It's early days in the National and both Boulogne and Le Mans are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Le Mans could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a National game only four sleeps ago.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Le Mans's home stadium. The visitors last 35 games on grass have ended in 12 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses.
Boulogne form and stats
The first National game here at Stade de la Libération resulted in a draw. Last season Boulogne's home game statistics were 8 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 12 games.
A good away victory last time out for Boulogne, who won 1-0 against Bastia (placed 2nd). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Quevilly Rouen.
At Stade de la Libération, Boulogne has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Le Mans form and stats
Le Mans are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the National, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). It's three draws from Mans's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Le Mans might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bastia proved too strong as Le Mans slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de La Pincenardière. A 0-0 draw at Red Star's stadium before that.
It's early days yet, but Le Mans has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Boulogne won three, Le Mans won two and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donisa 2 goals |  B. Brahimi 2 goals |  J. Mendy 1 goals |
Boulogne missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Boulogne | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 26% |
- Boulogne has the most matches under the total-line (3)
- Le Mans has the most conceded goals in the first half (6)
| Boulogne | Last season | Le Mans | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 28 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 71% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 54% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 25% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 230 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 283 | ||
| 119 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 94 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Laval | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Bastia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Concarneau | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Boulogne | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Creteil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Avranches | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Cholet | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Quevilly Rouen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Sete | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Stade Briochin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Orléans | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Le Mans | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Annecy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Villefranche | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Red Star | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Bastia-Borgo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Lyon Duchere | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pau | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Dunkerque | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Boulogne | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 46 |
| 4 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Red Star | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Avranches | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Villefranche | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Lyon Duchere | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Creteil | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 10 | Laval | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Concarneau | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 31 |
| 12 | Cholet | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | Quevilly Rouen | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Bastia-Borgo | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 24 |
| 15 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Beziers | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 23 |
| 17 | Gazelec Ajaccio | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Toulon | 25 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 13 |
| Last season | 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 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 54 |
| 2 | Lens | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Troyes | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 51 |
| 5 | Clermont | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Chambly | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | -6 | 35 |
| 11 | Auxerre | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 12 | Nancy | 28 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | Caen | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -1 | 34 |
| 14 | Sochaux | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 15 | Chateauroux | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -16 | 34 |
| 16 | Rodez | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | Paris | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -18 | 28 |
| 18 | Niort | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 26 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -15 | 26 |
| 20 | Orléans | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -22 | 19 |