Villefranche and Châteauroux have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf expression. Both teams reside in mid-table spots in the National.
- All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
This should be an engaging match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!
Villefranche form and stats
3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Villefranche so far this season.
Bourouis was the last player to score a league goal for Villefranche and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Villefranche haven't scored in 187 minutes.
Villefranche travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cholet that ended 0-0.
Before that game, the home loss against Versailles with the scoreline 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Villefranche perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Villefranche as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Villefranche has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Villefranche are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Villefranche's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Châteauroux form and stats
Playing away, Châteauroux have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the National this season.
Châteauroux played 2-2 against Stade Briochin in their previous match.
A 0-3 loss hosting Le Mans before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Châteauroux in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Châteauroux, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Châteauroux have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous two meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Villefranche, one draw and zero wins for Châteauroux. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ba 5 goals |  R. Sergio 4 goals |   R. Grange 3 goals |
Villefranche missing players
Châteauroux missing players
| Villefranche | Châteauroux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 29% | 14% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12.6 | 13.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.3 | 13.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 25% | 25% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| 9.4 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Versailles | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Red Star | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Martigues | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Dunkerque | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Cholet | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Le Mans | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 19 |
| 8 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Nancy | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Orléans | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | Villefranche | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Châteauroux | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Sedan | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Avranches | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Gobelins | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 17 | Bastia-Borgo | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Stade Briochin | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
