Sneaking up on the top clubs is the target when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league position, Bourg-en-Bresse in 11th and Le Mans in 8th position.
- Bourg-en-Bresse have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in National
- Le Mans have the most conceded goals (25) away in National
This football stadium has grass, which is not Le Mans's everyday surface at their own arena. When appearing on grass Le Mans have performed like this: Played 31 matches earning 7 wins, 10 draws and 14 defeats with the goal difference 34-46 (scored/conceded).
This promises to be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!
Bourg-en-Bresse form and stats
4-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Bourg-en-Bresse, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in National, so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Marcel-Verchère.
The Bourg-en-Bresse supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Le Puy F.43 Auvergne and win 2-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Martigues that finished 1-1.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 Bourg-en-Bresse have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 7.
Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.
Bourg-en-Bresse has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Le Mans form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Le Mans so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose).
Mans played 1-1 against Châteauroux in their previous match. The draw against Châteauroux came from a losing position. The Le Mans manager Ray brought on Fadiaga as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Prior to that result Le Mans won their away game at Le Puy F.43 Auvergne. The scoreline was 4-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mans playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Le Mans wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 12 of this side's most recent 16 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Le Mans have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Bourg-en-Bresse have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Le Mans.Here's the final score when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; Le Mans - Bourg-en-Bresse 1-1. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 7 red cards from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gnanduillet 12 goals |   A. Mille 5 goals |
Bourg-en-Bresse missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Bourg-en-Bresse | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 35 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 44 |
| 37 | 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 35 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 83% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 45% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 28% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 59% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 21% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 28% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 31% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 10.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 30% | 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 25% | 31% |
| 10.7 | 10.3 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 10.7 | 8 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
- Bourg-en-Bresse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bourg-en-Bresse have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in National
- Bourg-en-Bresse 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 most conceded goals (25) away in National
| 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 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | Martigues | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 52 |
| 3 | Dunkerque | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 52 |
| 4 | Red Star | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Versailles | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Châteauroux | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Sedan | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Le Mans | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 38 |
| 9 | Orléans | 29 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Cholet | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 38 |
| 11 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Avranches | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Nancy | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Villefranche | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -3 | 33 |
| 15 | Stade Briochin | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -6 | 30 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 29 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -16 | 28 |
| 17 | Gobelins | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 25 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 24 | -27 | 22 |
