Here's every single thing you must learn, and even more, ahead of the Créteil - Le Mans fixture!
- Créteil have the fewest scored goals (12) in National
- Le Mans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in National
It should be mentioned that Le Mans play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Le Mans on grass are 12 victories, 9 draws and 19 defeats from 40 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-55. You can compare this with overall results below.
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.
Créteil form and stats
Créteil, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in National, have played 9 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Créteil travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bergerac (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) that ended 0-0. Créteil's goalie Mandanda played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Bergerac (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) with a stunning six saves. Goalkeeper Mandanda got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.95 out of ten. Mandanda stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Créteil had a home game versus Venissieux which ended with a victory 3-0.Créteil has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Créteil have conceded 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 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 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Le Mans have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 213 minutes ago. Begue was the goal scorer.
Mans play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Bastia-Borgo (placed 18th).
A 1-1 draw at Laval (after extra-time, 6-6 on penalties)'s stadium before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mans as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Mans in these games.
Head 2 Head
Le Mans - Créteil 2-1 was the result in these squads' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Previous three meetings involving these sides: Créteil won zero, Le Mans triumphed in two and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diarra 5 goals |   B. Camara 4 goals |  K. Farade 3 goals |
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| Créteil | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 24 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 81% | 78% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 87% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 71% | 73% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 33% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 71% | 47% |
| 31% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 33% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 29% | 33% |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10.4 | 10.9 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.3 | 7.7 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 60% | 38% |
| 9.2 | 9.6 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 10.3 | 9.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- Créteil have the fewest scored goals (12) in National
- Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Le Mans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in National
- Le Mans have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Concarneau | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Annecy | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Laval | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | Châteauroux | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Sedan | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Cholet | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Avranches | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 21 |
| 10 | Le Mans | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Sète | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stade Briochin | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Red Star | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Orléans | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Chambly | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | Créteil | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Boulogne | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -17 | 11 |
