National: Boulogne - Villefranche pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Libération (15034 seats)

Read up on this action-packed game in the National. Boulogne is in the 9th position from completing four games. They receive Villefranche who are placed 8th from four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Boulogne have the most points from losing position (4) in National

This should be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Boulogne form and stats

Boulogne have less points than they have played home games in the National so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Two draws in a row at home now for Boulogne.

Boulogne faced defeat in their previous match, away at Annecy (0-2).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Orleans.

This is expected to be a close game, with Boulogne perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Boulogne as a small favourite), we find seven games. Boulogne has won one of these, drawn five and lost one.

Early season league goal statistics from Boulogne's 2 home games: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Villefranche form and stats

Things could have gone better for Villefranche in their National away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Visiting Villefranche has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Villefranche's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Concarneau that finished 1-1.

A 0-0 draw at Laval's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Villefranche in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Villefranche, three draws and four defeats.

Villefranche have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Boulogne zero wins, three draws and Villefranche two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BoulogneM. Noc
M. Noc
2 goals
VillefrancheS. Elisor
S. Elisor
2 goals
BoulogneB. Moltenis
B. Moltenis
1 goals

Boulogne missing players

Villefranche missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boulogne Villefranche
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 2 1 Scored S 0 1 3
5 2 1 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
4.2 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5.2
4.2 2.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.8
2 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.2 10 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.5 7.8
5 7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 2.2
25% 14% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne have the most points from losing position (4) in National
Boulogne Last season Villefranche
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
7 4   Won W   8 15
17 9   Drew D   4 10
10 4   Lost L   5 9
29 17   Scored S   21 40
38 15   Conceded C   16 29
79% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
56% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 53%
38% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 32%
18% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 18%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
44% 53%   BTTS BTTS   41% 38%
35% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 35%
41% 29%   Failed to Score F T   35% 35%
 
4.4 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3.6
2.8 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 3.1
1.8 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
8.2 8.9   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 8.8
3.4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bourg-en-Bresse 4 2 2 0 10 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 8
2 Concarneau 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 8
3 Annecy 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
4 Châteauroux 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 7
5 Chambly 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 7
6 Avranches 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 7
7 Le Mans 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
8 Villefranche 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
9 Boulogne 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 5
10 Orleans 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5
11 Sedan 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
12 Stade Briochin 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 4
13 Cholet 4 1 1 2 4 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 4
14 Sete 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
15 Creteil 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
16 Red Star 4 1 0 3 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -4 3
17 Laval 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 2
18 Bastia-Borgo 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 2
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bastia 34 19 9 6 57 28 17 10 4 3 29 11 17 9 5 3 28 17 29 66
2 Quevilly Rouen 34 16 10 8 48 31 17 8 4 5 24 13 17 8 6 3 24 18 17 58
3 Villefranche 34 15 10 9 40 29 17 7 6 4 19 13 17 8 4 5 21 16 11 55
4 Le Mans 34 13 13 8 46 36 17 8 7 2 27 15 17 5 6 6 19 21 10 52
5 Concarneau 34 11 15 8 38 32 17 5 9 3 19 14 17 6 6 5 19 18 6 48
6 Orleans 34 12 11 11 49 41 17 8 4 5 31 22 17 4 7 6 18 19 8 47
7 Red Star 34 11 14 9 39 33 17 7 7 3 17 12 17 4 7 6 22 21 6 47
8 Stade Briochin 34 10 13 11 32 33 17 7 6 4 16 14 17 3 7 7 16 19 -1 43
9 Sete 34 10 13 11 31 32 17 7 7 3 17 8 17 3 6 8 14 24 -1 43
10 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 10 13 11 29 33 17 7 5 5 16 16 17 3 8 6 13 17 -4 43
11 Cholet 34 11 10 13 36 48 17 7 5 5 27 25 17 4 5 8 9 23 -12 43
12 Laval 34 10 12 12 33 32 17 6 5 6 20 19 17 4 7 6 13 13 1 42
13 Avranches 34 11 8 15 36 42 17 7 3 7 22 22 17 4 5 8 14 20 -6 41
14 Annecy 34 9 13 12 42 47 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 4 5 8 18 26 -5 40
15 Boulogne 34 7 17 10 29 38 17 4 9 4 17 15 17 3 8 6 12 23 -9 38
16 Bastia-Borgo 34 7 14 13 37 49 17 5 9 3 23 18 17 2 5 10 14 31 -12 35
17 Creteil 34 8 11 15 29 48 17 7 5 5 20 18 17 1 6 10 9 30 -19 35
18 Lyon Duchere 34 5 16 13 33 52 17 3 8 6 16 24 17 2 8 7 17 28 -19 31

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

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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.