National preview: Can Villefranche edge out victory against Boulogne?

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Competition: France National
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

Villefranche have won 37 points playing as the host team. Boulogne have 12 points being the away side. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (19) in National

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche have collected 18 points from their National home games so far after 5-3-2.

The Villefranche goalkeeper Jean-Christophe Bouet is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 198 minutes without conceding a goal in the National.

The spoils were shared in Villefranche's previous game, also at home. Visiting Red Star (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Before that match, a win away at Chambly.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Villefranche handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, six draws and four defeats.

There will be little rest for Villefranche after this match as they are travelling to Orléans for a National game in only four days.

Villefranche are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Villefranche have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Boulogne form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Boulogne so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Boulogne are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Bastia-Borgo fixture.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cholet (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Annecy.

Boulogne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avranches in just four days.

As for defending, Boulogne rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Boulogne - Villefranche 0-1. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Villefranche victories, three draws and zero Boulogne wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheS. Elisor
S. Elisor
5 goals
VillefrancheA. Dabasse
A. Dabasse
4 goals
VillefrancheR. Bonenfant
R. Bonenfant
3 goals

Villefranche missing players

Boulogne missing players

Villefranche Boulogne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 5 Played P 4 11 21
10 5 3 Won W 1 2 2
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 7
5 2 1 Lost L 2 7 12
24 12 8 Scored S 6 11 19
16 6 3 Conceded C 8 19 35
82% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
59% 60% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 76%
23% 30% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 52%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 29%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
27% 30% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 36% 52%
59% 60% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 14%
32% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 55% 43%
 
4.1 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 3.5 2.8
4.1 3.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.4 2.6
1.3 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 1.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.2 13.2 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.8 5.8
3.8 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 2.8
29% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 27% 32%
 
8.5 9.3 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11 7.6
3 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 2.9
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (19) in National
  • Boulogne have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in National
  • Boulogne have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Boulogne is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 23 13 7 3 32 15 12 9 1 2 19 7 11 4 6 1 13 8 17 46
2 Laval 23 14 3 6 28 19 12 6 2 4 13 10 11 8 1 2 15 9 9 45
3 Bourg-en-Bresse 23 12 6 5 42 23 12 6 4 2 17 8 11 6 2 3 25 15 19 42
4 Annecy 22 11 7 4 31 17 10 7 3 0 20 3 12 4 4 4 11 14 14 40
5 Sedan 23 10 8 5 30 22 12 7 3 2 15 8 11 3 5 3 15 14 8 38
6 Chateauroux 23 10 7 6 28 20 12 7 4 1 20 8 11 3 3 5 8 12 8 37
7 Villefranche 22 10 7 5 24 16 10 5 3 2 12 6 12 5 4 3 12 10 8 37
8 Le Mans 23 10 6 7 24 20 12 7 2 3 14 8 11 3 4 4 10 12 4 36
9 Orléans 22 8 7 7 25 23 11 5 4 2 15 8 11 3 3 5 10 15 2 31
10 Cholet 23 9 4 10 36 43 11 6 3 2 25 18 12 3 1 8 11 25 -7 31
11 Stade Briochin 23 7 8 8 22 21 12 7 2 3 19 9 11 0 6 5 3 12 1 29
12 Red Star 23 8 3 12 34 34 11 4 1 6 15 16 12 4 2 6 19 18 0 27
13 Avranches 23 7 5 11 21 38 11 5 1 5 12 19 12 2 4 6 9 19 -17 26
14 Sète 22 7 3 12 24 28 12 4 3 5 14 12 10 3 0 7 10 16 -4 24
15 Chambly 23 5 5 13 27 43 11 2 4 5 17 20 12 3 1 8 10 23 -16 20
16 Bastia-Borgo 22 4 7 11 25 37 11 4 4 3 19 15 11 0 3 8 6 22 -12 19
17 Créteil 22 4 4 14 21 39 11 3 3 5 12 16 11 1 1 9 9 23 -18 16
18 Boulogne 21 2 7 12 19 35 10 0 5 5 8 16 11 2 2 7 11 19 -16 12

Read more about National

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.