Laval visit Châteauroux and Stade Gaston Petit full of hope and confidence, but the host team is hard to beat. More news on the game here!
- Châteauroux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Laval have the most points from losing position (15) in National
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Châteauroux and Laval.
Châteauroux form and stats
Châteauroux are steadily winning National games and points here at Stade Gaston Petit. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Châteauroux's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Laval (placed 1st).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sedan and winning 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Châteauroux perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Châteauroux as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Châteauroux has won four of these, drawn three and lost four.
A decent goal production from Châteauroux in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. Châteauroux are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Gaston Petit in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Laval form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the National.
Two travels in a row for Laval, whose coach Bourges could celebrate last time after the win against Châteauroux.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Creteil.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Laval playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were five Laval wins, seven draws and five defeats.
Laval find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Laval as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other previously this campaign: Laval - Châteauroux 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Châteauroux three wins, five draws and Laval two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Robinet 14 goals |  G. Durbant 13 goals | Y. N'Chobi 6 goals |
Châteauroux missing players
Laval missing players
| Châteauroux | Laval | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 30 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 21 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 88% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 68% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 28% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 42% | 48% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 8% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 42% | 48% |
| 36% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | 40% |
| 36% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.6 | 15.3 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 8.2 | 9.9 |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 22% | 24% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 34% | 31% |
| 8.6 | 8.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
- Châteauroux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Châteauroux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Laval have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in National
- Laval have the most points (25) away in National
- Laval have the most points from losing position (15) in National
- Laval haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Laval | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | Concarneau | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Annecy | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
| 4 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 43 |
| 5 | Villefranche | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 43 |
| 6 | Le Mans | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Châteauroux | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Sedan | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 39 |
| 9 | Stade Briochin | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 10 | Red Star | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 33 |
| 11 | Orleans | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Cholet | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Avranches | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | Sete | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 15 | Chambly | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Bastia-Borgo | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | Creteil | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 20 |
| 18 | Boulogne | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -19 | 12 |
