National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Laval or Le Mans that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Le Mans play their home games on artifical turf, while this game will be played on grass. The latest statistics for Le Mans when playing on grass are 12 wins, 8 draws and 20 defeats from 40 matches. They have created 41 goals and conceded 57 times in these games.
Laval form and stats
Laval was eliminated in the 8th round last season in the Coupe de France.Laval have played 8 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Laval fans got no joy from their last match, a National game also here at Stade Francis Le Basser: A 0-1 defeat against Concarneau.
In the game before, an away victory in the Coupe de France match versus Lucon with a 2-0 scoreline.Laval are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Laval's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Le Mans form and stats
Le Mans's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the 32nd finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Le Mans so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
Mans failed to get anything from their last game, a National home match vs Villefranche that ended with defeat 0-2.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus La Roche-sur-Yon at their stadium, the result 4-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mans have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. As opposed to that, Le Mans have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these teams: Laval won six, Le Mans were winners in two and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  G. Durbant 9 goals |  B. Camara 4 goals | J. Bègue 3 goals |
Laval missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Laval | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Annecy | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Concarneau | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Chateauroux | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Laval | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Sedan | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Le Mans | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Cholet | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Avranches | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Sete | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Orleans | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Stade Briochin | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Chambly | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Red Star | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Boulogne | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Créteil | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 10 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 5 |