Cholet vs Villefranche Prediction & Betting Tips (19 January)

Cholet have not been in the best of form on their own patch recently, winning just two of their previous 15 top-flight matches, and the Seagulls have actually been beaten in four of their last six home games. Villefranche, by way of contrast, have enjoyed eight wins in 13 the National fixtures of late, and they have splashed the cash on new players this summer.

Six of the last eight Cholet home games in the National have served up under 2.5 goals, so the Cholet have not brought much excitement which will end up ending disappointed. For their part, Villefranche are renowned for keeping things tight, with seven of their previous ten away fixtures in the top-flight producing no more than a couple of goals.

Over the course of their previous 20 matches at this elite level of the National, Cholet have been involved in no fewer than 15 contests in which at least one of the two goalkeepers has emerged with a clean sheet. This has also been the case in 17 of the last 20 Villefranche away games in the top-flight, so don’t expect the net to bulge at both ends in this encounter.