National match prediction: Little separates Lyon Duchère and Cholet in quality

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 20.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Balmont (5600 seats)

The visiting Cholet side should be favourites in this visit to Lyon Duchère, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their ten league games this season.

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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Lyon Duchère form and stats

The story so far in the National for Lyon Duchère, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) in National, at their home stadium (Stade de Balmont) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

No payout for Lyon Duchère in their previous match, an away game at Red Star that ended in defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match, Lyon Duchère lost 1-2 at home to Bastia-Borgo.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lyon Duchère perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Duchère as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Lyon Duchère has won three of these, drawn five and lost five.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Duchère as they are travelling to their away game against Annecy in the National. That match is four days after this one.

Duchère have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Duchère's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cholet form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Cholet, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Quevilly Rouen (placed 9th) in the National last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 5-4 against Stade Briochin.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cholet playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Cholet wins, three draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cholet are hosting Bastia-Borgo in the National only four days away.

The attacking power of Cholet when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Cholet have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Duchère victory, one draw and three Cholet wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CholetY. N'Chobi
Y. N'Chobi
5 goals
CholetM. Larbi
M. Larbi
4 goals
Lyon DuchèreJ. Pierre-Charles
J. Pierre-Charles
2 goals

Lyon Duchère missing players

Cholet missing players

Lyon Duchère Cholet
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 3 Played P 1 5 10
0 0 0 Won W 0 2 5
5 3 2 Drew D 1 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
8 4 1 Scored S 0 4 15
15 6 2 Conceded C 0 5 12
80% 60% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 80%
70% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 60%
50% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
70% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 60%
20% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 30%
30% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
75 40 27 Total Shots T S 7 35 84
29 17 10 Shots on Target S O 1 13 38
28% 24% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 39%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Lyon Duchère has the the worst goal difference (-7) in National
  • Lyon Duchère have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lyon Duchère have yet to win a game.

  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 12 7 3 2 21 11 5 3 1 1 7 3 7 4 2 1 14 8 10 24
2 Red Star 11 5 3 3 15 11 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 2 2 1 8 4 4 18
3 Cholet 10 5 3 2 15 12 5 3 2 0 11 7 5 2 1 2 4 5 3 18
4 Concarneau 12 4 5 3 12 11 6 2 3 1 6 4 6 2 2 2 6 7 1 17
5 Creteil 12 4 5 3 10 10 7 4 2 1 8 5 5 0 3 2 2 5 0 17
6 Avranches 11 5 1 5 17 16 8 4 0 4 13 12 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 16
7 Laval 12 4 4 4 11 11 5 2 0 3 7 8 7 2 4 1 4 3 0 16
8 Bastia-Borgo 11 4 4 3 10 10 6 2 3 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 5 6 0 16
9 Quevilly Rouen 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 2 1 2 6 4 5 2 2 1 8 8 2 15
10 Stade Briochin 11 4 3 4 13 14 7 4 2 1 7 5 4 0 1 3 6 9 -1 15
11 Sète 11 4 2 5 13 11 5 4 1 0 10 1 6 0 1 5 3 10 2 14
12 Le Mans 12 2 8 2 12 14 5 1 3 1 5 6 7 1 5 1 7 8 -2 14
13 Orleans 11 3 4 4 17 12 6 3 2 1 14 5 5 0 2 3 3 7 5 13
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 11 3 4 4 9 14 5 2 2 1 6 8 6 1 2 3 3 6 -5 13
15 Boulogne 10 2 6 2 10 13 5 0 5 0 4 4 5 2 1 2 6 9 -3 12
16 Villefranche 11 2 4 5 5 9 5 0 2 3 0 5 6 2 2 2 5 4 -4 10
17 Annecy 8 1 3 4 8 14 2 0 2 0 3 3 6 1 1 4 5 11 -6 6
18 Lyon Duchère 10 0 5 5 8 15 5 0 3 2 4 6 5 0 2 3 4 9 -7 5

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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.