Nancy v Versailles betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Both these sides are capable of winning this one, Versailles having a 12 point advantage on Nancy in the league table. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a National game only four days ago.

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Nancy form and stats

Nancy have collected 14 points from their National home games so far after 4-2-4. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Nancy, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Martin Sourzac not having conceded a league goal in 184 minutes.

The home team returns to Stade Marcel-Picot after drawing with Bastia-Borgo (placed 18th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Before that match, a win away at Le Mans.

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 Nancy have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.

Nancy have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Versailles form and stats

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

Home advantage was not enough for Versailles in their previous game as they lost hosting Concarneau, 0-1.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dunkerque at their stadium, the result 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Versailles playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Versailles wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Versailles have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Versailles have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Versailles - Nancy 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

VersaillesJ. Lens
J. Lens
6 goals
VersaillesM. Prunier
M. Prunier
5 goals
NancyD. Sakho
D. Sakho
4 goals

Nancy missing players

Versailles missing players

Nancy Versailles
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 22
7 4 0 Won W 2 4 11
6 2 2 Drew D 1 3 6
8 4 1 Lost L 1 3 5
20 10 2 Scored S 5 12 31
22 9 3 Conceded C 5 13 24
86% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
57% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 77%
38% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 41%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 27%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 9%
48% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 55%
33% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 32%
33% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
4.9 6.1 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.1 3.6
4.3 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.8
2.4 2.4 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9 9.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.4 9.3
3.3 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 4.4
29% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 32%
 
8.9 6.4 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.7 9.7
3.5 2.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 3.6
Key stats in National this season:
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy have won significantly more corners at 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 Martigues 22 10 10 2 32 23 10 6 4 0 18 10 12 4 6 2 14 13 9 40
2 Versailles 22 11 6 5 31 24 12 7 3 2 19 11 10 4 3 3 12 13 7 39
3 Concarneau 21 11 4 6 34 24 11 6 2 3 17 10 10 5 2 3 17 14 10 36
4 Red Star 21 9 8 4 30 17 11 5 3 3 14 10 10 4 5 1 16 7 13 35
5 Cholet 22 8 9 5 29 26 12 6 5 1 17 10 10 2 4 4 12 16 3 33
6 Sedan 22 9 6 7 27 28 11 5 2 4 13 12 11 4 4 3 14 16 -1 33
7 Dunkerque 22 9 4 9 27 24 11 4 2 5 14 11 11 5 2 4 13 13 3 31
8 Orléans 22 6 12 4 25 18 10 3 6 1 10 5 12 3 6 3 15 13 7 30
9 Le Mans 22 7 8 7 35 24 11 6 4 1 26 8 11 1 4 6 9 16 11 29
10 Bourg-en-Bresse 22 7 7 8 29 32 10 2 4 4 14 18 12 5 3 4 15 14 -3 28
11 Châteauroux 22 7 7 8 25 28 12 4 4 4 16 16 10 3 3 4 9 12 -3 28
12 Nancy 21 7 6 8 20 22 10 4 2 4 10 9 11 3 4 4 10 13 -2 27
13 Avranches 22 8 4 10 24 28 10 3 2 5 11 14 12 5 2 5 13 14 -4 27
14 Villefranche 22 5 11 6 26 28 11 4 5 2 15 12 11 1 6 4 11 16 -2 26
15 Stade Briochin 22 3 11 8 21 27 12 2 6 4 11 13 10 1 5 4 10 14 -6 20
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 22 3 11 8 16 28 10 1 5 4 7 11 12 2 6 4 9 17 -12 20
17 Gobelins 21 3 9 9 17 24 10 1 7 2 10 9 11 2 2 7 7 15 -7 18
18 Bastia-Borgo 22 4 5 13 20 43 12 4 3 5 14 23 10 0 2 8 6 20 -23 17

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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.