Match preview National: Laval - Avranches at Stade Francis Le Basser

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 28.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis Le Basser (18467 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second National game of the season. Laval look forward to welcoming Avranches in front of their home support.

Laval and Avranches 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

It's back home for Laval, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Orléans away with the result 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Bourg-en-Bresse.

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

Last season, Laval's league statistics were 9 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the National. Over these 25 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Laval managed 6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 9 conceded.

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Avranches form and stats

Avranches are looking to quickly end their 185 minutes long goal drought in the National.

Avranches's previous game was their home loss versus Concarneau (0-2). A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Quevilly Rouen.

A quick return to home after this game, as Avranches are hosting Créteil in the National only four days away.

Let's have a look at how Avranches performed last season in the National: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 11/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Laval wins - draws - Avranches wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Laval missing players

Avranches missing players

Laval Avranches
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Laval Last season Avranches
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 24
9 6   Won W   4 13
8 3   Drew D   2 3
8 4   Lost L   6 8
26 14   Scored S   11 30
24 9   Conceded C   17 26
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
64% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 71%
36% 23%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 38%
8% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
36% 15%   BTTS BTTS   42% 46%
40% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 25%
32% 38%   Failed to Score F T   42% 29%
 
5.2 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4 3.5
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
227 133   Total Shots T S   85 160
94 48   Shots on Target S O   40 79
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 35%

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Stade Briochin 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Boulogne 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Laval 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Annecy 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Le Mans 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Lyon Duchère 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Villefranche 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Bastia-Borgo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Bourg-en-Bresse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cholet 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Créteil 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Sète 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Orléans 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Avranches 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pau 25 13 9 3 43 20 13 8 4 1 34 12 12 5 5 2 9 8 23 48
2 Dunkerque 25 14 5 6 42 26 13 6 4 3 25 17 12 8 1 3 17 9 16 47
3 Boulogne 25 14 4 7 32 17 12 8 2 2 18 8 13 6 2 5 14 9 15 46
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 25 11 9 5 38 30 13 6 6 1 21 11 12 5 3 4 17 19 8 42
5 Red Star 25 12 6 7 30 22 13 6 3 4 15 11 12 6 3 3 15 11 8 42
6 Avranches 24 13 3 8 30 26 12 9 1 2 19 9 12 4 2 6 11 17 4 42
7 Villefranche 25 10 11 4 34 24 13 7 4 2 21 11 12 3 7 2 13 13 10 41
8 Lyon Duchère 25 11 7 7 37 32 12 5 4 3 20 15 13 6 3 4 17 17 5 40
9 Créteil 25 9 8 8 33 27 13 5 4 4 17 13 12 4 4 4 16 14 6 35
10 Laval 25 9 8 8 26 24 13 6 3 4 14 9 12 3 5 4 12 15 2 35
11 Concarneau 25 8 7 10 21 25 12 4 4 4 12 10 13 4 3 6 9 15 -4 31
12 Cholet 25 7 7 11 32 40 12 5 4 3 14 14 13 2 3 8 18 26 -8 28
13 Quevilly Rouen 24 6 6 12 26 34 11 4 2 5 12 13 13 2 4 7 14 21 -8 24
14 Bastia-Borgo 23 5 9 9 22 32 11 5 1 5 15 17 12 0 8 4 7 15 -10 24
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 25 6 5 14 27 40 12 2 4 6 12 18 13 4 1 8 15 22 -13 23
16 Beziers 25 5 8 12 26 43 12 4 3 5 14 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -17 23
17 Gazelec Ajaccio 25 4 8 13 15 35 13 3 6 4 9 10 12 1 2 9 6 25 -20 19
18 Toulon 25 1 10 14 17 34 13 1 6 6 11 14 12 0 4 8 6 20 -17 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.