National duel: Close contest expected between Cholet and Red Star

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Competition: France National
Competition: Sat 28.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin (20000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Cholet - Red Star!

Insights:
  • Cholet is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Red Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Cholet form and stats

Cholet have performed here at Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin this season with 4 wins from 6 National matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. Cholet are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Cholet's previous game was a National match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Bastia-Borgo (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. 0-0 away at Lyon Duchere before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cholet perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cholet as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Cholet has won eight of these, drawn five and lost four.

Cholet can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Cholet's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Red Star form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Red Star playing as the away team in the National this season.

The supporters enjoyed Star's previous game versus Avranches (placed 11th), a National 1-0 win played at home. Before that, Star travelled to Sete and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Red Star playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were six Red Star wins, four draws and zero defeats.

Red Star has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Red StarD. Durand
D. Durand
6 goals
CholetY. N'Chobi
Y. N'Chobi
5 goals
CholetM. Larbi
M. Larbi
4 goals

Cholet missing players

Red Star missing players

Cholet Red Star
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
6 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
18 14 3 Scored S 1 9 17
13 8 1 Conceded C 1 5 12
75% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 62%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 23%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
58% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 38%
33% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 46%
33% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.6 11.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.2 7.5
3.7 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.5
41% 45% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 37%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Cholet have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cholet have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cholet is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Red Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Red Star 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 Bastia 13 7 4 2 21 11 6 3 2 1 7 3 7 4 2 1 14 8 10 25
2 Cholet 12 6 4 2 18 13 6 4 2 0 14 8 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 22
3 Red Star 13 6 4 3 17 12 7 4 1 2 8 7 6 2 3 1 9 5 5 22
4 Quevilly Rouen 12 6 3 3 18 13 7 4 1 2 10 5 5 2 2 1 8 8 5 21
5 Sete 13 5 3 5 15 12 6 4 2 0 11 2 7 1 1 5 4 10 3 18
6 Creteil 13 4 6 3 10 10 7 4 2 1 8 5 6 0 4 2 2 5 0 18
7 Concarneau 12 4 5 3 12 11 6 2 3 1 6 4 6 2 2 2 6 7 1 17
8 Laval 13 4 5 4 11 11 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 2 4 1 4 3 0 17
9 Bastia-Borgo 13 4 5 4 12 14 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 2 2 3 7 10 -2 17
10 Orleans 12 4 4 4 18 12 7 4 2 1 15 5 5 0 2 3 3 7 6 16
11 Avranches 12 5 1 6 17 17 8 4 0 4 13 12 4 1 1 2 4 5 0 16
12 Stade Briochin 13 4 4 5 14 16 7 4 2 1 7 5 6 0 2 4 7 11 -2 16
13 Le Mans 12 2 8 2 12 14 5 1 3 1 5 6 7 1 5 1 7 8 -2 14
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 13 3 5 5 9 16 6 2 3 1 6 8 7 1 2 4 3 8 -7 14
15 Boulogne 12 2 7 3 10 14 5 0 5 0 4 4 7 2 2 3 6 10 -4 13
16 Annecy 11 2 5 4 11 16 5 1 4 0 6 5 6 1 1 4 5 11 -5 11
17 Villefranche 13 2 4 7 5 11 6 0 2 4 0 6 7 2 2 3 5 5 -6 10
18 Lyon Duchere 12 0 7 5 9 16 6 0 4 2 4 6 6 0 3 3 5 10 -7 7

Read more about National

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.