VF quite strongly on current form and league position, but that's an observation about the teams rather than a betting angle on its own.
Bourg-en-bresse's away form has been poor, and the points gap is already significant, but without a price to measure against, we're leaving this fixture alone rather than guessing at value that isn't there.
Who will win?
