Orléans manager Collin looking for three points in Cholet showdown

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Source (5849 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Orléans and Cholet duel at Stade de la Source.

Insights:
  • Orléans have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cholet have the fewest clean sheets (2) in National

This promises to be an appealing match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Orléans form and stats

The story so far in the National for Orléans at their home stadium (Stade de la Source) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The home team returns to Stade de la Source after drawing with Bastia-Borgo (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.

Ahead of that match, Orléans lost 1-2 at home to Villefranche.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orléans handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and five defeats.

The Orléans fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. From these home matches, Orléans have conceded only 10 goals.

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Cholet form and stats

There's been little loot from Cholet's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the National. Cholet only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Red Star with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chambly that ended 2-2.

We have checked recent matches where Cholet have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 24 games were five victories, eight draws and eleven defeats.

For Cholet, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Cholet - Orléans 3-1. Orléans-Cholet H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Orléans one win, Cholet two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CholetY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
7 goals
OrléansH. Benkaid
H. Benkaid
5 goals
CholetA. Lô
A. Lô
5 goals

Orléans missing players

Cholet missing players

Orléans Cholet
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 13 25
8 5 2 Won W 0 3 9
9 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 3 0 Lost L 3 8 11
28 16 5 Scored S 4 13 38
27 10 2 Conceded C 10 27 46
80% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
52% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 88%
48% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 64%
28% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 48%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 20%
48% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 68%
36% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 8%
36% 42% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 24%
 
4 4.7 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.2 4.3
5 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.2 4.9
2.6 2.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.5
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
9.5 11.9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 6.7 7.6
4.6 5.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 2.9 3.4
24% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 34% 45%
 
8.8 7.5 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.3 9.2
3.9 3.8 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.3
Key stats in National this season:
  • Cholet have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cholet have the fewest clean sheets (2) in National
  • Cholet have the most matches over the total-line (14) in National
  • Cholet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Orléans 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 Laval 25 15 4 6 32 21 13 7 2 4 16 11 12 8 2 2 16 10 11 49
2 Concarneau 25 13 8 4 34 18 13 9 1 3 19 8 12 4 7 1 15 10 16 47
3 Annecy 25 12 8 5 35 22 12 7 4 1 22 7 13 5 4 4 13 15 13 44
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 25 12 7 6 43 25 13 6 5 2 18 9 12 6 2 4 25 16 18 43
5 Villefranche 25 12 7 6 29 20 12 6 3 3 15 9 13 6 4 3 14 11 9 43
6 Le Mans 25 12 6 7 26 20 13 8 2 3 15 8 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
7 Chateauroux 25 11 8 6 31 21 13 7 5 1 21 9 12 4 3 5 10 12 10 41
8 Sedan 25 10 9 6 31 25 13 7 3 3 15 10 12 3 6 3 16 15 6 39
9 Stade Briochin 25 9 8 8 27 23 13 8 2 3 20 9 12 1 6 5 7 14 4 35
10 Red Star 25 10 3 12 40 36 12 5 1 6 20 18 13 5 2 6 20 18 4 33
11 Orléans 25 8 9 8 28 27 12 5 4 3 16 10 13 3 5 5 12 17 1 33
12 Cholet 25 9 5 11 38 46 12 6 3 3 25 19 13 3 2 8 13 27 -8 32
13 Avranches 25 9 5 11 24 39 12 6 1 5 13 19 13 3 4 6 11 20 -15 32
14 Sète 25 7 5 13 27 33 13 4 4 5 15 13 12 3 1 8 12 20 -6 26
15 Chambly 25 5 6 14 29 46 12 2 5 5 19 22 13 3 1 9 10 24 -17 21
16 Bastia-Borgo 24 4 8 12 29 44 12 4 5 3 21 17 12 0 3 9 8 27 -15 20
17 Créteil 25 5 5 15 27 45 13 4 4 5 17 19 12 1 1 10 10 26 -18 20
18 Boulogne 24 2 7 15 21 40 11 0 5 6 9 18 13 2 2 9 12 22 -19 12

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.