Le Mans look to Stade de La Pincenardière supporters for inspiration before Cholet match

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de La Pincenardière (25000 seats)

This is shaping out to be an interesting game as Le Mans have their presumed home advantage, while Cholet are ahead 7 points in the National table.

Insights:
  • Le Mans have the most scored goals (27) at home in National
  • Cholet have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in National

These are full days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the National. That game was an away game at Martigues, so at least Le Mans are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Le Mans form and stats

Le Mans have collected 24 points from their National home games so far after 6-6-1. Le Mans have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The fans are hoping that Mans will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Martigues (placed 1st).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Versailles that ended 0-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Le Mans's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 13 league games, 10 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Le Mans manager Ray has got the team scoring with 27 from 13 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Le Mans have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cholet form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Cholet playing as the away team in the National this season.

Cholet's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Versailles that finished 1-1. The draw against Versailles came from a losing position. The Cholet manager Rossi brought on Ndilu as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Bastia-Borgo with the score of 2-1.

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 Cholet playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 3 home wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cholet have scored 14 goals in 12 league games away. Cholet struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played previously this season: Cholet - Mans 2-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - two - three (Le Mans wins - draws - Cholet wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Le MansA. Gnanduillet
A. Gnanduillet
11 goals
CholetY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
9 goals

Le Mans missing players

Cholet missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Mans Cholet
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 12 25
7 6 1 Won W 0 3 8
10 6 3 Drew D 1 4 11
9 1 0 Lost L 2 5 6
37 27 4 Scored S 2 14 30
32 9 3 Conceded C 5 19 31
88% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
81% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
46% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 44%
27% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 16%
12% 23% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 68%
27% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
35% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 24%
 
4.6 4.5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.3 4.4
3.4 3.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.4 4.3
1.6 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.4 13.3 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.6 6.9
4.9 6.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.8
29% 34% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 47% 41%
 
7.8 5.4 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.3 10.7
3.7 2.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.1 4.8
Key stats in National this season:
  • All of Cholet's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cholet have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cholet have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cholet have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in National
  • Cholet have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Cholet haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Le Mans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in National
  • Le Mans have the most scored goals (27) at home in National
  • Le Mans have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in National

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Martigues 26 12 11 3 40 28 13 8 4 1 24 13 13 4 7 2 16 15 12 47
2 Red Star 26 12 9 5 38 22 13 6 3 4 18 14 13 6 6 1 20 8 16 45
3 Concarneau 26 13 6 7 40 29 13 8 2 3 20 10 13 5 4 4 20 19 11 44
4 Versailles 26 12 8 6 34 27 13 8 3 2 20 11 13 4 5 4 14 16 7 44
5 Dunkerque 26 13 4 9 37 27 13 6 2 5 18 13 13 7 2 4 19 14 10 43
6 Cholet 26 9 11 6 33 31 14 6 7 1 19 12 12 3 4 5 14 19 2 38
7 Avranches 26 11 4 11 34 32 13 6 2 5 21 15 13 5 2 6 13 17 2 36
8 Sedan 26 9 8 9 32 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 4 5 4 18 21 -4 35
9 Orleans 26 7 13 6 31 26 12 3 7 2 13 10 14 4 6 4 18 16 5 34
10 Chateauroux 26 9 7 10 30 32 14 5 4 5 20 19 12 4 3 5 10 13 -2 34
11 Nancy 25 8 8 9 23 25 13 5 3 5 12 11 12 3 5 4 11 14 -2 32
12 Le Mans 26 7 10 9 37 32 13 6 6 1 27 9 13 1 4 8 10 23 5 31
13 Villefranche 26 6 12 8 31 34 13 4 6 3 17 15 13 2 6 5 14 19 -3 30
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 26 7 9 10 30 35 12 2 5 5 15 20 14 5 4 5 15 15 -5 30
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 26 5 12 9 24 36 12 2 6 4 11 14 14 3 6 5 13 22 -12 27
16 Stade Briochin 25 4 11 10 24 32 13 2 6 5 11 16 12 2 5 5 13 16 -8 23
17 Gobelins 26 4 11 11 21 31 13 2 8 3 13 12 13 2 3 8 8 19 -10 23
18 Bastia-Borgo 26 5 6 15 23 47 13 4 3 6 15 25 13 1 3 9 8 22 -24 21

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 Martigues 26 12 11 3 40 28 13 8 4 1 24 13 13 4 7 2 16 15 12 47
2 Red Star 26 12 9 5 38 22 13 6 3 4 18 14 13 6 6 1 20 8 16 45
3 Concarneau 26 13 6 7 40 29 13 8 2 3 20 10 13 5 4 4 20 19 11 44
4 Versailles 26 12 8 6 34 27 13 8 3 2 20 11 13 4 5 4 14 16 7 44
5 Dunkerque 26 13 4 9 37 27 13 6 2 5 18 13 13 7 2 4 19 14 10 43
6 Cholet 26 9 11 6 33 31 14 6 7 1 19 12 12 3 4 5 14 19 2 38
7 Avranches 26 11 4 11 34 32 13 6 2 5 21 15 13 5 2 6 13 17 2 36
8 Sedan 26 9 8 9 32 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 4 5 4 18 21 -4 35
9 Orleans 26 7 13 6 31 26 12 3 7 2 13 10 14 4 6 4 18 16 5 34
10 Chateauroux 26 9 7 10 30 32 14 5 4 5 20 19 12 4 3 5 10 13 -2 34
11 Nancy 25 8 8 9 23 25 13 5 3 5 12 11 12 3 5 4 11 14 -2 32
12 Le Mans 26 7 10 9 37 32 13 6 6 1 27 9 13 1 4 8 10 23 5 31
13 Villefranche 26 6 12 8 31 34 13 4 6 3 17 15 13 2 6 5 14 19 -3 30
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 26 7 9 10 30 35 12 2 5 5 15 20 14 5 4 5 15 15 -5 30
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 26 5 12 9 24 36 12 2 6 4 11 14 14 3 6 5 13 22 -12 27
16 Stade Briochin 25 4 11 10 24 32 13 2 6 5 11 16 12 2 5 5 13 16 -8 23
17 Gobelins 26 4 11 11 21 31 13 2 8 3 13 12 13 2 3 8 8 19 -10 23
18 Bastia-Borgo 26 5 6 15 23 47 13 4 3 6 15 25 13 1 3 9 8 22 -24 21

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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.