Season ticket holders at Stade de Balmont haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Lyon Duchère languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Le Mans will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Lyon Duchère have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has grass, which is not Le Mans's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Le Mans have performed like this: Played 36 matches resulting in 11 wins, 8 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 36-51 (scored/conceded).
Lyon Duchère form and stats
Lyon Duchère's results here at Stade de Balmont in the National have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The Duchère fans got no joy from their last match, a National game also here at Stade de Balmont: A 0-3 defeat against Quevilly Rouen (placed 1st). 1-1 away at Boulogne before that.
Duchère lost the game against Quevilly Rouen in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
This is expected to be a close game, with Lyon Duchère perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Duchère as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Lyon Duchère has won three of these, drawn five and lost six.
Duchère have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Duchère have conceded 9 goals.
Le Mans form and stats
Playing away, Le Mans have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the National this season.
There were no winners in Mans's previous match, a National home game that ended 0-0 vs Orléans (placed 14th). A draw for Mans before that, at their own venue hosting Stade Briochin (1-1).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Mans in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Le Mans, two draws and one defeat.
Le Mans have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Mans have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Duchère won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Le Mans has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  B. Brahimi 4 goals |  J. Donisa 3 goals |  N. Dekoke 2 goals |
Lyon Duchère missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Lyon Duchère | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 80% | 62% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 73% |
| 73% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 7% |
| 60% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 27% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.1 | 7.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.6 | 9.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 24% | 21% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | 24% |
- Lyon Duchère have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Quevilly Rouen | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Bastia | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Red Star | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Cholet | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | Creteil | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Laval | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Avranches | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Stade Briochin | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Sète | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Concarneau | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Le Mans | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Bastia-Borgo | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Orléans | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 15 | Boulogne | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Villefranche | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Lyon Duchère | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Annecy | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 11 |