National prediction and preview: Villefranche modest favorites to beat Red Star

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 14.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

Villefranche and Red Star are both riding high in the National with their 3rd and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Villefranche and Red Star should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Villefranche form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 National games here at Stade Armand Chouffet for Villefranche, who have the most points (24) at home in National,. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Villefranche haven’t lost a game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Bourg-en-Bresse, 146 days ago. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Villefranche, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Villefranche are confident in defense, having played 220 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Villefranche, facing Béziers in a game that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Quevilly Rouen.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Villefranche handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and one defeat.

The Villefranche fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Villefranche have conceded only 9 goals.

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Red Star form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The manager V. Bordot was unhappy after their last game, a National match played at their home ground Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer) (Saint-Ouen). Red Star suffered a 1-2 loss to Pau (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dunkerque.

Red Star are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Red Star has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. 11 goals have been conceded by Red Star in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Red Star - Villefranche 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

Red StarM. Chahiri
M. Chahiri
11 goals
VillefrancheT. Robinet
T. Robinet
8 goals
VillefrancheM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
5 goals

Villefranche missing players

Red Star missing players

Villefranche Red Star
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 4 10 21
10 7 1 Won W 1 6 11
9 3 1 Drew D 1 1 4
2 1 1 Lost L 2 3 6
32 20 1 Scored S 3 15 28
18 9 2 Conceded C 7 11 20
86% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
76% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 71%
29% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 43%
24% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 14%
14% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
48% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
43% 45% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 43%
24% 27% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 10% 14%
 
4.3 4.2 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.2 2.9 3.4
4.1 4.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.2 4.8
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.7 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
240 145 33 Total Shots T S 22 88 171
95 59 9 Shots on Target S O 6 34 70
34% 34% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 36%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Red Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Red Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Villefranche has the most points (24) at home
  • 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 21 13 4 4 36 19 11 6 3 2 21 12 10 7 1 2 15 7 17 43
2 Pau 21 11 8 2 37 18 11 6 4 1 29 12 10 5 4 1 8 6 19 41
3 Villefranche 21 10 9 2 32 18 11 7 3 1 20 9 10 3 6 1 12 9 14 39
4 Lyon Duchere 21 10 7 4 35 24 10 5 4 1 19 10 11 5 3 3 16 14 11 37
5 Boulogne 21 11 4 6 24 15 10 6 2 2 13 7 11 5 2 4 11 8 9 37
6 Red Star 21 11 4 6 28 20 11 5 3 3 13 9 10 6 1 3 15 11 8 37
7 Avranches 20 10 3 7 22 21 10 7 1 2 15 7 10 3 2 5 7 14 1 33
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 21 8 8 5 29 26 11 5 5 1 18 11 10 3 3 4 11 15 3 32
9 Laval 21 7 8 6 22 20 11 4 3 4 10 9 10 3 5 2 12 11 2 29
10 Créteil 21 7 7 7 28 22 11 5 3 3 16 10 10 2 4 4 12 12 6 28
11 Cholet 21 6 6 9 26 34 10 5 3 2 14 11 11 1 3 7 12 23 -8 24
12 Quevilly Rouen 21 5 6 10 21 29 10 4 2 4 12 12 11 1 4 6 9 17 -8 21
13 Bastia-Borgo 20 4 8 8 21 31 9 4 1 4 14 16 11 0 7 4 7 15 -10 20
14 Béziers 21 4 8 9 22 38 10 3 3 4 11 14 11 1 5 5 11 24 -16 20
15 Concarneau 20 4 7 9 13 21 10 2 4 4 7 9 10 2 3 5 6 12 -8 19
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 21 4 5 12 23 33 10 1 4 5 9 12 11 3 1 7 14 21 -10 17
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 20 2 8 10 10 27 10 1 6 3 5 7 10 1 2 7 5 20 -17 13
18 Toulon 21 0 10 11 13 26 11 0 6 5 7 12 10 0 4 6 6 14 -13 10

Read more about National

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.