Here's what we know about the Le Mans - Niort match:

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 25.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: MMArena (25000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 20th and the visitors in 14th place.

Le Mans and Niort should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Niort play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Niort when playing on artificial turf are 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from two matches. They have scored 1 goal and conceded 1 time in these games.

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Le Mans form and stats

Le Mans's struggle is real here at MMArena with only 6 points collected from 6 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-4.

The fans are hoping that Le Mans will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Troyes (placed 4th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Chambly in a game that was won 1-0.

Le Mans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Le Mans defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Niort form and stats

Playing away, Niort have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 2 this season.

Niort's last game was the home draw against Guingamp (0-0). A 1-2 defeat away at Nancy before that.

Niort have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Niort as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Le Mans won 3, Niort won 0 and 1 draw. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
6 goals / 1 assists
Le MansV. Créhin
V. Créhin
4 goals / 2 assists
Le MansS. Diarra
S. Diarra
2 goals

Le Mans missing players

Niort missing players

Le Mans Niort
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
2 2 1 Won W 2 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 5
9 4 0 Lost L 0 1 3
11 8 1 Scored S 2 5 11
23 10 0 Conceded C 0 4 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
91% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 64%
73% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 45%
18% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 36%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 27%
 
5.3 7 4 Corners For (avg) C F 7 4.2 3.5
3.2 2.5 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 10.5 7 5.8
1.9 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Le Mans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Le Mans have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Le Mans have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Le Mans have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Le Mans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Niort have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Le Mans
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 National CFA 2 Group B CFA Group D
All Home Away Home vs low
13-09-19 L2 Rodez 4 - 1 Le Mans
20-09-19 L2 Le Mans 2 - 4 Ajaccio
30-09-19 L2 Guingamp 3 - 0 Le Mans
04-10-19 L2 Le Mans 1 - 0 Chambly
18-10-19 L2 Troyes 2 - 1 Le Mans
25-10-19 L2 Le Mans 20:00 Niort
30-10-19 Co Le Mans 18:45 Nice
02-11-19 L2 Clermont 15:00 Le Mans
08-11-19 L2 Le Mans 20:00 Grenoble Foot 38
22-11-19 L2 Caen 01:00 Le Mans
Niort
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2
All Home Away Away vs low
13-09-19 L2 Niort 0 - 1 Grenoble Foot 38
20-09-19 L2 Valenciennes 1 - 1 Niort
27-09-19 L2 Niort 2 - 2 Auxerre
04-10-19 L2 Nancy 2 - 1 Niort
18-10-19 L2 Niort 0 - 0 Guingamp
25-10-19 L2 Le Mans 20:00 Niort
30-10-19 Co Niort 21:05 Toulouse
02-11-19 L2 Niort 15:00 Sochaux
08-11-19 L2 Lorient 20:00 Niort
22-11-19 L2 Niort 01:00 Rodez

  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 11 7 3 1 16 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 6 4 2 0 10 5 9 24
2 Lens 11 6 3 2 17 11 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 21
3 Sochaux 11 5 4 2 14 5 6 4 2 0 11 1 5 1 2 2 3 4 9 19
4 Troyes 11 6 1 4 15 11 6 3 0 3 9 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 19
5 Ajaccio 11 5 4 2 13 9 6 2 3 1 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 19
6 Le Havre 11 4 5 2 18 13 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 3 2 1 12 8 5 17
7 Auxerre 11 4 4 3 17 12 5 3 1 1 10 5 6 1 3 2 7 7 5 16
8 Guingamp 11 4 4 3 16 13 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 3 16
9 Nancy 11 3 7 1 13 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 0 4 1 4 7 2 16
10 Valenciennes 11 4 4 3 7 8 5 2 2 1 4 4 6 2 2 2 3 4 -1 16
11 Grenoble Foot 38 11 3 6 2 12 11 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 15
12 Rodez 11 4 3 4 15 15 5 3 1 1 11 7 6 1 2 3 4 8 0 15
13 Clermont 11 4 3 4 12 13 6 1 3 2 7 7 5 3 0 2 5 6 -1 15
14 Niort 11 3 5 3 11 10 6 1 3 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 1 14
15 Chambly 11 3 4 4 6 9 6 1 3 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 -3 13
16 Orléans 11 1 5 5 8 14 5 0 1 4 3 9 6 1 4 1 5 5 -6 8
17 Caen 11 1 5 5 6 13 6 0 3 3 2 8 5 1 2 2 4 5 -7 8
18 Paris 11 2 2 7 5 15 5 1 1 3 2 7 6 1 1 4 3 8 -10 8
19 Châteauroux 11 1 4 6 3 12 5 0 2 3 1 4 6 1 2 3 2 8 -9 7
20 Le Mans 11 2 0 9 11 23 6 2 0 4 8 10 5 0 0 5 3 13 -12 6

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