National: Villefranche thought to win home match against Cholet

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

The home team, Villefranche, should be front runners in this game, but Cholet have proven both capability and intrepidity. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cholet have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's look for an active fixture!

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche have played 13 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Villefranche, their manager Maggiore and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Villefranche, who won 3-1 against Bastia-Borgo (placed 17th).

Ahead of that match, Villefranche lost 1-3 at home to Stade Briochin.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Villefranche's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played nine games, won seven matches, drawn two and lost zero.

Villefranche has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Villefranche are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Armand Chouffet in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cholet form and stats

Cholet have only collected 12 points from their away games in the National, after 3-3-8 (14 played). Two points from the last two away games for Cholet, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Cholet's previous game was their home loss versus Annecy (1-4).

A 0-0 draw at Orléans's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Cholet when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As for defending, Cholet rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head match ended Cholet - Villefranche 3-4, played this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Villefranche victories, three draws and one Cholet win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheS. Elisor
S. Elisor
10 goals
CholetY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
7 goals
CholetA. Lô
A. Lô
5 goals

Villefranche missing players

Cholet missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villefranche Cholet
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 14 27
13 6 2 Won W 0 3 9
7 3 1 Drew D 0 3 6
7 4 1 Lost L 5 8 12
33 16 3 Scored S 1 13 39
24 12 3 Conceded C 12 27 50
85% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
67% 69% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 85%
37% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 57% 63%
11% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 36% 48%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 22%
41% 46% 25% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 67%
48% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 11%
26% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 80% 43% 26%
 
4 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.2 4.3
3.9 3.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 5.2 4.9
1.4 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.3 1.5
4 3 2 Red cards R C 3 4 6
 
10.3 12.3 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 6.9 7.7
4.2 4.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.9 3.4
29% 26% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 32% 43%
 
8.6 8.8 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 9.5 9.3
3.2 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.3 4.3
Key stats in National this season:
  • Cholet have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 Laval 27 17 4 6 35 22 14 8 2 4 17 11 13 9 2 2 18 11 13 55
2 Annecy 27 14 8 5 42 24 13 8 4 1 25 8 14 6 4 4 17 16 18 50
3 Concarneau 27 13 10 4 35 19 14 9 2 3 19 8 13 4 8 1 16 11 16 49
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 13 7 7 46 27 14 6 5 3 19 11 13 7 2 4 27 16 19 46
5 Villefranche 27 13 7 7 33 24 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 7 4 3 17 12 9 46
6 Le Mans 27 12 8 7 29 23 14 8 3 3 16 9 13 4 5 4 13 14 6 44
7 Châteauroux 27 11 9 7 31 22 14 7 5 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 12 9 42
8 Stade Briochin 27 11 8 8 32 24 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 2 6 5 10 15 8 41
9 Sedan 27 10 9 8 31 29 14 7 3 4 15 12 13 3 6 4 16 17 2 39
10 Red Star 27 11 4 12 43 38 13 6 1 6 22 19 14 5 3 6 21 19 5 37
11 Orléans 27 9 10 8 30 28 13 5 5 3 16 10 14 4 5 5 14 18 2 37
12 Cholet 27 9 6 12 39 50 13 6 3 4 26 23 14 3 3 8 13 27 -11 33
13 Avranches 27 9 5 13 26 43 13 6 1 6 14 21 14 3 4 7 12 22 -17 32
14 Sète 27 7 6 14 28 35 14 4 5 5 16 14 13 3 1 9 12 21 -7 27
15 Créteil 27 6 6 15 29 45 14 5 4 5 19 19 13 1 2 10 10 26 -16 24
16 Chambly 27 5 7 15 31 50 13 2 6 5 21 24 14 3 1 10 10 26 -19 22
17 Bastia-Borgo 26 4 8 14 31 50 13 4 5 4 22 20 13 0 3 10 9 30 -19 20
18 Boulogne 26 3 8 15 22 40 12 0 6 6 9 18 14 3 2 9 13 22 -18 16

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 Laval 27 17 4 6 35 22 14 8 2 4 17 11 13 9 2 2 18 11 13 55
2 Annecy 27 14 8 5 42 24 13 8 4 1 25 8 14 6 4 4 17 16 18 50
3 Concarneau 27 13 10 4 35 19 14 9 2 3 19 8 13 4 8 1 16 11 16 49
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 13 7 7 46 27 14 6 5 3 19 11 13 7 2 4 27 16 19 46
5 Villefranche 27 13 7 7 33 24 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 7 4 3 17 12 9 46
6 Le Mans 27 12 8 7 29 23 14 8 3 3 16 9 13 4 5 4 13 14 6 44
7 Châteauroux 27 11 9 7 31 22 14 7 5 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 12 9 42
8 Stade Briochin 27 11 8 8 32 24 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 2 6 5 10 15 8 41
9 Sedan 27 10 9 8 31 29 14 7 3 4 15 12 13 3 6 4 16 17 2 39
10 Red Star 27 11 4 12 43 38 13 6 1 6 22 19 14 5 3 6 21 19 5 37
11 Orléans 27 9 10 8 30 28 13 5 5 3 16 10 14 4 5 5 14 18 2 37
12 Cholet 27 9 6 12 39 50 13 6 3 4 26 23 14 3 3 8 13 27 -11 33
13 Avranches 27 9 5 13 26 43 13 6 1 6 14 21 14 3 4 7 12 22 -17 32
14 Sète 27 7 6 14 28 35 14 4 5 5 16 14 13 3 1 9 12 21 -7 27
15 Créteil 27 6 6 15 29 45 14 5 4 5 19 19 13 1 2 10 10 26 -16 24
16 Chambly 27 5 7 15 31 50 13 2 6 5 21 24 14 3 1 10 10 26 -19 22
17 Bastia-Borgo 26 4 8 14 31 50 13 4 5 4 22 20 13 0 3 10 9 30 -19 20
18 Boulogne 26 3 8 15 22 40 12 0 6 6 9 18 14 3 2 9 13 22 -18 16

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