This match features two teams living in the basement of the National, Avranches holding 13th place and Le Mans lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Avranches has the fewest clean sheets (2) in National
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This pitch has grass, which is not Le Mans's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Le Mans have performed like this: Played 37 matches resulting in 11 wins, 9 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 37-51 (scored/conceded).
Avranches form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Avranches, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in National, have to build on here at Stade René Fenouillère in the National.
The fans are hoping that Avranches will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the National game against Red Star (placed 3rd). Before that game, the home loss against Bastia with the scoreline 1-2.
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 23 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn six and lost seven.
The manager F. Reculeau will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bourg-en-Bresse in only four days.
A decent goal production from Avranches in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Le Mans form and stats
Playing away, Le Mans have won 1 game, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the National this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Creteil (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The National match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Laval.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Le Mans in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Le Mans, two draws and one defeat.
A new game in only four days for Mans, the National home match versus Stade Briochin. Busy days.
Mans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Mans have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Avranches wins - draws - Le Mans wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Essende 4 goals |   B. Brahimi 4 goals | M. Belliard 3 goals |
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| Avranches | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 75% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 58% |
| 58% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 42% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 8% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 8% |
| 58% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 58% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 42% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.6 | 7.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 6.7 | 9.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| 42% | 42% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | 23% |
- All of Avranches's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Avranches has the fewest clean sheets (2) in National
- Avranches has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in National
- Avranches has the most conceded goals (12) at home in National
- Avranches has the most matches over the total-line (9) in National
- Avranches have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Avranches haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Bastia | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Cholet | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Red Star | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Quevilly Rouen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Creteil | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Laval | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Stade Briochin | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Sete | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Concarneau | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Bastia-Borgo | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Orleans | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Avranches | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Le Mans | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Boulogne | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | Annecy | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Lyon Duchere | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Villefranche | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 10 |