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- Le Mans have the most scored goals (30) in National
- Le Mans have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Villefranche have scored away.
Le Mans form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 8 National games here at Stade de La Pincenardière for Le Mans. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
A nice win for Le Mans last time playing, versus Orleans. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Cervantes and Derrien scoring for the victors.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Stade Briochin the opponent.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 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Mans are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (22 goals in 8 games). From these home matches, Le Mans have conceded only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Villefranche form and stats
There's been little loot from Villefranche's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the National. Villefranche only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Villefranche, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Stade Briochin.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Châteauroux.Villefranche are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Low-scoring game? 12 of this team's last 16 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Villefranche as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Villefranche have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings with these teams: Mans won three, Villefranche were winners in three and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gnanduillet 7 goals |   R. Sergio 6 goals |  M. Ba 5 goals |
Le Mans missing players
Villefranche missing players
| Le Mans | Villefranche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 81% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 25% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 14 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 11 | 12.1 |
| 5.6 | 7.1 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 39% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 24% |
| 8.4 | 5.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
| 3.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Villefranche have scored away.
- Le Mans have the most scored goals (22) at home in National
- Le Mans have the most scored goals (30) in National
- Le Mans have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in National
- Le Mans have the the best goal difference (+13) in National
- Le Mans have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in National
- Villefranche have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Martigues | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Versailles | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Red Star | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Dunkerque | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Le Mans | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Sedan | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | Cholet | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Avranches | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Orleans | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Nancy | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Villefranche | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Châteauroux | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Gobelins | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Stade Briochin | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -21 | 10 |
