It's game two of the National season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Villefranche-Cholet!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Villefranche form and stats
Villefranche manager A. Pochat and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Lyon Duchère (placed 7th) in the National. Before that, Villefranche played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Dunkerque.
The manager A. Pochat will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Annecy in only four days.
Last season, Villefranche's league statistics were 10 wins, 11 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the National. Over these 25 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Villefranche managed 7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 11 conceded.
Cholet form and stats
Cholet aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 197 league minutes without a goal. N. Doumbia was the last player to find the net.
Cholet's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bourg-en-Bresse that finished 0-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Boulogne.
After this away game Cholet return home for a National game against Sète. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Let's have a look at how Cholet performed last season in the National: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 18/26 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Villefranche one win, two draws and Cholet one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Villefranche missing players
Cholet missing players
| Villefranche | Cholet | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Villefranche | Last season | Cholet | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 26 | 40 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 284 | 164 | Total Shots | T S | 132 | 234 | ||
| 111 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 112 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Stade Briochin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Boulogne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Laval | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Annecy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lyon Duchère | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Villefranche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bastia-Borgo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cholet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Créteil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sète | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Orléans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Quevilly Rouen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Avranches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | Pau | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Dunkerque | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Boulogne | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 46 |
| 4 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Red Star | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Avranches | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Villefranche | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Lyon Duchère | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Créteil | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 10 | Laval | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Concarneau | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 31 |
| 12 | Cholet | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | Quevilly Rouen | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Bastia-Borgo | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 24 |
| 15 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Beziers | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 23 |
| 17 | Gazelec Ajaccio | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Toulon | 25 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 13 |