This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 2, Le Mans holding 18th place and Rodez lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Le Mans and Rodez 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Rodez have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from one match.
Le Mans form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Le Mans, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 2, have to build on here at MMArena in the Ligue 2.
The fans are hoping that Le Mans will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Sochaux (placed 10th). Prior to that, an away loss at Lorient.
Le Mans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Le Mans's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rodez form and stats
There's been little loot from Rodez's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the Ligue 2. Rodez only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
Rodez's last game was the home draw against Nancy (1-1). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Orléans.
As mentioned above, Rodez drew the match against Nancy. Manager L. Peyrelade brought on Pape Sane to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rodez as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Rodez have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rodez - Le Mans 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Le Mans zero wins, zero draws and Rodez three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Bonnet 9 goals |   V. Créhin 7 goals |  P. Sané 5 goals |
Le Mans missing players
Rodez missing players
| Le Mans | Rodez | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 26 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| 40 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 50% |
| 21% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 21% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 50% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 21% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 25% |
| 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 237 | 142 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 99 | 210 |
| 80 | 47 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 26 | 68 |
| 32% | 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | 41% |
- Le Mans has the most conceded goals (40)
- Le Mans has the most conceded goals in the second half (24)
- Le Mans have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Le Mans is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Rodez has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 51 |
| 2 | Lens | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Clermont | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Troyes | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Valenciennes | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Nancy | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 13 | Caen | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Rodez | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 15 | Chambly | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | Niort | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 18 | Le Mans | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 21 |
| 19 | Paris | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 20 | Orléans | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -17 | 16 |