MMArena: Le Mans vs Annecy National preview

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Competition: France National
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: MMArena (25000 seats)

Welcome to MMArena and the game between Le Mans and Annecy in the National. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Annecy have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in National

Le Mans and Annecy should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Annecy have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from one match.

Annecy is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Le Mans form and stats

Le Mans have played 16 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-7-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Mans after consecutive victories at their own ground.

An away draw last time out for Mans, facing Cholet in a game that ended 2-2. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Orléans.

The Mans fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 16 league matches. Mans have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Annecy form and stats

As the visiting team in National matches, Annecy have produced an overall stat of 4-5-7 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Annecy as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Annecy goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 326 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Annecy are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the National against Boulogne (placed 15th). Prior to that result Annecy won their away game at Bastia. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, Annecy was the only team on the pitch versus Boulogne in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Annecy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Annecy have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Annecy - Mans 3-3.

Top Goalscorers

Le MansB. Brahimi
B. Brahimi
11 goals
AnnecyM. Alfarela
M. Alfarela
8 goals
AnnecyR. Spano
R. Spano
8 goals

Le Mans missing players

Annecy missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Mans Annecy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
12 7 4 Won W 1 4 9
13 7 1 Drew D 2 5 13
8 2 0 Lost L 2 7 11
43 24 12 Scored S 5 16 40
34 13 2 Conceded C 10 23 44
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 85%
76% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 56% 70%
36% 38% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 39%
27% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 27%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 18%
48% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 52%
36% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 38% 36%
27% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.6 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.2 11.1 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 7.3 7
4.4 5.8 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.9 2.9
30% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 35% 40%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Annecy have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in National
  • Annecy have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in National
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Bastia 33 18 9 6 54 27 16 9 4 3 26 10 17 9 5 3 28 17 27 63
2 Quevilly Rouen 33 16 10 7 48 30 17 8 4 5 24 13 16 8 6 2 24 17 18 58
3 Villefranche 33 14 10 9 35 28 16 6 6 4 14 12 17 8 4 5 21 16 7 52
4 Le Mans 33 12 13 8 43 34 16 7 7 2 24 13 17 5 6 6 19 21 9 49
5 Red Star 33 11 14 8 38 30 17 7 7 3 17 12 16 4 7 5 21 18 8 47
6 Orléans 33 12 10 11 49 41 17 8 4 5 31 22 16 4 6 6 18 19 8 46
7 Concarneau 33 10 15 8 36 31 16 4 9 3 17 13 17 6 6 5 19 18 5 45
8 Sète 33 10 13 10 31 31 16 7 7 2 17 7 17 3 6 8 14 24 0 43
9 Cholet 33 11 10 12 35 44 17 7 5 5 27 25 16 4 5 7 8 19 -9 43
10 Laval 33 10 11 12 33 32 16 6 4 6 20 19 17 4 7 6 13 13 1 41
11 Avranches 33 11 8 14 35 40 17 7 3 7 22 22 16 4 5 7 13 18 -5 41
12 Stade Briochin 33 9 13 11 31 33 17 7 6 4 16 14 16 2 7 7 15 19 -2 40
13 Annecy 33 9 13 11 40 44 17 5 8 4 24 21 16 4 5 7 16 23 -4 40
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 33 9 13 11 25 32 16 6 5 5 12 15 17 3 8 6 13 17 -7 40
15 Boulogne 33 6 17 10 28 38 16 3 9 4 16 15 17 3 8 6 12 23 -10 35
16 Créteil 33 8 11 14 29 45 17 7 5 5 20 18 16 1 6 9 9 27 -16 35
17 Bastia-Borgo 33 6 14 13 34 49 16 4 9 3 20 18 17 2 5 10 14 31 -15 32
18 Lyon Duchère 33 5 16 12 32 47 17 3 8 6 16 24 16 2 8 6 16 23 -15 31

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bastia 33 18 9 6 54 27 16 9 4 3 26 10 17 9 5 3 28 17 27 63
2 Quevilly Rouen 33 16 10 7 48 30 17 8 4 5 24 13 16 8 6 2 24 17 18 58
3 Villefranche 33 14 10 9 35 28 16 6 6 4 14 12 17 8 4 5 21 16 7 52
4 Le Mans 33 12 13 8 43 34 16 7 7 2 24 13 17 5 6 6 19 21 9 49
5 Red Star 33 11 14 8 38 30 17 7 7 3 17 12 16 4 7 5 21 18 8 47
6 Orléans 33 12 10 11 49 41 17 8 4 5 31 22 16 4 6 6 18 19 8 46
7 Concarneau 33 10 15 8 36 31 16 4 9 3 17 13 17 6 6 5 19 18 5 45
8 Sète 33 10 13 10 31 31 16 7 7 2 17 7 17 3 6 8 14 24 0 43
9 Cholet 33 11 10 12 35 44 17 7 5 5 27 25 16 4 5 7 8 19 -9 43
10 Laval 33 10 11 12 33 32 16 6 4 6 20 19 17 4 7 6 13 13 1 41
11 Avranches 33 11 8 14 35 40 17 7 3 7 22 22 16 4 5 7 13 18 -5 41
12 Stade Briochin 33 9 13 11 31 33 17 7 6 4 16 14 16 2 7 7 15 19 -2 40
13 Annecy 33 9 13 11 40 44 17 5 8 4 24 21 16 4 5 7 16 23 -4 40
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 33 9 13 11 25 32 16 6 5 5 12 15 17 3 8 6 13 17 -7 40
15 Boulogne 33 6 17 10 28 38 16 3 9 4 16 15 17 3 8 6 12 23 -10 35
16 Créteil 33 8 11 14 29 45 17 7 5 5 20 18 16 1 6 9 9 27 -16 35
17 Bastia-Borgo 33 6 14 13 34 49 16 4 9 3 20 18 17 2 5 10 14 31 -15 32
18 Lyon Duchère 33 5 16 12 32 47 17 3 8 6 16 24 16 2 8 6 16 23 -15 31

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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.