Football betting preview: Villefranche odds-on when Bastia-Borgo arrive

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

National: We're previewing an intriguing and very important match between Villefranche and Bastia-Borgo at Stade Armand Chouffet. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bastia-Borgo have the most conceded goals (52) in National

It's no vacation for neither Villefranche nor Bastia-Borgo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche have collected 21 points from their National home games so far after 5-6-3. When Villefranche hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nancy, Stade Briochin, Le Puy F.43 Auvergne, Gobelins and Villefranche), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

Villefranche's last game was hosting Bastia-Borgo (placed 18th) and winning 2-0. At last, a league win after four fixtures without.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nancy (2-3).

Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league matches shows that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Villefranche has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 15 goals have been conceded. Villefranche has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Bastia-Borgo form and stats

There's been little loot from Bastia-Borgo's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the National. Bastia-Borgo only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

Bastia-Borgo lost away at Villefranche (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

A 2-3 loss hosting Stade Briochin before that.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Bastia-Borgo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches. When Bastia-Borgo is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Nancy, Stade Briochin, Le Puy F.43 Auvergne, Gobelins and Bastia-Borgo.

Head 2 Head

Villefranche have avoided defeat in the last 7 games (6-1-0) against Bastia-Borgo.

The fixture history shows this score when the contenders played each other previously this season; Villefranche - Bastia-Borgo 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheM. Ba
M. Ba
10 goals
VillefrancheR. Sergio
R. Sergio
6 goals
VillefrancheC. M'Buyi
C. M'Buyi
4 goals

Villefranche missing players

Bastia-Borgo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villefranche Bastia-Borgo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
7 5 2 Won W 0 1 5
12 6 1 Drew D 1 3 6
9 3 0 Lost L 2 10 17
35 19 5 Scored S 2 8 25
37 15 1 Conceded C 7 24 52
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 79%
32% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 54%
25% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 14% 29%
18% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
68% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 50%
18% 21% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 14%
18% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 39%
 
4.5 4 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.2 2.7
3.6 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6 5.6
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.4 12.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 4.7 4.6 6.9
4.3 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.1 3.2
29% 28% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 27% 27%
 
11 11.8 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 13.4 12.2
4.6 4.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.1 5.1
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bastia-Borgo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Bastia-Borgo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bastia-Borgo have the fewest clean sheets (4) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the fewest points (6) away in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the most conceded goals (52) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the most matches over the total-line (15) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the the worst goal difference (-27) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bastia-Borgo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bastia-Borgo is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Villefranche have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bastia-Borgo have scored away.
  • Villefranche 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 Concarneau 28 15 5 8 47 31 14 8 2 4 20 11 14 7 3 4 27 20 16 49
2 Dunkerque 28 15 4 9 40 27 14 7 2 5 19 13 14 8 2 4 21 14 13 49
3 Martigues 28 12 13 3 43 31 14 8 5 1 25 14 14 4 8 2 18 17 12 49
4 Red Star 28 12 9 7 39 27 14 6 3 5 19 18 14 6 6 2 20 9 12 45
5 Versailles 28 12 9 7 35 29 14 8 3 3 20 12 14 4 6 4 15 17 6 45
6 Châteauroux 28 11 7 10 33 32 15 6 4 5 22 19 13 5 3 5 11 13 1 40
7 Orléans 28 8 14 6 33 27 13 3 8 2 13 10 15 5 6 4 20 17 6 38
8 Cholet 28 9 11 8 33 35 14 6 7 1 19 12 14 3 4 7 14 23 -2 38
9 Sedan 27 10 8 9 33 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 14 5 5 4 19 21 -3 38
10 Le Mans 28 9 10 9 43 34 14 7 6 1 29 9 14 2 4 8 14 25 9 37
11 Avranches 28 11 4 13 36 36 14 6 2 6 22 17 14 5 2 7 14 19 0 36
12 Bourg-en-Bresse 28 8 10 10 33 37 13 3 5 5 17 21 15 5 5 5 16 16 -4 34
13 Nancy 26 9 7 10 26 30 14 6 2 6 15 16 12 3 5 4 11 14 -4 34
14 Villefranche 28 7 12 9 35 37 14 5 6 3 19 15 14 2 6 6 16 22 -2 33
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 28 5 13 10 28 42 14 2 7 5 15 20 14 3 6 5 13 22 -14 28
16 Stade Briochin 27 5 12 10 28 35 14 2 7 5 12 17 13 3 5 5 16 18 -7 27
17 Gobelins 28 4 12 12 21 33 14 2 8 4 13 14 14 2 4 8 8 19 -12 24
18 Bastia-Borgo 28 5 6 17 25 52 14 4 3 7 17 28 14 1 3 10 8 24 -27 21

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 Concarneau 28 15 5 8 47 31 14 8 2 4 20 11 14 7 3 4 27 20 16 49
2 Dunkerque 28 15 4 9 40 27 14 7 2 5 19 13 14 8 2 4 21 14 13 49
3 Martigues 28 12 13 3 43 31 14 8 5 1 25 14 14 4 8 2 18 17 12 49
4 Red Star 28 12 9 7 39 27 14 6 3 5 19 18 14 6 6 2 20 9 12 45
5 Versailles 28 12 9 7 35 29 14 8 3 3 20 12 14 4 6 4 15 17 6 45
6 Châteauroux 28 11 7 10 33 32 15 6 4 5 22 19 13 5 3 5 11 13 1 40
7 Orléans 28 8 14 6 33 27 13 3 8 2 13 10 15 5 6 4 20 17 6 38
8 Cholet 28 9 11 8 33 35 14 6 7 1 19 12 14 3 4 7 14 23 -2 38
9 Sedan 27 10 8 9 33 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 14 5 5 4 19 21 -3 38
10 Le Mans 28 9 10 9 43 34 14 7 6 1 29 9 14 2 4 8 14 25 9 37
11 Avranches 28 11 4 13 36 36 14 6 2 6 22 17 14 5 2 7 14 19 0 36
12 Bourg-en-Bresse 28 8 10 10 33 37 13 3 5 5 17 21 15 5 5 5 16 16 -4 34
13 Nancy 26 9 7 10 26 30 14 6 2 6 15 16 12 3 5 4 11 14 -4 34
14 Villefranche 28 7 12 9 35 37 14 5 6 3 19 15 14 2 6 6 16 22 -2 33
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 28 5 13 10 28 42 14 2 7 5 15 20 14 3 6 5 13 22 -14 28
16 Stade Briochin 27 5 12 10 28 35 14 2 7 5 12 17 13 3 5 5 16 18 -7 27
17 Gobelins 28 4 12 12 21 33 14 2 8 4 13 14 14 2 4 8 8 19 -12 24
18 Bastia-Borgo 28 5 6 17 25 52 14 4 3 7 17 28 14 1 3 10 8 24 -27 21

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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.