Red Star vs Villefranche: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 19.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle (12150 seats)

It's the second try for points this season as Red Star and Villefranche cross swords at Stade Dominique Duvauchelle.

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic game!

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Red Star form and stats

In the previous season, Red Star's league statistics were 13 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses, providing 11th place in the National. Over these 34 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 50. Appearing as the home side in the former season Red Star delivered 7-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 25 conceded.

The home team returns to Stade Dominique Duvauchelle after drawing with Stade Briochin (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.

Ahead of that match, Red Star won a home game hosting Concarneau (5-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Red Star perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Red Star as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Star has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 6.

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Villefranche form and stats

Let's have a look at how Villefranche performed last season in the National: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 21/13 goals scored/conceded.

Villefranche's last game was the home draw against Sedan (1-1).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Quevilly Rouen's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Villefranche playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Villefranche wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Villefranche have avoided defeat in the last 6 games (3-3-0) versus Red Star.

The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

StarD. Durand
D. Durand
1 goals
Red StarJ. Dembi
J. Dembi
1 goals
VillefrancheM. Blanc
M. Blanc
1 goals

Red Star missing players

Villefranche missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Red Star Villefranche
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Red Star Last season Villefranche
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
13 7   Won W   9 19
6 2   Drew D   5 8
15 8   Lost L   3 7
55 28   Scored S   21 47
50 25   Conceded C   13 29
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 68%
62% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   24% 38%
32% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 15%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
56% 65%   BTTS BTTS   35% 44%
21% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 47%
26% 24%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
4.9 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.1
4.2 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.2
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
3 2   Red cards R C   1 4
 
11.4 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 10.6
5 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.6
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 30%
 
8.9 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.1 8.8
3.5 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunkerque 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Avranches 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Bourg-en-Bresse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Versailles 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Bastia-Borgo 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Red Star 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Stade Briochin 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Orléans 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Sedan 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Villefranche 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Châteauroux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Gobelins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Martigues 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Nancy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Cholet 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Le Mans 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 34 20 7 7 50 31 17 10 3 4 23 13 17 10 4 3 27 18 19 67
2 Annecy 34 19 9 6 55 30 17 12 4 1 35 9 17 7 5 5 20 21 25 66
3 Villefranche 34 19 8 7 47 29 17 10 3 4 26 16 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 65
4 Concarneau 34 15 13 6 48 31 17 10 4 3 26 11 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 58
5 Châteauroux 34 15 10 9 41 28 17 8 6 3 25 13 17 7 4 6 16 15 13 55
6 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 15 9 10 55 37 17 8 5 4 25 14 17 7 4 6 30 23 18 54
7 Stade Briochin 34 14 10 10 47 35 17 9 4 4 27 16 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 52
8 Sedan 34 13 11 10 37 37 17 9 4 4 19 14 17 4 7 6 18 23 0 50
9 Orléans 34 12 11 11 37 35 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 5 5 7 15 20 2 47
10 Le Mans 34 12 10 12 35 35 17 8 4 5 19 15 17 4 6 7 16 20 0 46
11 Red Star 34 13 6 15 55 50 17 7 2 8 28 25 17 6 4 7 27 25 5 45
12 Avranches 34 12 6 16 37 58 17 7 2 8 19 30 17 5 4 8 18 28 -21 42
13 Cholet 34 11 8 15 49 62 17 7 4 6 28 28 17 4 4 9 21 34 -13 41
14 Sete 34 10 7 17 35 42 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 5 1 11 17 26 -7 37
15 Bastia-Borgo 34 7 10 17 40 58 17 6 5 6 28 25 17 1 5 11 12 33 -18 31
16 Chambly 34 7 8 19 35 62 17 4 6 7 24 30 17 3 2 12 11 32 -27 29
17 Boulogne 34 6 9 19 28 48 17 3 7 7 14 21 17 3 2 12 14 27 -20 26
18 Creteil 34 6 8 20 35 58 17 5 5 7 23 26 17 1 3 13 12 32 -23 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunkerque 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Avranches 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Bourg-en-Bresse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Versailles 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Bastia-Borgo 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Red Star 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Stade Briochin 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Orléans 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Sedan 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Villefranche 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Châteauroux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Gobelins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Martigues 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Nancy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Cholet 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Le Mans 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.