Balanced ball game between Villefranche and Red Star expected

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 20.January
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

This league campaign has been hard for Villefranche up to now, while Red Star have enjoyed success. Will the away team get another notch in their belt at Stade Armand Chouffet?

Insights:
  • All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Red Star have the fewest conceded goals (11) 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

Villefranche have played 8 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

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

Prior to that, an away loss at Stade Briochin.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.

Villefranche has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Villefranche have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Red Star form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Red Star are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Red Star go into this game after a win, the home game against Châteauroux that ended 3-0.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Cholet.

Stats flash: 8 of the latest 10 league games involving this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The travelling fans enjoy Star's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Red Star's manager Bordot has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {4 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the result Red Star - Villefranche 1-0 entered in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Villefranche victories, three draws and one Red Star win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last seven duels.

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheR. Sergio
R. Sergio
6 goals
VillefrancheM. Ba
M. Ba
6 goals
Red StarI. Macalou
I. Macalou
5 goals

Villefranche missing players

Red Star missing players

Villefranche Red Star
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
4 3 0 Won W 2 4 8
7 3 1 Drew D 1 5 7
6 2 2 Lost L 0 0 2
18 10 1 Scored S 8 15 26
22 9 5 Conceded C 2 4 11
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 76%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 59%
24% 12% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 35%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 29%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 12%
59% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 29%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 67% 59%
29% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 35%
 
5.3 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.6 5.2
3.5 3.9 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.4 4.2
2.1 2.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.7
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.6 13.2 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.9 12.2
4.2 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.1 5.5
25% 25% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 28%
 
9.5 9.9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.4 8.9
4.2 4.1 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 2.2 3.1
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Villefranche's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Red Star have not yet lost a game away.
  • Red Star have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Red Star have the fewest conceded goals (11) in National
  • Red Star have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in National
  • Red Star have the most clean sheets (10) in National
  • Red Star have the most clean sheets (6) away in National
  • Red Star have the most points (17) away in National
  • Red Star have the most scored goals (15) away in National
  • Red Star have the the best goal difference (+11) away in National
  • Red Star have the the best goal difference (+15) in National
  • 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 17 8 8 1 28 19 8 5 3 0 15 8 9 3 5 1 13 11 9 32
2 Versailles 17 9 5 3 24 16 9 6 2 1 15 7 8 3 3 2 9 9 8 32
3 Red Star 17 8 7 2 26 11 8 4 2 2 11 7 9 4 5 0 15 4 15 31
4 Concarneau 16 9 4 3 27 16 9 5 2 2 15 8 7 4 2 1 12 8 11 30
5 Dunkerque 16 8 2 6 21 16 8 4 1 3 10 5 8 4 1 3 11 11 5 26
6 Cholet 17 6 7 4 23 21 9 4 4 1 12 8 8 2 3 3 11 13 2 25
7 Le Mans 17 6 6 5 31 18 9 5 4 0 23 5 8 1 2 5 8 13 13 24
8 Sedan 17 6 6 5 20 24 8 3 2 3 8 10 9 3 4 2 12 14 -4 24
9 Orléans 17 3 11 3 16 14 8 1 6 1 5 5 9 2 5 2 11 9 2 20
10 Bourg-en-Bresse 15 5 5 5 19 20 7 0 4 3 8 13 8 5 1 2 11 7 -1 20
11 Nancy 17 5 5 7 16 19 9 4 2 3 10 8 8 1 3 4 6 11 -3 20
12 Avranches 17 6 3 8 20 24 8 2 2 4 10 13 9 4 1 4 10 11 -4 20
13 Villefranche 17 4 7 6 18 22 8 3 3 2 10 9 9 1 4 4 8 13 -4 19
14 Châteauroux 17 4 6 7 17 25 9 2 3 4 10 14 8 2 3 3 7 11 -8 18
15 Gobelins 17 3 7 7 14 18 8 1 5 2 8 7 9 2 2 5 6 11 -4 16
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 17 3 7 7 12 21 8 1 3 4 6 10 9 2 4 3 6 11 -9 16
17 Stade Briochin 17 2 8 7 19 25 9 1 4 4 9 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 -6 14
18 Bastia-Borgo 17 2 4 11 15 37 9 2 2 5 10 22 8 0 2 6 5 15 -22 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.