Laval vs Annecy match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Francis Le Basser

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Competition: France National
Competition: Mon 17.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis Le Basser (18467 seats)

A fast pace is expected at Stade Francis Le Basser when Laval face Annecy in what could be a fine game. Read more!

Insights:
  • Laval have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Annecy have the the best goal difference (+17) in National

Laval and Annecy should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Laval form and stats

Laval have played 9 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Laval against Red Star the last match, as Durbant and Goncalves were on target.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Quevilly Rouen (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) that finished 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Laval have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost eight.

The manager Bourges will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Villefranche in only four days.

The Laval fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Laval's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Annecy form and stats

Playing away, Annecy have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the National this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Annecy goalkeeper Florian Escales is eager to challenge this, with his 393 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Annecy are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the National against Bourg-en-Bresse (placed 5th).

A 0-0 draw at Sete's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Annecy in our archives, and the results are: one win for Annecy, six draws and one defeat.

Annecy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Annecy have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other already this season, with the result Annecy - Laval 1-0 entered in the official records. Head to head statistics (for the preceeding three meetings): Laval won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Annecy got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

LavalG. Durbant
G. Durbant
12 goals
AnnecyR. Spano
R. Spano
6 goals
AnnecyG. Kyeremeh
G. Kyeremeh
4 goals

Laval missing players

Annecy missing players

Laval Annecy
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 1 9 17
10 4 0 Won W 0 4 10
2 1 1 Drew D 0 3 5
5 4 3 Lost L 1 2 2
21 11 2 Scored S 1 10 27
15 10 5 Conceded C 2 9 10
94% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
59% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
53% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 35%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 35%
35% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 59%
18% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 18%
 
5.5 6.1 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5 5.2
3.8 4.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.7 3.1
1.9 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.4 10.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.6 10.2
3.6 3.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.5
34% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 23% 36%
 
6.8 7.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 6 6.1
2.7 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.4 2.2
Key stats in National this season:
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Annecy have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Annecy have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in National
  • Annecy have the the best goal difference (+17) in National
  • Laval have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Concarneau 17 11 4 2 26 12 9 7 1 1 15 6 8 4 3 1 11 6 14 37
2 Annecy 17 10 5 2 27 10 8 6 2 0 17 1 9 4 3 2 10 9 17 35
3 Villefranche 16 9 6 1 20 8 7 5 2 0 11 2 9 4 4 1 9 6 12 33
4 Laval 17 10 2 5 21 15 9 4 1 4 11 10 8 6 1 1 10 5 6 32
5 Bourg-en-Bresse 17 9 4 4 33 17 9 4 3 2 12 6 8 5 1 2 21 11 16 31
6 Chateauroux 17 7 6 4 19 15 9 5 3 1 12 6 8 2 3 3 7 9 4 27
7 Sedan 16 5 8 3 15 12 9 4 3 2 8 6 7 1 5 1 7 6 3 23
8 Cholet 15 6 3 6 26 29 7 4 2 1 17 10 8 2 1 5 9 19 -3 21
9 Avranches 16 6 3 7 18 27 7 4 0 3 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 14 -9 21
10 Le Mans 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 4 2 2 9 6 7 1 3 3 6 8 1 20
11 Sete 16 6 2 8 20 21 9 4 2 3 14 10 7 2 0 5 6 11 -1 20
12 Stade Briochin 17 5 5 7 13 17 9 5 2 2 12 7 8 0 3 5 1 10 -4 20
13 Red Star 17 6 1 10 25 30 8 3 0 5 10 13 9 3 1 5 15 17 -5 19
14 Orleans 16 4 5 7 15 18 7 2 3 2 8 5 9 2 2 5 7 13 -3 17
15 Chambly 17 4 3 10 20 30 8 2 2 4 14 15 9 2 1 6 6 15 -10 15
16 Creteil 16 3 4 9 12 24 9 3 3 3 9 11 7 0 1 6 3 13 -12 13
17 Boulogne 17 2 5 10 15 24 8 0 4 4 7 11 9 2 1 6 8 13 -9 11
18 Bastia-Borgo 17 2 5 10 17 34 8 2 3 3 11 13 9 0 2 7 6 21 -17 11

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.