Lyon Duchère vs Laval match preview: Even contest expected at Stade de Balmont

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Competition: France National
Competition: Tue 09.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Balmont (5600 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade de Balmont haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Lyon Duchère languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Laval will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Lyon Duchère has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in National
  • Laval has the fewest points from losing position (0) in National

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Lyon Duchère form and stats

Lyon Duchère's struggle is real here at Stade de Balmont with only 8 points collected from 10 National games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-5-4.

Lyon Duchère shared the glory with Concarneau in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. In the match before that, Lyon Duchère hosted Sète and drew the game 0-0.

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 Duchère have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost five.

Lyon Duchère are traveling soon after this match as the National match at Créteil awaits in four days.

Duchère aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de Balmont in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. Duchère's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Laval form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in National, are W3-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the National.

Laval's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Stade Briochin that finished 0-0. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Avranches's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Laval in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Laval, seven draws and six defeats.

A new game in only four days for Laval, the National home match versus Cholet. Busy days.

The attacking power of Laval when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Laval as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Laval - Duchère 3-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Duchère, one draw and two wins for Laval. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

LavalT. Robinet
T. Robinet
8 goals
LavalM. Ouadah
M. Ouadah
6 goals
DuchèreI. Botella
I. Botella
4 goals

Lyon Duchère missing players

Laval missing players

Lyon Duchère Laval
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 1 10 19
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 6
10 5 2 Drew D 0 5 7
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 6
15 7 3 Scored S 3 9 21
24 12 4 Conceded C 1 7 19
79% 60% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 70% 74%
68% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 63%
37% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 42%
21% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 10% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
58% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 53%
32% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 37%
32% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 1.7
7 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 7.8 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 6
3.4 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 2.3
23% 18% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 38%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Laval has the fewest points from losing position (0) in National
  • Laval has the most clean sheets (5) away in National
  • Lyon Duchère has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in National
  • Lyon Duchère 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 Bastia 19 11 5 3 35 17 9 6 2 1 18 5 10 5 3 2 17 12 18 38
2 Quevilly Rouen 19 11 4 4 33 18 10 6 2 2 18 7 9 5 2 2 15 11 15 37
3 Red Star 19 8 6 5 25 20 9 5 2 2 10 8 10 3 4 3 15 12 5 30
4 Le Mans 19 6 10 3 22 19 9 3 5 1 10 8 10 3 5 2 12 11 3 28
5 Créteil 19 6 9 4 17 16 10 5 3 2 11 8 9 1 6 2 6 8 1 27
6 Avranches 19 8 3 8 23 23 11 5 0 6 16 17 8 3 3 2 7 6 0 27
7 Cholet 19 7 5 7 25 28 10 5 2 3 20 16 9 2 3 4 5 12 -3 26
8 Orléans 19 6 7 6 28 21 10 5 3 2 20 10 9 1 4 4 8 11 7 25
9 Laval 19 6 7 6 21 19 9 3 2 4 12 12 10 3 5 2 9 7 2 25
10 Concarneau 19 5 10 4 22 21 9 2 5 2 9 9 10 3 5 2 13 12 1 25
11 Stade Briochin 19 5 8 6 17 19 10 5 4 1 9 6 9 0 4 5 8 13 -2 23
12 Villefranche 19 6 5 8 12 15 9 2 3 4 3 7 10 4 2 4 9 8 -3 23
13 Sète 19 5 7 7 17 18 9 4 5 0 11 2 10 1 2 7 6 16 -1 22
14 Bastia-Borgo 19 5 7 7 20 30 10 3 5 2 13 12 9 2 2 5 7 18 -10 22
15 Bourg-en-Bresse 19 4 8 7 15 22 9 2 4 3 6 10 10 2 4 4 9 12 -7 20
16 Boulogne 19 3 9 7 14 21 9 0 6 3 6 9 10 3 3 4 8 12 -7 18
17 Annecy 19 3 8 8 22 32 9 1 6 2 12 14 10 2 2 6 10 18 -10 17
18 Lyon Duchère 19 2 10 7 15 24 10 1 5 4 7 12 9 1 5 3 8 12 -9 16

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.