National: The average league table spots shows the journey Laval and Le Mans have been on so far. Both participants are up for it; let's bake this cake!
- Le Mans have yet to win a game away.
Le Mans could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a National game only four sleeps ago.
Le Mans play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture occurs on grass. Recent statistics for Le Mans when playing on grass are 13 wins, 8 draws and 20 defeats from 41 matches. They have managed to score 41 goals and conceded 57 times in these games.
Laval form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Laval so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Laval, who won 1-0 against Avranches (placed 12th).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cholet in a game that was won 2-1.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 Laval have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost five.
Laval are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. 3 goals have been conceded.
Le Mans form and stats
Still no away game victory in the National for Le Mans with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Mans's previous game was their home loss versus Sedan (0-2).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bourg-en-Bresse.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 13 relevant matches. Results were six Le Mans wins, two draws and five defeats.
Le Mans have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Laval wins - draws - Le Mans wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Durbant 4 goals |  B. Camara 3 goals |  A. Ndiaye 2 goals |
Laval missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Laval | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 6.3 | 7.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 9.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.5 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 35% |
- All of Le Mans's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Laval have created more than twice as many corners as Le Mans.
- Le Mans have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Le Mans have yet to win a game away.
- Le Mans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Annecy | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Sedan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Concarneau | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Chateauroux | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Le Mans | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Boulogne | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Laval | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Stade Briochin | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Cholet | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Avranches | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Chambly | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Sete | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Red Star | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Orleans | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Créteil | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 2 |