Glory for the home side, the away team runs away as victors or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table teams Villefranche and Orléans meet at Stade Armand Chouffet.
- All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Orléans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) 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.
Villefranche form and stats
Villefranche have played 11 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
It's back home for Villefranche, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bourg-en-Bresse away with the result 1-0. At last, a league victory after four games without one.
In the match before that, Villefranche hosted Le Puy F.43 Auvergne and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Villefranche perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Villefranche as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Villefranche has won 5 of these, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have contained two goals or less.
The Villefranche fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Villefranche's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Orléans form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
The manager Usaï was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stade de la Source. Orléans suffered a 1-3 loss to Stade Briochin (placed 15th).
A 1-1 draw at Châteauroux's stadium before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Orléans playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Orléans wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Orléans have scored 15 goals in 12 league games away. As opposed to that, Orléans have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Villefranche have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Orléans.The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Orléans - Villefranche 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ba 8 goals |   K. Fortuné 8 goals |  R. Sergio 7 goals |
Villefranche missing players
Orléans missing players
| Villefranche | Orléans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| 28 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 74% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 65% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 58% | 52% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 12.1 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.7 | 10 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 40% | 24% |
| 10.6 | 11.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
- All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Orléans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orléans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in National
- Orléans have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in National
- Orléans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | Martigues | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 2 | Concarneau | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 39 |
| 3 | Versailles | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 39 |
| 4 | Red Star | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Dunkerque | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Cholet | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Sedan | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | Le Mans | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Orléans | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 10 | Avranches | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Nancy | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 30 |
| 12 | Villefranche | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Châteauroux | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Stade Briochin | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 23 |
| 17 | Gobelins | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 18 |
