National prediction and preview: Villefranche modest favorites to beat Bourg-en-Bresse

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

Villefranche have performed better than Bourg-en-Bresse so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche have performed here at Stade Armand Chouffet this season with 7 wins from 12 National matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. The Villefranche fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Armand Chouffet and will expect new points from this game. Villefranche has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Villefranche haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 342 minutes ago. M. Blanc scored that one.

In their previous game, the manager A. Pochat led his Villefranche to a defeat in the National match away at Toulon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Armand Chouffet. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Red Star that ended 0-0.

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

Villefranche have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Armand Chouffet with 20 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Villefranche have conceded only 9 goals.

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Bourg-en-Bresse form and stats

4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bourg-en-Bresse in their National matches away.

Bourg-en-Bresse delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Pau (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a National game. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Dunkerque.

Bourg-en-Bresse are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Bourg-en-Bresse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bourg-en-Bresse have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bourg-en-Bresse - Villefranche 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Villefranche wins - draws - Bourg-en-Bresse wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bourg-en-Bresse
M. Anani
15 goals
Villefranche
T. Robinet
8 goals
Villefranche
M. Guilavogui
5 goals

Villefranche missing players

Bourg-en-Bresse missing players

Villefranche Bourg-en-Bresse
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 4 11 23
10 7 1 Won W 1 4 9
10 4 2 Drew D 1 3 9
3 1 1 Lost L 2 4 5
32 20 4 Scored S 6 15 33
21 9 5 Conceded C 7 18 29
83% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
74% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 70%
30% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 52%
22% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 35%
13% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 13%
43% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 61%
43% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 35%
30% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 9% 17%
 
4.3 4.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 5.6
4 4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4 3.8
2.4 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
270 159 55 Total Shots T S 19 79 228
105 64 18 Shots on Target S O 9 34 99
30% 31% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 44% 33%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bourg-en-Bresse haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Villefranche have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Dunkerque 23 14 4 5 41 23 12 6 3 3 24 16 11 8 1 2 17 7 18 46
2 Pau 23 12 9 2 40 18 12 7 4 1 32 12 11 5 5 1 8 6 22 45
3 Red Star 23 12 5 6 29 20 12 6 3 3 14 9 11 6 2 3 15 11 9 41
4 Villefranche 23 10 10 3 32 21 12 7 4 1 20 9 11 3 6 2 12 12 11 40
5 Boulogne 23 12 4 7 25 16 11 7 2 2 14 7 12 5 2 5 11 9 9 40
6 Avranches 22 12 3 7 27 22 11 8 1 2 16 7 11 4 2 5 11 15 5 39
7 Lyon Duchère 23 10 7 6 36 31 11 5 4 2 20 14 12 5 3 4 16 17 5 37
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 23 9 9 5 33 29 12 5 6 1 18 11 11 4 3 4 15 18 4 36
9 Laval 23 8 8 7 23 21 12 5 3 4 11 9 11 3 5 3 12 12 2 32
10 Créteil 23 8 7 8 31 26 12 5 3 4 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 13 5 31
11 Concarneau 23 6 7 10 17 23 11 3 4 4 10 9 12 3 3 6 7 14 -6 25
12 Cholet 23 6 7 10 26 35 11 5 4 2 14 11 12 1 3 8 12 24 -9 25
13 Quevilly Rouen 23 6 6 11 24 31 11 4 2 5 12 13 12 2 4 6 12 18 -7 24
14 Bastia-Borgo 22 5 9 8 22 31 10 5 1 4 15 16 12 0 8 4 7 15 -9 24
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 23 5 5 13 24 34 11 2 4 5 10 12 12 3 1 8 14 22 -10 20
16 Béziers 23 4 8 11 23 41 11 3 3 5 12 16 12 1 5 6 11 25 -18 20
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 23 3 8 12 12 30 12 2 6 4 7 9 11 1 2 8 5 21 -18 16
18 Toulon 23 1 10 12 16 29 12 1 6 5 10 12 11 0 4 7 6 17 -13 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.