Villefranche supporters put their faith in manager H. Della Maggiore to deliver victory against Avranches

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Competition: France National
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

Villefranche perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Avranches can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Villefranche have the fewest conceded goals (24) in National

Villefranche have less rest than Avranches in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a National game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Orléans, so at least Villefranche are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Avranches are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in National, have played 15 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Villefranche bring valid hopes of a third.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Creteil in a game that was won 3-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Villefranche matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, two draws and zero defeats (from six games).

Villefranche aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Armand Chouffet in the league, with only 12 goals from 15 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Villefranche have conceded only 11 goals.

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Avranches form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the National.

S. Séance scored in Avranches's previous match, the home game against Bourg-en-Bresse that ended 1-0. Before that, Avranches travelled to Le Mans and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Avranches playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 16 goals have been conceded by Avranches in these games.

Head 2 Head

Avranches - Villefranche 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Villefranche, two draws and zero wins for Avranches. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

AvranchesS. Essende
S. Essende
7 goals
VillefrancheA. Garita
A. Garita
6 goals
AvranchesA. Busin
A. Busin
4 goals

Villefranche missing players

Avranches missing players

Villefranche Avranches
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
12 5 1 Won W 1 4 11
10 6 2 Drew D 1 5 7
9 4 2 Lost L 2 6 13
30 12 1 Scored S 3 12 32
25 11 2 Conceded C 5 16 36
90% 87% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 87%
48% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 65%
26% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 42%
13% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 6%
32% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 48%
39% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 29%
39% 40% 80% Failed to Score F T 25% 47% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 9.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 6.5 6
3.6 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.4 2.4
26% 18% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 39%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Villefranche have the fewest conceded goals (24) in National
  • Villefranche have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in National

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bastia 30 16 9 5 49 25 15 9 4 2 26 9 15 7 5 3 23 16 24 57
2 Quevilly Rouen 31 16 9 6 48 29 16 8 4 4 24 12 15 8 5 2 24 17 19 57
3 Orléans 29 11 10 8 44 33 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 4 6 5 18 18 11 43
4 Red Star 31 10 13 8 36 29 15 6 6 3 15 11 16 4 7 5 21 18 7 43
5 Villefranche 30 11 10 9 27 24 15 5 6 4 12 11 15 6 4 5 15 13 3 43
6 Concarneau 31 9 15 7 32 28 15 3 9 3 14 13 16 6 6 4 18 15 4 42
7 Stade Briochin 31 9 13 9 29 29 16 7 6 3 14 11 15 2 7 6 15 18 0 40
8 Avranches 31 11 7 13 32 36 16 7 2 7 20 20 15 4 5 6 12 16 -4 40
9 Le Mans 29 9 12 8 31 30 14 5 7 2 17 12 15 4 5 6 14 18 1 39
10 Sète 31 9 12 10 28 29 15 6 7 2 16 7 16 3 5 8 12 22 -1 39
11 Cholet 30 10 9 11 30 37 15 7 4 4 24 19 15 3 5 7 6 18 -7 39
12 Laval 31 9 11 11 30 29 15 5 4 6 18 18 16 4 7 5 12 11 1 38
13 Bourg-en-Bresse 31 8 13 10 23 30 15 5 5 5 11 15 16 3 8 5 12 15 -7 37
14 Boulogne 31 6 17 8 27 32 15 3 9 3 15 13 16 3 8 5 12 19 -5 35
15 Annecy 31 7 13 11 35 44 16 4 8 4 20 21 15 3 5 7 15 23 -9 34
16 Creteil 30 7 11 12 27 37 16 6 5 5 18 17 14 1 6 7 9 20 -10 32
17 Bastia-Borgo 31 6 14 11 32 45 16 4 9 3 20 18 15 2 5 8 12 27 -13 32
18 Lyon Duchere 31 4 16 11 29 43 16 2 8 6 14 23 15 2 8 5 15 20 -14 28

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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.