Nîmes vs Le Mans: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 25.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Nîmes battle Le Mans for praise and triumph.

It should be mentioned that Le Mans play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Le Mans on grass are 7 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats from 32 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-45. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Le Mans, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a National game only four days ago.

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Nîmes form and stats

A National draw at home so far for Nîmes. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 19 matches.

Nîmes travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rouen that ended 1-1.

In the match before that, Nîmes hosted Martigues and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nîmes handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Nîmes has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Le Mans form and stats

Only one away game in the National so far for Le Mans and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 9 losses from 17 travels.

Le Mans played 1-1 against Dijon in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Marignane Gignac CB.

We have checked recent matches where Mans have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Le Mans has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings with these contenders: Nîmes won two, Le Mans triumphed in two and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesP. Mbina
P. Mbina
2 goals
Le MansE. Boussaïd
E. Boussaïd
1 goals
Le MansY. Le Méhauté
Y. Le Méhauté
1 goals

Nîmes missing players

Le Mans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Le Mans
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 1 Scored S 0 2 3
2 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 7
2.5 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 8.5
2 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.5
50% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 60%
 
4 7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 5.5
1.5 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Nîmes Last season Le Mans
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
10 9   Won W   3 10
6 2   Drew D   5 13
22 8   Lost L   9 11
44 27   Scored S   16 50
62 23   Conceded C   27 42
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
71% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 79%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 44%
34% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
21% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 15%
53% 42%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
21% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 26%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   41% 29%
 
3.4 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.2
4.8 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.6
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.1 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 10.9
3.8 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.7
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 31%
 
11.7 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 7.8
4.5 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Mans 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
2 Martigues 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3 Villefranche 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Avranches 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3
5 Chasselay MDA 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
6 Cholet 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
7 Orléans 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Châteauroux 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
9 Red Star 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
10 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Nîmes 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Dijon 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Rouen 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Nancy 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Épinal 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
16 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Versailles 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Marignane Gignac CB 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Etienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nîmes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunkerque 34 19 5 10 50 32 17 10 2 5 25 14 17 9 3 5 25 18 18 62
2 Red Star 34 17 9 8 51 30 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 9 6 2 28 10 21 60
3 Concarneau 34 18 7 9 57 37 17 10 3 4 27 14 17 8 4 5 30 23 20 60
4 Martigues 34 15 15 4 54 40 17 10 6 1 31 18 17 5 9 3 23 22 14 60
5 Versailles 34 14 9 11 41 41 17 9 3 5 21 18 17 5 6 6 20 23 0 51
6 Avranches 34 15 4 15 47 44 17 8 2 7 27 22 17 7 2 8 20 22 3 48
7 Villefranche 34 11 13 10 49 40 17 7 7 3 25 16 17 4 6 7 24 24 9 46
8 Sedan 34 12 10 12 41 47 17 6 4 7 18 22 17 6 6 5 23 25 -6 46
9 Orléans 34 10 14 10 38 37 17 4 8 5 16 17 17 6 6 5 22 20 1 44
10 Châteauroux 34 12 8 14 41 46 17 6 4 7 23 25 17 6 4 7 18 21 -5 44
11 Le Mans 34 10 13 11 50 42 17 7 8 2 34 15 17 3 5 9 16 27 8 43
12 Nancy 34 10 13 11 37 39 17 7 3 7 20 19 17 3 10 4 17 20 -2 42
13 Cholet 34 10 12 12 36 44 17 6 7 4 19 18 17 4 5 8 17 26 -8 42
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 9 13 12 42 46 17 4 8 5 24 26 17 5 5 7 18 20 -4 40
15 Stade Briochin 34 8 14 12 36 46 17 4 8 5 16 19 17 4 6 7 20 27 -10 38
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 34 7 14 13 34 50 17 3 8 6 19 24 17 4 6 7 15 26 -16 35
17 Gobelins 34 6 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 18 19 17 3 4 10 10 23 -14 31
18 Bastia-Borgo 34 6 8 20 32 61 17 5 4 8 21 31 17 1 4 12 11 30 -29 26

Nîmes:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Mans 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
2 Martigues 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3 Villefranche 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Avranches 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3
5 Chasselay MDA 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
6 Cholet 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
7 Orléans 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Châteauroux 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
9 Red Star 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
10 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Nîmes 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Dijon 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Rouen 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Nancy 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Épinal 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
16 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Versailles 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Marignane Gignac CB 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0

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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.