Red Star perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Cholet can look both up and down from their 9th position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Red Star form and stats
Overall National stats at home this season for Red Star are 3-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Red Star has won their last four matches. Two home wins in a row for Red Star bring valid hopes of a third.
Red Star are confident in defense, having played 375 minutes without conceding a goal.
Red Star are returning here after visiting Theix in a Coupe de France game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Boulogne and winning 1-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Red Star have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.
The Red Star fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Red Star have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cholet form and stats
There's been little loot from Cholet's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the National. Cholet only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Cholet won their last game, 2-1 versus Beziers played at home. Prior to that match, the Cholet manager E. Malkoc faced defeat when travelling to Quevilly Rouen and losing 0-2.
Cholet are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Cholet are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Cholet have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 2 - 0 - 0 (Red Star wins - draws - Cholet wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Chahiri 7 goals |   K. Rocheteau 7 goals |  S. Keita 4 goals |
Red Star missing players
Cholet missing players
| Red Star | Cholet | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 92% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 54% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 23% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 3.4 | 4 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- All of Cholet's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cholet have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cholet haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Pau | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Dunkerque | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Avranches | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Villefranche | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Red Star | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Lyon Duchere | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Laval | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Cholet | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Creteil | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | Boulogne | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Bastia-Borgo | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Beziers | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Concarneau | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 17 | Toulon | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 7 |