National: What this fixture might miss in glamour it should make up for in tempo and enthusiasm. Bring on Châteauroux - Le Mans!
- Châteauroux have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Le Mans have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in National
Châteauroux's stadium, Stade Gaston Petit, has a grass surface. Le Mans have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Le Mans when playing on grass; 7 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses from 32 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 44.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Châteauroux form and stats
The story so far in the National for Châteauroux at their home stadium (Stade Gaston Petit) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 234 minutes without scoring a league goal. Bianchini was the last player to find the net.
Châteauroux are returning here after guesting Lege-Cap-Ferret in a Coupe de France fixture and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.
Before that, Châteauroux played out a National draw 0-0 when visiting Cholet.This is expected to be a close game, with Châteauroux perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Châteauroux as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Châteauroux has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stade Briochin are coming to town in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Châteauroux at home in the league. 6 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 6 matches.
Le Mans form and stats
There's been little loot from Le Mans's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the National. Le Mans only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Le Mans seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Le Mans go into this game after a win, the home game against Le Puy F.43 Auvergne that ended 5-1. Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league matches without winning. As you can tell from the results above, Mans was very dominant against Le Puy F.43 Auvergne, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Aiko, Quarshie, Fadiaga (2) and Eyoum providing the goals.
Prior to that match, the Le Mans manager Feurppier faced defeat when travelling to Cholet and losing 1-2.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 15 relevant matches. Results were 6 Le Mans wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bourg-en-Bresse in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mans as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's six Châteauroux victories, zero draws and three Le Mans wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gnanduillet 7 goals |   R. Grange 3 goals |
Châteauroux missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Châteauroux | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 6.4 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 13.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 12.2 | 13 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 35% |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 10.7 | 8.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Châteauroux have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Le Mans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Le Mans have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Le Mans have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in National
- Le Mans have the fewest points (1) away in National
- Le Mans have the most conceded goals (12) away in National
- Le Mans have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in National
- Le Mans have yet to win a game away.
- Le Mans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Dunkerque | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Versailles | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Red Star | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Cholet | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Martigues | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Orleans | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Sedan | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Châteauroux | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Nancy | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Villefranche | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Le Mans | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| 14 | Avranches | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Gobelins | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Bastia-Borgo | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Stade Briochin | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
