National: Cholet - Annecy preview and statistics

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 11.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin (20000 seats)

The league table in National tells a story about these teams so far, with Cholet leading Annecy by 11 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Cholet have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Annecy has the the worst goal difference (-7) in National

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the National. That game was an away game at Bastia, so at least Cholet are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Cholet form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 7 National games here at Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin for Cholet. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

No payout for Cholet in their previous match, an away game at Bastia that ended in defeat 1-5. Preceding that match was the home game against Red Star that was lost 0-2.

As you see from the result above, Cholet suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cholet handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and zero defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 7 games), Cholet's attacking play is working. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Annecy form and stats

There's been little loot from Annecy's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the National. Annecy, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) in National, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Annecy seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Annecy are travelling again after losing away to Red Star in their previous match (1-2). A 1-2 loss hosting Quevilly Rouen before that.

Annecy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Concarneau in just four days.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Annecy rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CholetY. N'Chobi
Y. N'Chobi
5 goals
CholetM. Larbi
M. Larbi
4 goals
CholetA. Konaté
A. Konaté
3 goals

Cholet missing players

Annecy missing players

Cholet Annecy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 13
6 4 1 Won W 0 1 2
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
4 1 0 Lost L 2 5 6
19 14 2 Scored S 2 6 13
20 10 1 Conceded C 4 13 20
79% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 62%
50% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 46%
36% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 23%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 15%
57% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 62%
29% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 23%
36% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.4 10.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.3 6.5
3.4 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.1
40% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 48%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Annecy has the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in National
  • Annecy has the the worst goal difference (-7) in National
  • Annecy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cholet have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cholet have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Annecy have scored 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 Bastia 15 8 4 3 26 14 7 4 2 1 12 4 8 4 2 2 14 10 12 28
2 Red Star 15 8 4 3 21 13 8 5 1 2 10 8 7 3 3 1 11 5 8 28
3 Quevilly Rouen 14 8 3 3 24 14 8 5 1 2 14 5 6 3 2 1 10 9 10 27
4 Creteil 15 5 7 3 11 10 8 5 2 1 9 5 7 0 5 2 2 5 1 22
5 Cholet 14 6 4 4 19 20 7 4 2 1 14 10 7 2 2 3 5 10 -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 Stade Briochin 15 5 5 5 16 17 8 5 2 1 8 5 7 0 3 4 8 12 -1 20
8 Sete 15 5 4 6 17 16 7 4 3 0 11 2 8 1 1 6 6 14 1 19
9 Concarneau 14 4 7 3 15 14 7 2 4 1 7 5 7 2 3 2 8 9 1 19
10 Le Mans 14 3 9 2 15 15 6 1 4 1 6 7 8 2 5 1 9 8 0 18
11 Bourg-en-Bresse 15 4 6 5 12 17 7 2 4 1 6 8 8 2 2 4 6 9 -5 18
12 Bastia-Borgo 15 4 6 5 14 20 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 2 2 4 7 14 -6 18
13 Avranches 14 5 2 7 17 19 9 4 0 5 13 14 5 1 2 2 4 5 -2 17
14 Orleans 14 4 4 6 19 16 8 4 2 2 16 8 6 0 2 4 3 8 3 16
15 Boulogne 14 2 8 4 11 16 6 0 6 0 5 5 8 2 2 4 6 11 -5 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 Duchere 14 1 8 5 12 17 7 1 4 2 6 6 7 0 4 3 6 11 -5 11
18 Annecy 13 2 5 6 13 20 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 1 1 5 6 13 -7 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.