Tense top table page-turner in National as Villefranche have come the 497 miles required to challenge Concarneau at their Stade Guy Piriou.
- Concarneau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Villefranche have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Concarneau form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Guy Piriou as Concarneau have scored 15 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the National are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 216 minutes without scoring a league goal. Khoumisti was the last player to find the net.
Concarneau's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Orleans (placed 9th).
Before that, Concarneau played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Annecy.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Concarneau have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost two.
The manager Mignan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bastia-Borgo in only four days.
The Concarneau fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Concarneau are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Guy Piriou in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Villefranche form and stats
As the visiting team in National matches, Villefranche have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Villefranche as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Chateauroux match.
Villefranche failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sete (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Laval.A new game in only four days for Villefranche, the National home match versus Boulogne. Busy days.
Villefranche are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head encounter ended Villefranche - Concarneau 1-1, earlier this season. Concarneau-Villefranche H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Concarneau two wins, Villefranche one win, three draws. one of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 3 red cards from the last six encounters.Top Goalscorers
  F. El Khoumisti 12 goals | L. Nomel 3 goals | F. Ley 2 goals |
Concarneau missing players
Villefranche missing players
| Concarneau | Villefranche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 70% | 84% |
| 68% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 26% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 37% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 32% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 58% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 40% | 26% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.1 | 2.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 11.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.3 | 10.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 36% | 30% |
| 8.1 | 6.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 7.3 | 8.4 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2 | 2.7 |
- Concarneau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Concarneau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Concarneau have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Concarneau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Laval | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 41 |
| 2 | Concarneau | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Annecy | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Chateauroux | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Villefranche | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Le Mans | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Sedan | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Orleans | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Cholet | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | Sete | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Avranches | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 13 | Red Star | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Stade Briochin | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Chambly | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Creteil | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 17 | Bastia-Borgo | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 15 |
| 18 | Boulogne | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 11 |
