Struggling Le Mans will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Guingamp in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Le Mans's stadium, MMArena, has a artifical turf surface. Guingamp have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Guingamp when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss from two matches. They have scored 1 goal in these games and conceded 3.
Le Mans form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Le Mans, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Ligue 2, at their home stadium (MMArena) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Stress levels are on the rise for Le Mans's attacking players as they have now played 271 minutes without scoring in a league game. T. Fontaine (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
Le Mans faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ajaccio (0-2). In the match before that, Le Mans hosted Rodez and drew the game 0-0.
Le Mans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Le Mans have conceded 16 goals.
Guingamp form and stats
5-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Guingamp in their Ligue 2 matches away.
Guingamp played 1-1 against Sochaux in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nancy at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Guingamp's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. Guingamp have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Guingamp - Le Mans 3-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Le Mans won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Guingamp has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / sixTop Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 8 goals |   V. Créhin 7 goals |  B. Pelé 7 goals |
Le Mans missing players
Guingamp missing players
| Le Mans | Guingamp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 13 | 18 | 38 |
| 42 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 92% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | 92% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 69% |
| 50% | 46% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 42% |
| 19% | 15% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 42% | 27% |
| 19% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 17% | 15% |
| 46% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | 50% |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 42% | 31% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 42% | 27% |
| 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 253 | 154 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 124 | 320 |
| 83 | 49 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 54 | 125 |
| 31% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 33% | 30% |
- Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Le Mans has the most conceded goals (42)
- Le Mans has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
- Le Mans has the most conceded goals in the second half (25)
- Le Mans have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Le Mans is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 22 | 54 |
| 2 | Ajaccio | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 48 |
| 3 | Lens | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 47 |
| 4 | Clermont | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 44 |
| 5 | Troyes | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Guingamp | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Le Havre | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Valenciennes | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Nancy | 26 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 33 |
| 11 | Sochaux | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Caen | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 14 | Chambly | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | Châteauroux | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 31 |
| 16 | Rodez | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 17 | Paris | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -16 | 27 |
| 18 | Niort | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -16 | 22 |
| 20 | Orleans | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -19 | 19 |