Home advantage could prove decisive in Le Mans - Orléans battle

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 16.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de La Pincenardière (25000 seats)

This season has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, ups and downs leading to mid-table places so far. Pave the way for Le Mans - Orléans!

Insights:
  • Le Mans have the most scored goals (28) in National
  • Orléans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in National

This could be an exciting match with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Le Mans form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 National games here at Stade de La Pincenardière for Le Mans. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

The Mans coach Ray and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Stade Briochin (placed 18th).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Bourg-en-Bresse.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Le Mans handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Goals are plentiful at Stade de La Pincenardière in the league this season as Le Mans has scored 20 goals here in 7 home games. Le Mans have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Orléans form and stats

As the visiting team in National matches, Orléans have produced an overall stat of 2-5-1 so far. It's three draws from Orléans's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Orléans are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Bourg-en-Bresse (placed 8th). As mentioned above, Orléans drew the match against Bourg-en-Bresse. Manager Dubroca brought on Dabasse to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

A loss against Le Puy F.43 Auvergne was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Orléans have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 11 of this side's most recent 14 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

Orléans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Orléans are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior six meetings): Mans won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Orléans got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / two. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Le MansA. Gnanduillet
A. Gnanduillet
7 goals
OrléansK. Fortuné
K. Fortuné
7 goals

Le Mans missing players

Orléans missing players

Le Mans Orléans
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 2 8 15
5 4 2 Won W 0 2 3
5 3 1 Drew D 1 5 10
5 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
28 20 10 Scored S 2 11 16
17 4 2 Conceded C 3 7 12
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 80%
87% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 73%
60% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 27%
27% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 7%
13% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 60%
27% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 40%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 20%
 
4.3 4.3 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.1 4.4
3.7 3.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4.3 4.4
1.7 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.1 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
12.1 13.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.3 9.4
5.3 6.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.6 4.6
35% 43% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 40% 23%
 
8.7 5.6 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 5 8.6 9.8
4 2.6 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.8
Key stats in National this season:
  • Le Mans have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Le Mans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Le Mans have the most scored goals (20) at home in National
  • Le Mans have the most scored goals (28) in National
  • Le Mans have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in National
  • Orléans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orléans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in National
  • Orléans have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in National
  • Orléans have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Concarneau 15 9 3 3 27 16 8 5 1 2 15 8 7 4 2 1 12 8 11 30
2 Versailles 15 7 5 3 20 15 8 5 2 1 14 7 7 2 3 2 6 8 5 26
3 Martigues 15 6 8 1 25 18 7 4 3 0 14 8 8 2 5 1 11 10 7 26
4 Dunkerque 15 8 1 6 21 16 8 4 1 3 10 5 7 4 0 3 11 11 5 25
5 Red Star 15 6 7 2 19 10 7 3 2 2 8 7 8 3 5 0 11 3 9 25
6 Cholet 15 5 7 3 19 16 8 4 4 0 11 4 7 1 3 3 8 12 3 22
7 Sedan 15 5 5 5 16 21 7 3 1 3 7 9 8 2 4 2 9 12 -5 20
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 15 5 5 5 19 20 7 0 4 3 8 13 8 5 1 2 11 7 -1 20
9 Le Mans 15 5 5 5 28 17 7 4 3 0 20 4 8 1 2 5 8 13 11 20
10 Nancy 15 5 4 6 14 16 8 4 2 2 9 6 7 1 2 4 5 10 -2 19
11 Orléans 15 3 10 2 16 12 7 1 5 1 5 5 8 2 5 1 11 7 4 19
12 Avranches 15 5 3 7 14 21 7 2 2 3 9 10 8 3 1 4 5 11 -7 18
13 Châteauroux 15 4 6 5 15 19 8 2 3 3 8 11 7 2 3 2 7 8 -4 18
14 Villefranche 15 4 6 5 17 20 8 3 3 2 10 9 7 1 3 3 7 11 -3 18
15 Gobelins 15 3 7 5 13 14 7 1 5 1 7 4 8 2 2 4 6 10 -1 16
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 15 3 5 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 5 9 8 2 3 3 6 11 -9 14
17 Bastia-Borgo 15 2 4 9 15 31 8 2 2 4 10 17 7 0 2 5 5 14 -16 10
18 Stade Briochin 15 1 7 7 17 24 8 0 4 4 8 12 7 1 3 3 9 12 -7 10

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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.