Football preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Annecy welcome Cholet

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 22.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Sports (16109 seats)

The hosts, Annecy, should be favourites in this game, but Cholet have displayed both flair and courage. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Annecy is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Cholet have the most conceded goals (14) away in National

Annecy and Cholet should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Annecy form and stats

The story so far in the National for Annecy at their home stadium (Parc des Sports) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Annecy has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Parc des Sports. We remember; it was Laval.

Happy days for Annecy in their previous game, a National match away at Bastia-Borgo (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Villefranche in a game that was won 2-0.

There will be little rest for Annecy after this match as they are travelling to Avranches for a National game in only four days.

Annecy are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (11 goals in 4 games). Annecy have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.

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Cholet form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Cholet go into this game after a win, the home game against Orleans that ended 3-1.

A 2-4 defeat away at Red Star before that.

A new game in only four days for Cholet, the National home match versus Villefranche. Busy days.

Cholet find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cholet's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 14 goals in 5 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the previous two meetings): Annecy won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Cholet managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

AnnecyR. Spano
R. Spano
6 goals
AnnecyK. Testud
K. Testud
4 goals
CholetY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
4 goals

Annecy missing players

Cholet missing players

Annecy Cholet
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 5 10
7 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 2 4 4
20 11 6 Scored S 1 6 19
7 0 0 Conceded C 6 14 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 70%
20% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 60%
10% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 30%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 70%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 20%
 
4.5 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.4 3.9
3.8 4.2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.4 5.8
2.4 3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
9.2 9.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.6 7.7
4.6 4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 3.8
43% 69% 86% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 50% 50%
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Cholet's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Annecy have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • Annecy have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Annecy have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Annecy have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in National
  • Annecy have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in National
  • Annecy have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Annecy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Annecy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Annecy is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Cholet have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cholet have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cholet have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cholet have the most conceded goals (14) away in National
  • Cholet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Annecy 10 7 2 1 20 7 4 4 0 0 11 0 6 3 2 1 9 7 13 23
2 Bourg-en-Bresse 10 6 4 0 25 7 6 3 3 0 9 2 4 3 1 0 16 5 18 22
3 Villefranche 10 5 4 1 9 4 4 3 1 0 6 1 6 2 3 1 3 3 5 19
4 Concarneau 10 5 3 2 14 11 5 4 0 1 8 5 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 18
5 Sedan 10 4 5 1 9 4 5 3 2 0 5 1 5 1 3 1 4 3 5 17
6 Laval 10 5 2 3 11 9 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 3 1 1 5 3 2 17
7 Cholet 10 5 1 4 19 19 5 4 1 0 13 5 5 1 0 4 6 14 0 16
8 Le Mans 10 4 3 3 12 9 6 4 1 1 9 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 15
9 Chateauroux 10 4 3 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 4 6 0 15
10 Red Star 10 4 1 5 17 19 4 2 0 2 6 6 6 2 1 3 11 13 -2 13
11 Avranches 10 4 1 5 11 19 5 2 0 3 4 11 5 2 1 2 7 8 -8 13
12 Chambly 10 3 2 5 10 15 4 1 1 2 7 7 6 2 1 3 3 8 -5 11
13 Stade Briochin 10 2 4 4 5 8 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 3 2 0 3 -3 10
14 Boulogne 10 2 3 5 12 13 5 0 3 2 4 6 5 2 0 3 8 7 -1 9
15 Orleans 10 2 3 5 11 12 4 1 2 1 6 3 6 1 1 4 5 9 -1 9
16 Sète 10 2 1 7 9 17 6 2 1 3 8 9 4 0 0 4 1 8 -8 7
17 Creteil 10 1 4 5 7 16 6 1 3 2 5 10 4 0 1 3 2 6 -9 7
18 Bastia-Borgo 10 0 4 6 10 22 5 0 3 2 7 11 5 0 1 4 3 11 -12 4

Read more about National

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.