Game preview for National: Bourg-en-Bresse - Villefranche at Stade Marcel-Verchère

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Verchère (11400 seats)

National: What this game might lack in glamour it should compensate in tempo and attitude. Bring on Bourg-en-Bresse - Villefranche!

Insights:
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in National
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bourg-en-Bresse form and stats

Bourg-en-Bresse's results here at Stade Marcel-Verchère in the National have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Bourg-en-Bresse travelled for their previous game, a trip to Stade Briochin that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Châteauroux with the scoreline 0-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bourg-en-Bresse have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 6.

The Bourg-en-Bresse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Villefranche form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Villefranche so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-4 (win-draw-lose). Sharing is caring, but Villefranche are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.

Villefranche's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Le Puy F.43 Auvergne that finished 1-1.

A 2-2 draw at Martigues's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Villefranche in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Villefranche, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

As opposed to that, Villefranche have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Villefranche have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Bourg-en-Bresse.

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Villefranche - Bourg-en-Bresse 3-2. The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheR. Sergio
R. Sergio
7 goals
VillefrancheM. Ba
M. Ba
7 goals
Bourg-en-BresseA. Mille
A. Mille
4 goals

Bourg-en-Bresse missing players

Villefranche missing players

Bourg-en-Bresse Villefranche
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 2 11 22
7 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
7 4 2 Drew D 2 6 11
8 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
29 14 4 Scored S 2 11 26
32 18 6 Conceded C 2 16 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 86%
36% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 27%
27% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 23%
18% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
64% 80% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 68%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 14%
18% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 23%
 
4.4 5.1 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 4.4
4.4 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.3 3.5
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.9
7 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.7 11.6 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.1 11.1
4.4 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.1
30% 34% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 29%
 
11.1 10 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 9.6 10.7
5.4 5.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4.5
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Bourg-en-Bresse's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Martigues 22 10 10 2 32 23 10 6 4 0 18 10 12 4 6 2 14 13 9 40
2 Versailles 22 11 6 5 31 24 12 7 3 2 19 11 10 4 3 3 12 13 7 39
3 Concarneau 21 11 4 6 34 24 11 6 2 3 17 10 10 5 2 3 17 14 10 36
4 Red Star 21 9 8 4 30 17 11 5 3 3 14 10 10 4 5 1 16 7 13 35
5 Cholet 22 8 9 5 29 26 12 6 5 1 17 10 10 2 4 4 12 16 3 33
6 Sedan 22 9 6 7 27 28 11 5 2 4 13 12 11 4 4 3 14 16 -1 33
7 Dunkerque 22 9 4 9 27 24 11 4 2 5 14 11 11 5 2 4 13 13 3 31
8 Orléans 22 6 12 4 25 18 10 3 6 1 10 5 12 3 6 3 15 13 7 30
9 Le Mans 22 7 8 7 35 24 11 6 4 1 26 8 11 1 4 6 9 16 11 29
10 Bourg-en-Bresse 22 7 7 8 29 32 10 2 4 4 14 18 12 5 3 4 15 14 -3 28
11 Châteauroux 22 7 7 8 25 28 12 4 4 4 16 16 10 3 3 4 9 12 -3 28
12 Nancy 21 7 6 8 20 22 10 4 2 4 10 9 11 3 4 4 10 13 -2 27
13 Avranches 22 8 4 10 24 28 10 3 2 5 11 14 12 5 2 5 13 14 -4 27
14 Villefranche 22 5 11 6 26 28 11 4 5 2 15 12 11 1 6 4 11 16 -2 26
15 Stade Briochin 22 3 11 8 21 27 12 2 6 4 11 13 10 1 5 4 10 14 -6 20
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 22 3 11 8 16 28 10 1 5 4 7 11 12 2 6 4 9 17 -12 20
17 Gobelins 21 3 9 9 17 24 10 1 7 2 10 9 11 2 2 7 7 15 -7 18
18 Bastia-Borgo 22 4 5 13 20 43 12 4 3 5 14 23 10 0 2 8 6 20 -23 17

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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.