Villefranche manager Maggiore looking for three points in Cholet showdown

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

It's only match two of the National for these participants. And fresh bodies and minds here at Stade Armand Chouffet as Villefranche welcome Cholet. Read this preview!

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

The previous season, Villefranche's league stats were 11 wins, 13 draws and 10 losses, leading to 7th position in the National. During these 34 matches they scored {49 goals} and let in 40. Performing as the host team in the last season Villefranche produced 7-7-3 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 16 conceded.

Villefranche shared the glory with Nancy in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Le Mans.

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 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.

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Cholet form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cholet performed last season in the National: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 12 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 17/26 goals scored/conceded.

Cholet won their last game, 2-0 versus Châteauroux played at home.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Avranches wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Cholet have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 23 games were 5 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Villefranche have won at least one point in the last 9 games (4-5-0) facing Cholet.

The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheD. Mai
D. Mai
1 goals
CholetY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
1 goals
CholetO. Abdeldjelil
O. Abdeldjelil
1 goals

Villefranche missing players

Cholet missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villefranche Cholet
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 3
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Villefranche Last season Cholet
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 33
11 7   Won W   4 10
13 7   Drew D   5 12
10 3   Lost L   8 11
49 25   Scored S   17 35
40 16   Conceded C   26 41
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
79% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 82%
35% 24%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 42%
26% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 12%
21% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
62% 59%   BTTS BTTS   65% 61%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 21%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   35% 30%
 
4.4 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.6
3.7 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.2
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
3 3   Red cards R C   0 3
 
11.5 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.4 7.2
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2.9
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 35%
 
10.5 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.4 10.1
4.3 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cholet 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Le Mans 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Niort 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Red Star 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Orleans 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Nîmes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Villefranche 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Martigues 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Dijon 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nancy 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Versailles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Avranches 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Épinal 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Chasselay MDA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Marignane Gignac CB 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Châteauroux 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 34 19 5 10 50 32 17 10 2 5 25 14 17 9 3 5 25 18 18 62
2 Red Star 34 17 9 8 51 30 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 9 6 2 28 10 21 60
3 Concarneau 34 18 7 9 57 37 17 10 3 4 27 14 17 8 4 5 30 23 20 60
4 Martigues 34 15 15 4 54 40 17 10 6 1 31 18 17 5 9 3 23 22 14 60
5 Versailles 34 14 9 11 41 41 17 9 3 5 21 18 17 5 6 6 20 23 0 51
6 Avranches 34 15 4 15 47 44 17 8 2 7 27 22 17 7 2 8 20 22 3 48
7 Villefranche 34 11 13 10 49 40 17 7 7 3 25 16 17 4 6 7 24 24 9 46
8 Sedan 34 12 10 12 41 47 17 6 4 7 18 22 17 6 6 5 23 25 -6 46
9 Orleans 34 10 14 10 38 37 17 4 8 5 16 17 17 6 6 5 22 20 1 44
10 Châteauroux 34 12 8 14 41 46 17 6 4 7 23 25 17 6 4 7 18 21 -5 44
11 Le Mans 34 10 13 11 50 42 17 7 8 2 34 15 17 3 5 9 16 27 8 43
12 Nancy 34 10 13 11 37 39 17 7 3 7 20 19 17 3 10 4 17 20 -2 42
13 Cholet 34 10 12 12 36 44 17 6 7 4 19 18 17 4 5 8 17 26 -8 42
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 9 13 12 42 46 17 4 8 5 24 26 17 5 5 7 18 20 -4 40
15 Stade Briochin 34 8 14 12 36 46 17 4 8 5 16 19 17 4 6 7 20 27 -10 38
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 34 7 14 13 34 50 17 3 8 6 19 24 17 4 6 7 15 26 -16 35
17 Gobelins 34 6 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 18 19 17 3 4 10 10 23 -14 31
18 Bastia-Borgo 34 6 8 20 32 61 17 5 4 8 21 31 17 1 4 12 11 30 -29 26

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 Cholet 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Le Mans 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Niort 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Red Star 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Orleans 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Nîmes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Villefranche 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Martigues 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Dijon 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nancy 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Versailles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Avranches 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Épinal 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Chasselay MDA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Marignane Gignac CB 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Châteauroux 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.