National prediction and preview: Versailles odds-on expected to get the better of Orléans Orléans fearless before departure for Versailles clash

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 10.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Jean Bouin (3500 seats)

3rd position in the National table for Versailles right now, a tip-top campaign. The home team followers hope for more joy as 10th-placed Orléans visit Stade Jean Bouin.

Insights:
  • Versailles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Orléans have the fewest conceded goals (14) in National

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Versailles form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 10 National games here at Stade Jean Bouin for Versailles. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Versailles lost their last game at Bourg-en-Bresse (placed 8th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Until that loss this club had gone six consecutive league rounds without being beaten.

In the match before that, Versailles hosted Le Puy F.43 Auvergne and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Versailles handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Versailles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Jean Bouin with 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Versailles have conceded only 8 goals.

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Orléans form and stats

Playing away, Orléans have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the National this season.

301 minutes! That's how long the Orléans goalkeeper Vincent Viot and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Dabasse, Hountondji and Fortuné secured the home win 3-0 against Bastia-Borgo in their previous game.

Prior to that result Orléans won their away game at Nancy. The scoreline was 1-0.

Orléans are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Low on goals? 14 of this team's most recent 18 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Orléans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Orléans are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Orléans - Versailles 1-1 was the score in these contenders' last h2h game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

OrléansK. Fortuné
K. Fortuné
8 goals
VersaillesM. Prunier
M. Prunier
4 goals
VersaillesJ. Lens
J. Lens
3 goals

Versailles missing players

Orléans missing players

Versailles Orléans
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 3 10 19
9 6 3 Won W 1 3 5
6 3 1 Drew D 2 5 11
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
26 16 8 Scored S 6 12 20
20 8 3 Conceded C 3 9 14
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 79%
79% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 68%
37% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 30% 26%
26% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 5%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 47%
37% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 47%
16% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 26%
 
3.5 4.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.3 4.3
4.6 4.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.6
2.1 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
9.6 11.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.7 9.7
4.6 5.9 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 4.8
30% 27% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 39% 22%
 
9.5 8.7 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 9 9.4
3.5 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.6 4.1
Key stats in National this season:
  • Orléans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orléans have the fewest conceded goals (14) in National
  • Orléans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in National
  • Orléans have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in National
  • Orléans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Versailles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Versailles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 19 9 8 2 29 21 9 6 3 0 16 8 10 3 5 2 13 13 8 35
2 Red Star 19 9 7 3 29 15 9 5 2 2 13 8 10 4 5 1 16 7 14 34
3 Versailles 19 9 6 4 26 20 10 6 3 1 16 8 9 3 3 3 10 12 6 33
4 Concarneau 19 9 4 6 31 23 10 5 2 3 15 9 9 4 2 3 16 14 8 30
5 Dunkerque 19 9 3 7 25 20 10 4 2 4 13 9 9 5 1 3 12 11 5 30
6 Cholet 19 7 8 4 26 22 10 5 4 1 14 8 9 2 4 3 12 14 4 29
7 Le Mans 19 7 6 6 34 22 10 6 4 0 26 7 9 1 2 6 8 15 12 27
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 19 7 6 6 26 26 9 2 4 3 14 16 10 5 2 3 12 10 0 27
9 Sedan 19 7 6 6 23 26 9 4 2 3 10 10 10 3 4 3 13 16 -3 27
10 Orléans 19 5 11 3 20 14 9 2 6 1 8 5 10 3 5 2 12 9 6 26
11 Villefranche 19 5 8 6 22 24 9 4 3 2 13 10 10 1 5 4 9 14 -2 23
12 Nancy 19 6 5 8 19 22 10 4 2 4 10 9 9 2 3 4 9 13 -3 23
13 Avranches 19 7 3 9 21 25 9 3 2 4 11 13 10 4 1 5 10 12 -4 23
14 Châteauroux 19 5 6 8 18 26 10 3 3 4 11 14 9 2 3 4 7 12 -8 21
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 19 3 9 7 14 23 9 1 4 4 7 11 10 2 5 3 7 12 -9 18
16 Gobelins 19 3 8 8 15 20 9 1 6 2 9 8 10 2 2 6 6 12 -5 17
17 Stade Briochin 19 3 8 8 20 26 10 2 4 4 10 12 9 1 4 4 10 14 -6 17
18 Bastia-Borgo 19 3 4 12 17 40 10 3 2 5 12 22 9 0 2 7 5 18 -23 13

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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.