Le Mans know they face a hard journey to Le Puy F.43 Auvergne and their Stade Charles Massot. This guide has all the info you require ahead of the fixture.
- Le Mans have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in National
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Le Mans have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-10-14 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Auvergne and Le Mans.
Le Puy F.43 Auvergne form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National this season. Le Puy F.43 Auvergne have only managed 2 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stade Charles Massot.
The Le Puy F.43 Auvergne club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Charles Massot: A 2-4 defeat against Le Mans (placed 10th). A goal frenzy last time out for Auvergne, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Le Mans. Fun stuff to watch!
In the match before that, Le Puy F.43 Auvergne hosted Martigues and drew the game 2-2.Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league games reveals that 11 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Le Puy F.43 Auvergne has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Auvergne's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Le Mans form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Le Mans so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose).
Le Mans play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Le Puy F.43 Auvergne (placed 15th). A bizarre fixture with heaps of goals last time out for Le Mans, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this game be as enjoying?
Before that, Mans secured a home win against Cholet with the score 2-0.Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Le Mans have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Le Puy F.43 Auvergne and Le Mans have faced each other already this season: Le Puy F.43 Auvergne - Le Mans 2-4. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Auvergne victories, zero draws and two Le Mans wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gnanduillet 12 goals |   M. Ben Fredj 8 goals | I. Sangaré 6 goals |
Le Puy F.43 Auvergne missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 43 |
| 42 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 34 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 89% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 82% |
| 32% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 57% | 46% |
| 25% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 29% |
| 18% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 64% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 32% |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.8 | 11.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 26% | 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 25% | 30% |
| 13 | 12.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 10.7 | 8 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
- Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Le Mans have the most conceded goals (25) away in National
- Le Mans have the most scored goals in the first half (21) 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 | Concarneau | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | Dunkerque | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 49 |
| 3 | Martigues | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 4 | Red Star | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Versailles | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 45 |
| 6 | Châteauroux | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Orléans | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Cholet | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Sedan | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | Le Mans | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 37 |
| 11 | Avranches | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -4 | 34 |
| 13 | Nancy | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 34 |
| 14 | Villefranche | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 33 |
| 15 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 28 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -14 | 28 |
| 16 | Stade Briochin | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 17 | Gobelins | 28 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 24 | -27 | 21 |
