Le Mans favourites for feisty fight facing Avranches

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: MMArena (25000 seats)

A total of 32 league rounds have been played and Le Mans are 9 points in front of Avranches. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Le Mans is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Avranches have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Le Mans can neither be promoted or relegated from National. Avranches are struggling to avoid relegation.

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.

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Le Mans form and stats

8-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Le Mans so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Le Mans to get some points in this home game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Le Mans's attacking players as they have now played 285 minutes without scoring in a league game. Donisa was their last goal scorer.

Le Mans are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Cholet.

Preceding that match was the home game against Bastia-Borgo that was lost 0-1.

The Mans fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. From these home matches, Le Mans have conceded only 12 goals.

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Avranches form and stats

There's been little loot from Avranches's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the National. Avranches only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Stade Briochin with 2-5 on the scoreboard. As you can tell from the result, the match against Stade Briochin was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 0-2 loss hosting Cholet before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Avranches playing away, we found eight games. Results were two away wins, one draw and five home wins.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Avranches's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Avranches - Mans 0-1 was the score in these squads' previous head-to-head match, played this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous five meetings): Le Mans won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Avranches managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / five

Top Goalscorers

AvranchesC. Boateng
C. Boateng
6 goals
AvranchesD. Pollet
D. Pollet
6 goals
Le MansJ. Bègue
J. Bègue
5 goals

Le Mans missing players

Avranches missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Mans Avranches
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
12 8 4 Won W 0 4 10
9 4 0 Drew D 2 4 6
11 4 1 Lost L 3 8 16
32 18 8 Scored S 3 15 32
30 12 2 Conceded C 7 27 56
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 91%
59% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 78%
31% 25% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 62% 56%
9% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 22%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 16%
41% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 50%
38% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 19%
31% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 41%
 
3.5 3.6 1.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.8 3.5
3.2 2.9 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6 5.2
2.5 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.7
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
8.7 9.4 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.1 8.8
3.5 3.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4
29% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 24% 25%
 
9.2 8.5 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 14.6 13
3.8 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.8 6.1
Key stats in National this season:
  • Avranches have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Mans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in National
  • Le Mans have the most matches under the total-line (16) in National
  • Le Mans is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Laval 32 20 6 6 46 26 16 10 2 4 21 11 16 10 4 2 25 15 20 66
2 Annecy 32 18 9 5 53 27 16 11 4 1 33 9 16 7 5 4 20 18 26 63
3 Villefranche 32 17 8 7 42 28 16 9 3 4 22 15 16 8 5 3 20 13 14 59
4 Concarneau 32 14 13 5 43 26 16 9 4 3 22 11 16 5 9 2 21 15 17 55
5 Bourg-en-Bresse 32 14 9 9 51 33 16 7 5 4 22 14 16 7 4 5 29 19 18 51
6 Châteauroux 32 14 9 9 40 28 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 6 4 6 15 15 12 51
7 Stade Briochin 32 13 9 10 44 33 16 9 3 4 25 14 16 4 6 6 19 19 11 48
8 Sedan 32 12 11 9 36 35 16 8 4 4 18 14 16 4 7 5 18 21 1 47
9 Le Mans 32 12 9 11 32 30 16 8 4 4 18 12 16 4 5 7 14 18 2 45
10 Orléans 32 11 11 10 34 32 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 5 5 6 15 19 2 44
11 Red Star 31 12 5 14 48 44 15 6 2 7 23 21 16 6 3 7 25 23 4 41
12 Cholet 32 11 7 14 45 57 16 7 4 5 28 27 16 4 3 9 17 30 -12 40
13 Avranches 32 10 6 16 32 56 16 6 2 8 17 29 16 4 4 8 15 27 -24 36
14 Sète 31 8 7 16 30 40 16 5 6 5 18 15 15 3 1 11 12 25 -10 31
15 Bastia-Borgo 32 7 9 16 39 56 16 6 5 5 27 23 16 1 4 11 12 33 -17 30
16 Boulogne 32 6 9 17 28 46 16 3 7 6 14 20 16 3 2 11 14 26 -18 26
17 Chambly 32 6 8 18 34 58 16 3 6 7 23 30 16 3 2 11 11 28 -24 26
18 Créteil 32 6 7 19 30 52 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 1 3 12 11 30 -22 25

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 Laval 32 20 6 6 46 26 16 10 2 4 21 11 16 10 4 2 25 15 20 66
2 Annecy 32 18 9 5 53 27 16 11 4 1 33 9 16 7 5 4 20 18 26 63
3 Villefranche 32 17 8 7 42 28 16 9 3 4 22 15 16 8 5 3 20 13 14 59
4 Concarneau 32 14 13 5 43 26 16 9 4 3 22 11 16 5 9 2 21 15 17 55
5 Bourg-en-Bresse 32 14 9 9 51 33 16 7 5 4 22 14 16 7 4 5 29 19 18 51
6 Châteauroux 32 14 9 9 40 28 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 6 4 6 15 15 12 51
7 Stade Briochin 32 13 9 10 44 33 16 9 3 4 25 14 16 4 6 6 19 19 11 48
8 Sedan 32 12 11 9 36 35 16 8 4 4 18 14 16 4 7 5 18 21 1 47
9 Le Mans 32 12 9 11 32 30 16 8 4 4 18 12 16 4 5 7 14 18 2 45
10 Orléans 32 11 11 10 34 32 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 5 5 6 15 19 2 44
11 Red Star 31 12 5 14 48 44 15 6 2 7 23 21 16 6 3 7 25 23 4 41
12 Cholet 32 11 7 14 45 57 16 7 4 5 28 27 16 4 3 9 17 30 -12 40
13 Avranches 32 10 6 16 32 56 16 6 2 8 17 29 16 4 4 8 15 27 -24 36
14 Sète 31 8 7 16 30 40 16 5 6 5 18 15 15 3 1 11 12 25 -10 31
15 Bastia-Borgo 32 7 9 16 39 56 16 6 5 5 27 23 16 1 4 11 12 33 -17 30
16 Boulogne 32 6 9 17 28 46 16 3 7 6 14 20 16 3 2 11 14 26 -18 26
17 Chambly 32 6 8 18 34 58 16 3 6 7 23 30 16 3 2 11 11 28 -24 26
18 Créteil 32 6 7 19 30 52 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 1 3 12 11 30 -22 25

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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.