Soccer betting preview: Chambly welcomes Le Mans in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 06.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre Brisson (1000 seats)

With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Chambly fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Le Mans.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It should be mentioned that Le Mans play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Le Mans on grass are 13 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats from 38 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 40-50. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Chambly form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Chambly have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games.

A strong away win for Chambly against Lorient the last match, as Joris Correa (2) were on target. Before that, Chambly had a home game versus Nancy which ended with a victory 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chambly have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost three.

Chambly aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Pierre Brisson in the league, with only 10 goals from 14 games. On the other hand, Chambly have conceded 19 goals.

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Le Mans form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Le Mans, who have the most conceded goals (43) in Ligue 2, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-10 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Le Mans, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Le Mans go into this game after a win, the home game against Guingamp that ended 2-1. A 0-2 defeat away at Ajaccio before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Le Mans playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were two Le Mans wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The attacking power of Le Mans when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. For Le Mans, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Le Mans - Chambly 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Chambly victory, one draw and two Le Mans wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Le Mans
V. Créhin
7 goals
ChamblyF. David
F. David
5 goals
Le Mans
A. Kanté
4 goals

Chambly missing players

Le Mans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chambly Le Mans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 5 13 27
9 4 3 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 1 Drew D 1 1 4
11 7 1 Lost L 4 10 16
24 10 7 Scored S 3 12 28
30 19 5 Conceded C 10 26 43
78% 79% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
52% 43% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 77% 70%
41% 36% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 54% 52%
15% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 19%
11% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 23% 19%
26% 36% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 48%
44% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 26%
52% 50% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 46% 33%
 
3.4 4 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 2.4 3.7
4.1 3.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.8 3.9
2.3 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
219 133 48 Total Shots T S 40 99 271
75 46 18 Shots on Target S O 11 34 88
32% 22% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Chambly has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
  • Le Mans has the fewest points (7) away
  • Le Mans has the most conceded goals (26) away
  • Le Mans has the most conceded goals (43)
  • Le Mans has the most conceded goals in the second half (26)
  • Le Mans has the the worst goal difference (-14) away
  • Le Mans have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Le Mans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Mans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Le Mans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lorient 27 17 3 7 45 24 14 9 1 4 22 12 13 8 2 3 23 12 21 54
2 Lens 27 14 8 5 38 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 14 50
3 Troyes 27 16 2 9 33 24 13 8 0 5 19 16 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 50
4 Ajaccio 27 14 7 6 37 22 13 5 4 4 16 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 15 49
5 Clermont 27 13 8 6 33 25 13 6 3 4 19 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 8 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 37 25 13 4 7 2 17 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 12 41
7 Guingamp 27 10 9 8 39 31 14 5 6 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 19 17 8 39
8 Valenciennes 27 10 9 8 21 19 14 7 5 2 14 7 13 3 4 6 7 12 2 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 27 7 14 6 26 26 13 3 8 2 12 10 14 4 6 4 14 16 0 35
10 Auxerre 27 8 10 9 31 29 14 5 7 2 19 12 13 3 3 7 12 17 2 34
11 Caen 27 8 10 9 32 32 14 4 5 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 18 15 0 34
12 Sochaux 27 8 10 9 28 28 14 6 5 3 17 11 13 2 5 6 11 17 0 34
13 Chambly 27 9 7 11 24 30 14 4 3 7 10 19 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 34
14 Nancy 27 6 15 6 26 25 14 6 6 2 16 9 13 0 9 4 10 16 1 33
15 Châteauroux 27 8 7 12 20 37 13 2 4 7 9 22 14 6 3 5 11 15 -17 31
16 Rodez 27 7 8 12 29 33 13 5 3 5 20 17 14 2 5 7 9 16 -4 29
17 Paris 27 7 6 14 21 39 13 3 2 8 9 22 14 4 4 6 12 17 -18 27
18 Niort 27 6 7 14 29 40 13 4 4 5 15 15 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 25
19 Le Mans 27 7 4 16 28 43 14 5 3 6 16 17 13 2 1 10 12 26 -15 25
20 Orleans 27 4 7 16 21 42 14 2 2 10 8 23 13 2 5 6 13 19 -21 19

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 Lorient 27 17 3 7 45 24 14 9 1 4 22 12 13 8 2 3 23 12 21 54
2 Lens 27 14 8 5 38 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 14 50
3 Troyes 27 16 2 9 33 24 13 8 0 5 19 16 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 50
4 Ajaccio 27 14 7 6 37 22 13 5 4 4 16 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 15 49
5 Clermont 27 13 8 6 33 25 13 6 3 4 19 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 8 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 37 25 13 4 7 2 17 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 12 41
7 Guingamp 27 10 9 8 39 31 14 5 6 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 19 17 8 39
8 Valenciennes 27 10 9 8 21 19 14 7 5 2 14 7 13 3 4 6 7 12 2 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 27 7 14 6 26 26 13 3 8 2 12 10 14 4 6 4 14 16 0 35
10 Auxerre 27 8 10 9 31 29 14 5 7 2 19 12 13 3 3 7 12 17 2 34
11 Caen 27 8 10 9 32 32 14 4 5 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 18 15 0 34
12 Sochaux 27 8 10 9 28 28 14 6 5 3 17 11 13 2 5 6 11 17 0 34
13 Chambly 27 9 7 11 24 30 14 4 3 7 10 19 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 34
14 Nancy 27 6 15 6 26 25 14 6 6 2 16 9 13 0 9 4 10 16 1 33
15 Châteauroux 27 8 7 12 20 37 13 2 4 7 9 22 14 6 3 5 11 15 -17 31
16 Rodez 27 7 8 12 29 33 13 5 3 5 20 17 14 2 5 7 9 16 -4 29
17 Paris 27 7 6 14 21 39 13 3 2 8 9 22 14 4 4 6 12 17 -18 27
18 Niort 27 6 7 14 29 40 13 4 4 5 15 15 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 25
19 Le Mans 27 7 4 16 28 43 14 5 3 6 16 17 13 2 1 10 12 26 -15 25
20 Orleans 27 4 7 16 21 42 14 2 2 10 8 23 13 2 5 6 13 19 -21 19

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.