Avranches vs Le Mans match preview: Even contest expected at Stade René Fenouillère

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Competition: France National
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Fenouillère (4600 seats)

Avranches and Le Mans have both played out a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. Both teams have mid-table spots in the National.

Insights:
  • Avranches have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in National

13 - 9 - 18 with 44-54. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Le Mans when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Le Mans play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a National game only four days ago.

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Avranches form and stats

The complete National statistics playing at home this season for Avranches are 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade René Fenouillère after three straight home wins.

The Avranches fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sete and win 2-1.

Heartbreak before that as Avranches lost 0-3 at Chateauroux's place.

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 Avranches have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn one and lost five.

The Avranches fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Avranches defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Le Mans form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Le Mans playing as the away team in the National this season.

Le Mans have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Pierre Patron. It's been 200 minutes since they last conceded in National.

Le Mans go into this game after a win, the home game against Cholet that ended 1-0.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Chateauroux.

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 16 relevant matches. Results were eight Le Mans wins, three draws and five defeats.

Le Mans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Le Mans have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Avranches wins - draws - Le Mans wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AvranchesD. Pollet
D. Pollet
6 goals
Le MansJ. Bègue
J. Bègue
5 goals
AvranchesC. Boateng
C. Boateng
4 goals

Avranches missing players

Le Mans missing players

Avranches Le Mans
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 0 Played P 0 8 18
7 5 0 Won W 0 2 8
3 0 0 Drew D 0 3 5
8 3 0 Lost L 0 3 5
20 11 0 Scored S 0 9 20
31 14 0 Conceded C 0 10 16
89% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 89%
78% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 67%
61% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
28% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
44% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 44%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 39%
44% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 28%
 
2.8 2.1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.9 3.1
5.2 4.1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.1 2.6
1.6 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 5 5
 
8.7 8.9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.9 7.3
4.1 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.1 2.7
27% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 53% 42%
 
13.1 11.1 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.8 9.1
6.6 5.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.1 3.7
Key stats in National this season:
  • Avranches have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Avranches have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Avranches haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in National
  • Le Mans have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Concarneau 18 11 5 2 26 12 9 7 1 1 15 6 9 4 4 1 11 6 14 38
2 Laval 19 12 2 5 24 16 10 5 1 4 12 10 9 7 1 1 12 6 8 38
3 Annecy 19 10 6 3 27 11 9 6 3 0 17 1 10 4 3 3 10 10 16 36
4 Villefranche 18 9 6 3 22 12 8 5 2 1 12 4 10 4 4 2 10 8 10 33
5 Bourg-en-Bresse 19 9 5 5 34 19 10 4 4 2 12 6 9 5 1 3 22 13 15 32
6 Chateauroux 19 8 6 5 22 16 10 6 3 1 15 6 9 2 3 4 7 10 6 30
7 Le Mans 18 8 5 5 20 16 10 6 2 2 11 6 8 2 3 3 9 10 4 29
8 Sedan 19 6 8 5 20 20 10 5 3 2 10 7 9 1 5 3 10 13 0 26
9 Cholet 17 7 3 7 28 31 8 5 2 1 19 11 9 2 1 6 9 20 -3 24
10 Avranches 18 7 3 8 20 31 8 5 0 3 11 14 10 2 3 5 9 17 -11 24
11 Orléans 18 6 5 7 21 21 9 4 3 2 14 8 9 2 2 5 7 13 0 23
12 Stade Briochin 19 5 6 8 16 19 10 5 2 3 14 8 9 0 4 5 2 11 -3 21
13 Sete 17 6 2 9 21 23 9 4 2 3 14 10 8 2 0 6 7 13 -2 20
14 Red Star 18 6 1 11 26 32 9 3 0 6 11 15 9 3 1 5 15 17 -6 19
15 Chambly 19 5 4 10 23 32 9 2 3 4 15 16 10 3 1 6 8 16 -9 19
16 Créteil 18 4 4 10 15 27 10 3 3 4 11 14 8 1 1 6 4 13 -12 16
17 Bastia-Borgo 19 3 6 10 20 35 9 3 3 3 14 14 10 0 3 7 6 21 -15 15
18 Boulogne 18 2 5 11 16 28 8 0 4 4 7 11 10 2 1 7 9 17 -12 10

Read more about National

The Championnat de France National, often referred to as just National or Division 3, is the third highest division in French football. It has 18 teams, each playing 34 fixtures to decide the champion. The top three teams in the league table in May are promoted, the four lowest placed sides are relegated.