National prediction and guide: Villefranche small betting favourite to overwhelm Cholet

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

Villefranche have some points to catch up on from their 14th place, and the job starts vs Cholet. Read more!

Insights:
  • All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cholet have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in National

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Villefranche form and stats

When playing at home in the National, Villefranche have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

In their previous game, the manager Maggiore led his Villefranche to a defeat away at Versailles. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Armand Chouffet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bastia-Borgo in a game that was won 2-0.

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 13 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 13 most recent league games highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Villefranche are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Villefranche have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Cholet form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cholet so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Cholet as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The attacking players of Cholet have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 276 minutes.

Cholet failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stade Briochin (placed 15th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

A 0-2 defeat away at Châteauroux before that.

We have checked recent matches where Cholet have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 23 games were 6 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cholet have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Villefranche have won or drawn the last 8 matches (4-4-0) versus Cholet.

Villefranche and Cholet have met previously this season: Cholet - Villefranche 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheM. Ba
M. Ba
10 goals
CholetY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
9 goals
VillefrancheR. Sergio
R. Sergio
6 goals

Villefranche missing players

Cholet missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villefranche Cholet
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
7 5 1 Won W 3 3 8
12 6 2 Drew D 2 4 11
10 3 1 Lost L 0 7 9
35 19 6 Scored S 9 14 30
38 15 6 Conceded C 5 23 36
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
31% 21% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 39%
24% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 14% 14%
17% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
66% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 61%
17% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 32%
 
4.5 4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.4 4.5
3.6 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.4 4.3
1.8 2 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.6 12.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.1 6.7
4.3 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.4 2.7
28% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 42% 38%
 
11 11.8 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 13.2 10.7
4.6 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.9 4.8
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Cholet's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cholet have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cholet have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cholet have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in National
  • Cholet haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 29 16 5 8 50 31 15 9 2 4 23 11 14 7 3 4 27 20 19 52
2 Martigues 29 13 13 3 47 32 14 8 5 1 25 14 15 5 8 2 22 18 15 52
3 Dunkerque 29 16 4 9 42 27 15 8 2 5 21 13 14 8 2 4 21 14 15 52
4 Red Star 29 13 9 7 43 28 14 6 3 5 19 18 15 7 6 2 24 10 15 48
5 Versailles 29 13 9 7 36 29 15 9 3 3 21 12 14 4 6 4 15 17 7 48
6 Châteauroux 29 11 8 10 34 33 15 6 4 5 22 19 14 5 4 5 12 14 1 41
7 Sedan 29 10 10 9 34 37 14 5 4 5 14 15 15 5 6 4 20 22 -3 40
8 Le Mans 29 9 11 9 44 35 15 7 7 1 30 10 14 2 4 8 14 25 9 38
9 Orléans 29 8 14 7 34 31 14 3 8 3 14 14 15 5 6 4 20 17 3 38
10 Cholet 29 9 11 9 33 36 15 6 7 2 19 13 14 3 4 7 14 23 -3 38
11 Bourg-en-Bresse 29 9 10 10 35 37 14 4 5 5 19 21 15 5 5 5 16 16 -2 37
12 Avranches 29 11 4 14 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 17 15 5 2 8 14 21 -2 36
13 Nancy 29 9 9 11 29 36 15 6 2 7 16 20 14 3 7 4 13 16 -7 35
14 Villefranche 29 7 12 10 35 38 14 5 6 3 19 15 15 2 6 7 16 23 -3 33
15 Stade Briochin 28 6 12 10 29 35 14 2 7 5 12 17 14 4 5 5 17 18 -6 30
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 29 5 13 11 28 44 14 2 7 5 15 20 15 3 6 6 13 24 -16 28
17 Gobelins 30 4 13 13 23 38 15 2 9 4 15 16 15 2 4 9 8 22 -15 25
18 Bastia-Borgo 29 5 7 17 26 53 15 4 4 7 18 29 14 1 3 10 8 24 -27 22

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 Concarneau 29 16 5 8 50 31 15 9 2 4 23 11 14 7 3 4 27 20 19 52
2 Martigues 29 13 13 3 47 32 14 8 5 1 25 14 15 5 8 2 22 18 15 52
3 Dunkerque 29 16 4 9 42 27 15 8 2 5 21 13 14 8 2 4 21 14 15 52
4 Red Star 29 13 9 7 43 28 14 6 3 5 19 18 15 7 6 2 24 10 15 48
5 Versailles 29 13 9 7 36 29 15 9 3 3 21 12 14 4 6 4 15 17 7 48
6 Châteauroux 29 11 8 10 34 33 15 6 4 5 22 19 14 5 4 5 12 14 1 41
7 Sedan 29 10 10 9 34 37 14 5 4 5 14 15 15 5 6 4 20 22 -3 40
8 Le Mans 29 9 11 9 44 35 15 7 7 1 30 10 14 2 4 8 14 25 9 38
9 Orléans 29 8 14 7 34 31 14 3 8 3 14 14 15 5 6 4 20 17 3 38
10 Cholet 29 9 11 9 33 36 15 6 7 2 19 13 14 3 4 7 14 23 -3 38
11 Bourg-en-Bresse 29 9 10 10 35 37 14 4 5 5 19 21 15 5 5 5 16 16 -2 37
12 Avranches 29 11 4 14 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 17 15 5 2 8 14 21 -2 36
13 Nancy 29 9 9 11 29 36 15 6 2 7 16 20 14 3 7 4 13 16 -7 35
14 Villefranche 29 7 12 10 35 38 14 5 6 3 19 15 15 2 6 7 16 23 -3 33
15 Stade Briochin 28 6 12 10 29 35 14 2 7 5 12 17 14 4 5 5 17 18 -6 30
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 29 5 13 11 28 44 14 2 7 5 15 20 15 3 6 6 13 24 -16 28
17 Gobelins 30 4 13 13 23 38 15 2 9 4 15 16 15 2 4 9 8 22 -15 25
18 Bastia-Borgo 29 5 7 17 26 53 15 4 4 7 18 29 14 1 3 10 8 24 -27 22

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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.