4th position in the National table for Villefranche so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Cholet visits Stade Armand Chouffet.
Villefranche form and stats
Villefranche have performed here at Stade Armand Chouffet this season with 5 wins from 9 National matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Villefranche drew their last game, 1-1 away at Le Puy F.43 Auvergne (placed 16th). Before that, Villefranche had a home game versus Bastia-Borgo which ended with a victory 4-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Villefranche have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from Villefranche in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Villefranche have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cholet form and stats
Cholet have only collected 6 points from their away games in the National, after 1-3-5 (9 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Cholet's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The manager E. Malkoc was unhappy after their last game, a National match played at their home ground Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin. Cholet suffered a 0-4 loss to Dunkerque (placed 1st). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bourg-en-Bresse wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
Cholet lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have checked recent matches where Cholet have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were W4-D3-L9.
Cholet are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Cholet have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cholet - Villefranche 1-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 2 - 1 (Villefranche wins - draws - Cholet wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Rocheteau 7 goals |   T. Robinet 5 goals |  T. Taufflieb 4 goals |
Villefranche missing players
Cholet missing players
| Villefranche | Cholet | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 26 |
| 88% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 59% |
| 18% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 12% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 65% |
| 41% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 197 | 122 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 84 | 155 |
| 80 | 48 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 39 | 72 |
| 31% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 31% |
- All of Cholet's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cholet have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cholet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Pau | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Red Star | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Villefranche | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Lyon Duchere | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Laval | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Avranches | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 8 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Creteil | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 10 | Boulogne | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Cholet | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Quevilly Rouen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Bastia-Borgo | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Beziers | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Concarneau | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -12 | 11 |
| 17 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 11 |
| 18 | Toulon | 17 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 9 |