National: Avranches - Villefranche preview and statistics

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 18.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Fenouillère (4600 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Avranches fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Villefranche.

Insights:
  • Avranches has the most conceded goals (14) at home in National
  • Villefranche has the fewest scored goals (6) in National

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Avranches form and stats

When playing at home in the National, Avranches, who have the most conceded goals (14) at home in National, have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games. Avranches are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade René Fenouillère, having lost their two previous games here.

The Avranches goalkeeper Anthony Beuve is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the National.

A strong away win for Avranches against Boulogne the last match, as A. Busin were on target. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Bourg-en-Bresse the opponent.

Avranches are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in National, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the National, after 2-2-4 (8 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Pochat, the Villefranche manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Villefranche won their last game, 1-0 versus Orléans played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Creteil's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Villefranche as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Villefranche are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Avranches wins - draws - Villefranche wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AvranchesS. Essende
S. Essende
4 goals
AvranchesM. Belliard
M. Belliard
3 goals
AvranchesA. Busin
A. Busin
3 goals

Avranches missing players

Villefranche missing players

Avranches Villefranche
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 9 2 Played P 2 8 15
6 4 0 Won W 0 2 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 5 2 Lost L 2 4 8
18 13 1 Scored S 0 5 6
19 14 5 Conceded C 2 6 12
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 80%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 20%
47% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 13%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 7%
7% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 7%
27% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 40%
40% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 73%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.7 8 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6 8.5
3 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 3.6
40% 41% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 12%
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Avranches's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Avranches has the most conceded goals (14) at home in National
  • Avranches have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Avranches have scored more than double the goals of Villefranche.
  • Avranches haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Villefranche has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in National
  • Villefranche has the fewest scored goals (6) in National
  • Villefranche has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in National
  • Villefranche has the most matches under the total-line (13) in National

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Quevilly Rouen 15 9 3 3 27 14 8 5 1 2 14 5 7 4 2 1 13 9 13 30
2 Bastia 15 8 4 3 26 14 7 4 2 1 12 4 8 4 2 2 14 10 12 28
3 Red Star 15 8 4 3 21 13 8 5 1 2 10 8 7 3 3 1 11 5 8 28
4 Cholet 15 7 4 4 23 22 8 5 2 1 18 12 7 2 2 3 5 10 1 25
5 Creteil 15 5 7 3 11 10 8 5 2 1 9 5 7 0 5 2 2 5 1 22
6 Laval 15 5 6 4 16 14 7 3 1 3 11 10 8 2 5 1 5 4 2 21
7 Avranches 15 6 2 7 18 19 9 4 0 5 13 14 6 2 2 2 5 5 -1 20
8 Stade Briochin 15 5 5 5 16 17 8 5 2 1 8 5 7 0 3 4 8 12 -1 20
9 Sète 15 5 4 6 17 16 7 4 3 0 11 2 8 1 1 6 6 14 1 19
10 Concarneau 14 4 7 3 15 14 7 2 4 1 7 5 7 2 3 2 8 9 1 19
11 Le Mans 15 3 10 2 15 15 7 1 5 1 6 7 8 2 5 1 9 8 0 19
12 Bourg-en-Bresse 15 4 6 5 12 17 7 2 4 1 6 8 8 2 2 4 6 9 -5 18
13 Bastia-Borgo 15 4 6 5 14 20 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 2 2 4 7 14 -6 18
14 Orléans 15 4 5 6 19 16 8 4 2 2 16 8 7 0 3 4 3 8 3 17
15 Boulogne 15 2 8 5 11 17 7 0 6 1 5 6 8 2 2 4 6 11 -6 14
16 Villefranche 15 3 4 8 6 12 7 1 2 4 1 6 8 2 2 4 5 6 -6 13
17 Lyon Duchère 15 1 8 6 12 20 8 1 4 3 6 9 7 0 4 3 6 11 -8 11
18 Annecy 14 2 5 7 15 24 6 1 4 1 7 7 8 1 1 6 8 17 -9 11

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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.