Soccer betting preview: Cholet welcomes Le Mans in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 04.November
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin (20000 seats)

Plenty of loss and gain for these two sides so far this campaign, sitting in positions near the midsection of the National table. Here's the Cholet - Le Mans latest:

Insights:
  • Cholet have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Le Mans have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in National

Cholet's stadium, Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin, 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, 10 draws and 15 losses from 32 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 43.

This looks to be an engrossing game with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Cholet form and stats

When playing at home in the National, Cholet have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

The fans hope that Cholet will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Coupe de France fixture against Stade Plabennec.

2-2 away at Versailles before that.

A decent goal production from Cholet in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Cholet have conceded only 3 goals.

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Le Mans form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Le Mans, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in National, playing as the away team in the National this season.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Drapeau Fougeres in their previous outing. The Coupe de France battle ended 2-2.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Martigues.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the previous eight meetings): Cholet won two games, two matches ended in a draw and Le Mans have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / seven.

Top Goalscorers

Le MansA. Gnanduillet
A. Gnanduillet
7 goals
CholetY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
5 goals
Le MansF. El Khoumisti
F. El Khoumisti
3 goals

Cholet missing players

Le Mans missing players

Cholet Le Mans
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 0 5 10
3 3 1 Won W 0 0 3
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 4 4
14 9 4 Scored S 0 3 17
12 3 1 Conceded C 0 10 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 80%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 60%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
70% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
20% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 30%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 40%
 
5.2 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 4.5
3.5 1.8 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.9
2.1 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.4 11.9
3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.4 5
47% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 34%
 
10.1 6.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.6 8.4
4.6 2.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 3.7
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Cholet's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cholet have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cholet have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cholet have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Le Mans have scored away.
  • Cholet have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cholet have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Cholet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 the worst goal difference (-7) 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 10 7 1 2 20 11 6 4 0 2 12 7 4 3 1 0 8 4 9 21
2 Dunkerque 10 6 0 4 14 8 6 4 0 2 10 4 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 18
3 Versailles 10 4 4 2 15 14 6 4 2 0 12 6 4 0 2 2 3 8 1 16
4 Martigues 10 3 6 1 17 14 4 3 1 0 9 5 6 0 5 1 8 9 3 15
5 Nancy 10 4 3 3 13 12 6 3 1 2 8 6 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 15
6 Châteauroux 10 4 3 3 12 12 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 2 1 2 6 7 0 15
7 Cholet 10 3 5 2 14 12 5 3 2 0 9 3 5 0 3 2 5 9 2 14
8 Red Star 10 3 5 2 10 8 4 1 1 2 3 5 6 2 4 0 7 3 2 14
9 Avranches 10 4 3 3 9 12 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 3 1 2 4 7 -3 14
10 Orleans 10 2 7 1 11 7 5 0 5 0 3 3 5 2 2 1 8 4 4 13
11 Sedan 10 3 4 3 11 14 4 1 1 2 2 4 6 2 3 1 9 10 -3 13
12 Le Mans 10 3 3 4 17 12 5 3 2 0 14 2 5 0 1 4 3 10 5 12
13 Bourg-en-Bresse 10 3 3 4 13 16 5 0 3 2 6 10 5 3 0 2 7 6 -3 12
14 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 10 2 4 4 7 10 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 1 2 2 2 4 -3 10
15 Villefranche 10 2 4 4 11 15 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 0 2 3 4 9 -4 10
16 Gobelins 10 2 4 4 8 12 4 0 3 1 2 3 6 2 1 3 6 9 -4 10
17 Bastia-Borgo 10 2 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 8 10 4 0 1 3 2 6 -6 9
18 Stade Briochin 10 0 4 6 10 17 5 0 2 3 4 7 5 0 2 3 6 10 -7 4

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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.