Match Report
The table read 18th (Cholet, 32 pts) against 13th (Villefranche, 41 pts), 9 points apart. Recent form flatters Villefranche's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Per game in the league, Cholet were scoring 1 and conceding 1.62, Villefranche 1.06 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Cholet had been beaten in six straight games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 0 Cholet wins, 3 for Villefranche, 1 draw, at 2.75 goals per meeting. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin in Cholet (capacity 20,000). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.