Match preview National: Le Mans - Lyon Duchère at MMArena

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: MMArena (25000 seats)

Le Mans are welcoming Lyon Duchère for another important game after their 1-1 result against 8th-placed Avranches.

Insights:
  • Lyon Duchère have the the worst goal difference (-14) in National

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Lyon Duchère's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Lyon Duchère have performed like this: Played one match resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats with the goal stats 2-2 (scored/conceded).

Duchère are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Le Mans form and stats

5-7-2 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Le Mans so far this season.

Le Mans drew their last game, also a home match. Avranches (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Laval (1-2).

Mans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Mans have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lyon Duchère form and stats

There's been little loot from Lyon Duchère's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the National. Lyon Duchère, who have the the worst goal difference (-14) in National, only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 8 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Duchère have lost on their last two travels.

Duchère's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Boulogne that finished 2-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bastia wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Duchère's last match (vs Boulogne) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 87th minute equalizer by N. Dekoke.

The visiting Duchère have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 15 games. Duchère have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Lyon Duchère - Le Mans 1-3. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Mans victories, zero draws and zero Lyon Duchère wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MansB. Brahimi
B. Brahimi
8 goals
Lyon DuchèreN. Dekoke
N. Dekoke
6 goals
Lyon DuchèreI. Botella
I. Botella
6 goals

Le Mans missing players

Lyon Duchère missing players

Le Mans Lyon Duchère
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 2 Played P 4 15 31
8 5 1 Won W 1 2 4
12 7 1 Drew D 3 8 16
8 2 0 Lost L 0 5 11
30 17 4 Scored S 6 15 29
30 12 1 Conceded C 4 20 43
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
75% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
29% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 42%
18% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 26%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 65%
36% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 23%
32% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
8.5 10.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 5.6 7.1
3.8 5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3.2
29% 24% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 41% 27%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Lyon Duchère have the the worst goal difference (-14) in National
  • Lyon Duchère haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 30 16 9 5 49 25 15 9 4 2 26 9 15 7 5 3 23 16 24 57
2 Quevilly Rouen 31 16 9 6 48 29 16 8 4 4 24 12 15 8 5 2 24 17 19 57
3 Orleans 29 11 10 8 44 33 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 4 6 5 18 18 11 43
4 Red Star 31 10 13 8 36 29 15 6 6 3 15 11 16 4 7 5 21 18 7 43
5 Villefranche 30 11 10 9 27 24 15 5 6 4 12 11 15 6 4 5 15 13 3 43
6 Concarneau 31 9 15 7 32 28 15 3 9 3 14 13 16 6 6 4 18 15 4 42
7 Stade Briochin 30 9 13 8 29 28 15 7 6 2 14 10 15 2 7 6 15 18 1 40
8 Avranches 31 11 7 13 32 36 16 7 2 7 20 20 15 4 5 6 12 16 -4 40
9 Sete 31 9 12 10 28 29 15 6 7 2 16 7 16 3 5 8 12 22 -1 39
10 Cholet 30 10 9 11 30 37 15 7 4 4 24 19 15 3 5 7 6 18 -7 39
11 Laval 31 9 11 11 30 29 15 5 4 6 18 18 16 4 7 5 12 11 1 38
12 Bourg-en-Bresse 31 8 13 10 23 30 15 5 5 5 11 15 16 3 8 5 12 15 -7 37
13 Le Mans 28 8 12 8 30 30 14 5 7 2 17 12 14 3 5 6 13 18 0 36
14 Boulogne 30 6 16 8 26 31 15 3 9 3 15 13 15 3 7 5 11 18 -5 34
15 Annecy 31 7 13 11 35 44 16 4 8 4 20 21 15 3 5 7 15 23 -9 34
16 Bastia-Borgo 31 6 14 11 32 45 16 4 9 3 20 18 15 2 5 8 12 27 -13 32
17 Creteil 29 7 10 12 26 36 15 6 4 5 17 16 14 1 6 7 9 20 -10 31
18 Lyon Duchère 31 4 16 11 29 43 16 2 8 6 14 23 15 2 8 5 15 20 -14 28

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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.