Soccer betting preview: Gobelins welcomes Villefranche in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 03.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Boutroux

Gobelins - Villefranche in National: Stats, squad info, games, the latest developments and headlines. Check out our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Gobelins have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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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Gobelins form and stats

With 1 National win, 5 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Gobelins are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Gobelins to get some points in this home game.

Gobelins lost their last game at Stade Briochin (placed 15th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Cholet with the scoreline 1-3.

It should be added that a peek at the 16 latest league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Gobelins are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Boutroux in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche have only collected 7 points from their away games in the National, after 1-4-4 (9 played).

Villefranche won their last game, 3-1 versus Red Star played at home. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone five league fixtures without victory.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Le Mans that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Villefranche as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Villefranche in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Villefranche - Gobelins 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheR. Sergio
R. Sergio
6 goals
VillefrancheM. Ba
M. Ba
6 goals
GobelinsM. Cissé
M. Cissé
4 goals

Gobelins missing players

Villefranche missing players

Gobelins Villefranche
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 4 9 18
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 5
7 5 2 Drew D 1 4 7
8 2 0 Lost L 2 4 6
14 8 0 Scored S 5 8 21
19 7 0 Conceded C 6 13 23
78% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
56% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 83%
22% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 28%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 17%
28% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 61%
39% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 17%
56% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 28%
 
4.6 5.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 5.6 5.2
5.2 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.2 3.6
1.8 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 10.9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 10.2 11.4
3.9 4.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.6 4.2
20% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 25% 28%
 
9.7 8.4 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 9.2 10.1
4.3 3.4 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.5
Key stats in National this season:
  • Gobelins have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Versailles 18 9 6 3 25 17 10 6 3 1 16 8 8 3 3 2 9 9 8 33
2 Martigues 18 8 8 2 28 21 8 5 3 0 15 8 10 3 5 2 13 13 7 32
3 Red Star 18 8 7 3 27 14 8 4 2 2 11 7 10 4 5 1 16 7 13 31
4 Concarneau 18 9 4 5 29 20 10 5 2 3 15 9 8 4 2 2 14 11 9 30
5 Dunkerque 18 9 3 6 23 17 9 4 2 3 11 6 9 5 1 3 12 11 6 30
6 Cholet 18 7 7 4 25 21 10 5 4 1 14 8 8 2 3 3 11 13 4 28
7 Sedan 18 7 6 5 22 24 9 4 2 3 10 10 9 3 4 2 12 14 -2 27
8 Le Mans 18 6 6 6 31 20 9 5 4 0 23 5 9 1 2 6 8 15 11 24
9 Bourg-en-Bresse 18 6 6 6 23 25 8 1 4 3 11 15 10 5 2 3 12 10 -2 24
10 Orléans 18 4 11 3 17 14 8 1 6 1 5 5 10 3 5 2 12 9 3 23
11 Villefranche 18 5 7 6 21 23 9 4 3 2 13 10 9 1 4 4 8 13 -2 22
12 Châteauroux 18 5 6 7 18 25 10 3 3 4 11 14 8 2 3 3 7 11 -7 21
13 Nancy 18 5 5 8 16 20 10 4 2 4 10 9 8 1 3 4 6 11 -4 20
14 Avranches 18 6 3 9 20 25 8 2 2 4 10 13 10 4 1 5 10 12 -5 20
15 Stade Briochin 18 3 8 7 20 25 10 2 4 4 10 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 -5 17
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 18 3 8 7 13 22 8 1 3 4 6 10 10 2 5 3 7 12 -9 17
17 Gobelins 18 3 7 8 14 19 8 1 5 2 8 7 10 2 2 6 6 12 -5 16
18 Bastia-Borgo 18 3 4 11 17 37 10 3 2 5 12 22 8 0 2 6 5 15 -20 13

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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.