National game lowdown: Villefranche against Red Star

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

The table reveals that 10 points split the two opponents in this National fixture. Villefranche have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Red Star have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in National

The visiting Red Star played their last game only four days ago, a National match.

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Villefranche form and stats

The National statistics playing at home this season for Villefranche are 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Villefranche manager Maggiore might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Villefranche enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Chambly's place. The match ended 2-0 with Elisor and Dabasse scoring.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Concarneau.

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 ten games. Villefranche has won four of these, drawn four and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the National game versus Boulogne in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Armand Chouffet.

Villefranche are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Villefranche have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Red Star form and stats

As the visiting team in National matches, Red Star have produced an overall stat of 4-1-6 so far.

Star won their last game, 3-0 versus Annecy played at home.

Prior to that match, the Red Star manager Beye faced defeat when travelling to Orleans and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Red Star in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Red Star, five draws and three defeats.

Star has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. Red Star struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Red Star - Villefranche 0-1, earlier this season. Statistics for the previous five meetings featuring these two participants are: three wins for Villefranche, two draws and zero wins for Red Star. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

Red StarP. Ba
P. Ba
12 goals
Red StarD. Durand
D. Durand
8 goals
Red StarC. N'Doye
C. N'Doye
6 goals

Villefranche missing players

Red Star missing players

Villefranche Red Star
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 9 2 Played P 2 11 22
10 5 2 Won W 0 4 8
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 2 6 12
24 12 2 Scored S 0 19 34
16 6 0 Conceded C 8 18 34
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
24% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 68%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 32%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 14%
29% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 55%
57% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
29% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 36% 27%
 
4 4.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4 4.8
4.2 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 3.8
1.3 1.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 13.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.4 10.9
3.9 5.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.5 4.7
30% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 33%
 
8.7 9.7 6 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.8 8.4
3 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.5
Key stats in National this season:
  • Red Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Red Star have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in National
  • Red Star have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in National
  • Red Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 22 13 6 3 31 14 12 9 1 2 19 7 10 4 5 1 12 7 17 45
2 Laval 22 14 3 5 28 17 12 6 2 4 13 10 10 8 1 1 15 7 11 45
3 Bourg-en-Bresse 22 12 5 5 41 22 12 6 4 2 17 8 10 6 1 3 24 14 19 41
4 Annecy 22 11 7 4 31 17 10 7 3 0 20 3 12 4 4 4 11 14 14 40
5 Châteauroux 22 10 6 6 27 19 11 7 3 1 19 7 11 3 3 5 8 12 8 36
6 Villefranche 21 10 6 5 24 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 12 5 4 3 12 10 8 36
7 Sedan 22 9 8 5 28 21 12 7 3 2 15 8 10 2 5 3 13 13 7 35
8 Le Mans 22 9 6 7 22 20 11 6 2 3 12 8 11 3 4 4 10 12 2 33
9 Orleans 22 8 7 7 25 23 11 5 4 2 15 8 11 3 3 5 10 15 2 31
10 Cholet 22 9 3 10 34 41 10 6 2 2 23 16 12 3 1 8 11 25 -7 30
11 Red Star 22 8 2 12 34 34 11 4 1 6 15 16 11 4 1 6 19 18 0 26
12 Stade Briochin 22 6 8 8 19 20 11 6 2 3 16 8 11 0 6 5 3 12 -1 26
13 Avranches 22 7 4 11 20 37 10 5 0 5 11 18 12 2 4 6 9 19 -17 25
14 Sète 21 7 3 11 23 25 12 4 3 5 14 12 9 3 0 6 9 13 -2 24
15 Chambly 22 5 5 12 27 39 11 2 4 5 17 20 11 3 1 7 10 19 -12 20
16 Bastia-Borgo 21 3 7 11 21 37 10 3 4 3 15 15 11 0 3 8 6 22 -16 16
17 Créteil 21 4 4 13 20 37 10 3 3 4 11 14 11 1 1 9 9 23 -17 16
18 Boulogne 20 2 6 12 17 33 10 0 5 5 8 16 10 2 1 7 9 17 -16 11

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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.