The stage is set for National and Le Mans - Boulogne. In this guide you'll find stats, scores, numbercrunching, tendencies and stories!
- Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in National
- Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (21) in National
Boulogne play their home matches on grass, while this game will take place on artifical turf. Up to date stats for Boulogne when featuring on artifical turf are 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat from two matches. They have scored 3 goals and conceded 3 times on these occasions.
Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a National game only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Concarneau.
Le Mans form and stats
7 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Le Mans have to build on here at MMArena in the National.
Le Mans are confident in defense, having played 210 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Mans against Concarneau the last match, as Gnanduillet were on target.
Before that, Le Mans had a home game versus Laval which ended with a victory 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Le Mans have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost three.
Mans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. From these home matches, Le Mans have conceded only 8 goals.
Boulogne form and stats
Boulogne have only collected 8 points from their away games in the National, after 2-2-8 (12 played). Boulogne are desperate to end a 17-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Bastia-Borgo fixture.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Avranches with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, the Boulogne manager Taboubi faced defeat when travelling to Villefranche and losing 1-2.Boulogne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.
Boulogne have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other already this season, with the result Boulogne - Mans 0-0 registered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Le Mans victories, four draws and three Boulogne wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bègue 5 goals | I. Macalou 5 goals | B. Camara 4 goals |
Le Mans missing players
Boulogne missing players
| Le Mans | Boulogne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 25 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 39 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 91% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 78% |
| 29% | 25% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 57% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 26% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 42% | 57% |
| 46% | 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 17% | 13% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 50% | 39% |
| 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 2.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 7.6 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 35% | 34% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 32% |
| 9 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.6 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
- Boulogne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (21) in National
- Boulogne have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in National
- Le Mans have the most matches under the total-line (13) in National
- Le Mans have won significantly more corners at 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 | Laval | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | Concarneau | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Villefranche | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 43 |
| 5 | Annecy | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 41 |
| 6 | Chateauroux | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 7 | Le Mans | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Sedan | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | Stade Briochin | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Orléans | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Cholet | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -7 | 32 |
| 12 | Red Star | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 30 |
| 13 | Avranches | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 29 |
| 14 | Sète | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Chambly | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 21 |
| 16 | Bastia-Borgo | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Créteil | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 | Boulogne | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
