Soccer betting preview: Villefranche welcomes Red Star in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France National
Competition: Tue 30.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Villefranche have their presumed home advantage while Red Star are ahead 2 points in the National table.

Insights:
  • Villefranche have the fewest conceded goals (20) in National
  • Red Star have scored at least twice as many goals away as Villefranche have scored home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Villefranche and Red Star.

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Villefranche form and stats

The story so far in the National for Villefranche, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in National, at their home stadium (Stade Armand Chouffet) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Villefranche are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Villefranche, who won 2-0 against Sete (placed 13th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Bastia-Borgo.

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 five of these, drawn four and lost four.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Villefranche as they have a new game in only four days, a National match thankfully also at home. Concarneau are visiting.

Villefranche has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 6 goals from 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Villefranche have conceded only 9 goals.

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Red Star form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the National.

Star are looking to quickly end their 267 minutes long goal drought in the National.

Red Star play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Avranches (placed 12th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Laval.

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

After this away game Star return home for a National game against Stade Briochin. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Red Star have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Star have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Red Star - Villefranche 0-2. Last three meetings between the teams: Villefranche won two, Red Star won zero and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Red StarD. Durand
D. Durand
8 goals
VillefrancheA. Garita
A. Garita
5 goals
Red StarC. N'Doye
C. N'Doye
5 goals

Villefranche missing players

Red Star missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villefranche Red Star
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 5 12 25
9 3 1 Won W 2 4 9
8 5 1 Drew D 0 4 10
9 4 2 Lost L 3 4 6
19 6 1 Scored S 7 17 29
20 9 4 Conceded C 5 13 23
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 84%
42% 33% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 83% 64%
15% 8% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 42% 28%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
27% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 44%
38% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 44%
46% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 40% 17% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.3 9.3 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.8 8.4
3.5 4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 3.7
20% 11% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 32%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Red Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Red Star have scored at least twice as many goals away as Villefranche have scored home.
  • Red Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Villefranche have the fewest conceded goals (20) in National
  • Villefranche have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in National

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Quevilly Rouen 27 15 6 6 43 26 14 7 3 4 20 10 13 8 3 2 23 16 17 51
2 Bastia 26 14 8 4 46 23 13 8 4 1 25 8 13 6 4 3 21 15 23 50
3 Orleans 27 10 9 8 40 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 13 3 5 5 14 16 9 39
4 Cholet 27 10 8 9 30 32 14 7 3 4 24 19 13 3 5 5 6 13 -2 38
5 Red Star 25 9 10 6 29 23 13 5 6 2 12 10 12 4 4 4 17 13 6 37
6 Concarneau 25 8 12 5 27 23 11 2 6 3 9 10 14 6 6 2 18 13 4 36
7 Stade Briochin 27 8 12 7 26 25 14 7 5 2 13 9 13 1 7 5 13 16 1 36
8 Le Mans 27 8 11 8 29 29 13 5 6 2 16 11 14 3 5 6 13 18 0 35
9 Villefranche 26 9 8 9 19 20 12 3 5 4 6 9 14 6 3 5 13 11 -1 35
10 Laval 25 8 10 7 27 23 12 4 3 5 15 15 13 4 7 2 12 8 4 34
11 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 7 12 8 21 26 13 4 5 4 10 13 14 3 7 4 11 13 -5 33
12 Avranches 27 9 5 13 29 35 14 6 1 7 19 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -6 32
13 Sete 26 7 10 9 22 22 13 5 6 2 13 5 13 2 4 7 9 17 0 31
14 Creteil 26 7 9 10 24 30 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 1 6 6 9 17 -6 30
15 Bastia-Borgo 27 6 11 10 28 39 14 4 7 3 19 17 13 2 4 7 9 22 -11 29
16 Annecy 27 6 10 11 32 43 14 3 7 4 18 21 13 3 3 7 14 22 -11 28
17 Lyon Duchere 27 3 15 9 24 36 14 1 7 6 10 20 13 2 8 3 14 16 -12 24
18 Boulogne 23 3 12 8 16 26 11 0 8 3 7 10 12 3 4 5 9 16 -10 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Quevilly Rouen 27 15 6 6 43 26 14 7 3 4 20 10 13 8 3 2 23 16 17 51
2 Bastia 26 14 8 4 46 23 13 8 4 1 25 8 13 6 4 3 21 15 23 50
3 Orleans 27 10 9 8 40 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 13 3 5 5 14 16 9 39
4 Cholet 27 10 8 9 30 32 14 7 3 4 24 19 13 3 5 5 6 13 -2 38
5 Red Star 25 9 10 6 29 23 13 5 6 2 12 10 12 4 4 4 17 13 6 37
6 Concarneau 25 8 12 5 27 23 11 2 6 3 9 10 14 6 6 2 18 13 4 36
7 Stade Briochin 27 8 12 7 26 25 14 7 5 2 13 9 13 1 7 5 13 16 1 36
8 Le Mans 27 8 11 8 29 29 13 5 6 2 16 11 14 3 5 6 13 18 0 35
9 Villefranche 26 9 8 9 19 20 12 3 5 4 6 9 14 6 3 5 13 11 -1 35
10 Laval 25 8 10 7 27 23 12 4 3 5 15 15 13 4 7 2 12 8 4 34
11 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 7 12 8 21 26 13 4 5 4 10 13 14 3 7 4 11 13 -5 33
12 Avranches 27 9 5 13 29 35 14 6 1 7 19 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -6 32
13 Sete 26 7 10 9 22 22 13 5 6 2 13 5 13 2 4 7 9 17 0 31
14 Creteil 26 7 9 10 24 30 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 1 6 6 9 17 -6 30
15 Bastia-Borgo 27 6 11 10 28 39 14 4 7 3 19 17 13 2 4 7 9 22 -11 29
16 Annecy 27 6 10 11 32 43 14 3 7 4 18 21 13 3 3 7 14 22 -11 28
17 Lyon Duchere 27 3 15 9 24 36 14 1 7 6 10 20 13 2 8 3 14 16 -12 24
18 Boulogne 23 3 12 8 16 26 11 0 8 3 7 10 12 3 4 5 9 16 -10 21

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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.