Orléans vs Le Mans betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Source (5849 seats)

Le Mans should not await any easy points from hosts Orléans in this National match. Here's our thorough match preview!

Insights:
  • Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in National

Orléans's stadium, Stade de la Source, has a grass surface. Le Mans have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Le Mans when playing on grass; 12 wins, 11 draws and 18 losses from 41 matches. They have scored 44 goals in these games and conceded 56.

This looks to be an interesting match with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Orléans form and stats

When playing at home in the National, Orléans have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

Happy days for Orléans in their previous game, a fixture away at Avranches (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Cholet.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Orléans have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost four.

Orléans has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Orléans have conceded only 10 goals.

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Le Mans form and stats

Playing away, Le Mans have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the National this season.

Le Mans's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Red Star that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Chambly.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Le Mans playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were six Le Mans wins, four draws and six defeats.

14 goals have been conceded by Le Mans in these games. More than 55 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved met each other earlier on this campaign: Le Mans - Orléans 0-0. Head-to-head data (for the prior five meetings): Orléans won zero games, three matches ended in a draw and Le Mans have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

OrléansI. Sangaré
I. Sangaré
5 goals
OrléansH. Benkaid
H. Benkaid
5 goals

Orléans missing players

Le Mans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Orléans Le Mans
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
9 5 0 Won W 1 4 12
10 5 2 Drew D 0 5 8
8 3 1 Lost L 2 4 7
30 16 3 Scored S 3 13 29
28 10 4 Conceded C 5 14 23
78% 69% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 89%
52% 46% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 63%
48% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 30%
26% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 7%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
48% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 41%
37% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 44%
37% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 26%
 
4 4.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.5 3.2
4.9 4.1 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.5 3.1
2.5 2.6 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.5
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
9.7 11.9 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.8 7.9
4.6 5.5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 3.2
24% 22% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 33%
 
8.8 7.6 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10 9.1
3.8 3.7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.1 3.7
Key stats in National this season:
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in National
  • Le Mans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in National
  • Le Mans have the most matches under the total-line (14) in National
  • Le Mans 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 Laval 27 17 4 6 35 22 14 8 2 4 17 11 13 9 2 2 18 11 13 55
2 Annecy 27 14 8 5 42 24 13 8 4 1 25 8 14 6 4 4 17 16 18 50
3 Concarneau 27 13 10 4 35 19 14 9 2 3 19 8 13 4 8 1 16 11 16 49
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 13 7 7 46 27 14 6 5 3 19 11 13 7 2 4 27 16 19 46
5 Villefranche 27 13 7 7 33 24 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 7 4 3 17 12 9 46
6 Le Mans 27 12 8 7 29 23 14 8 3 3 16 9 13 4 5 4 13 14 6 44
7 Châteauroux 27 11 9 7 31 22 14 7 5 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 12 9 42
8 Stade Briochin 27 11 8 8 32 24 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 2 6 5 10 15 8 41
9 Sedan 27 10 9 8 31 29 14 7 3 4 15 12 13 3 6 4 16 17 2 39
10 Red Star 27 11 4 12 43 38 13 6 1 6 22 19 14 5 3 6 21 19 5 37
11 Orléans 27 9 10 8 30 28 13 5 5 3 16 10 14 4 5 5 14 18 2 37
12 Cholet 27 9 6 12 39 50 13 6 3 4 26 23 14 3 3 8 13 27 -11 33
13 Avranches 27 9 5 13 26 43 13 6 1 6 14 21 14 3 4 7 12 22 -17 32
14 Sète 27 7 6 14 28 35 14 4 5 5 16 14 13 3 1 9 12 21 -7 27
15 Créteil 27 6 6 15 29 45 14 5 4 5 19 19 13 1 2 10 10 26 -16 24
16 Chambly 27 5 7 15 31 50 13 2 6 5 21 24 14 3 1 10 10 26 -19 22
17 Bastia-Borgo 26 4 8 14 31 50 13 4 5 4 22 20 13 0 3 10 9 30 -19 20
18 Boulogne 26 3 8 15 22 40 12 0 6 6 9 18 14 3 2 9 13 22 -18 16

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 Laval 27 17 4 6 35 22 14 8 2 4 17 11 13 9 2 2 18 11 13 55
2 Annecy 27 14 8 5 42 24 13 8 4 1 25 8 14 6 4 4 17 16 18 50
3 Concarneau 27 13 10 4 35 19 14 9 2 3 19 8 13 4 8 1 16 11 16 49
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 13 7 7 46 27 14 6 5 3 19 11 13 7 2 4 27 16 19 46
5 Villefranche 27 13 7 7 33 24 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 7 4 3 17 12 9 46
6 Le Mans 27 12 8 7 29 23 14 8 3 3 16 9 13 4 5 4 13 14 6 44
7 Châteauroux 27 11 9 7 31 22 14 7 5 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 12 9 42
8 Stade Briochin 27 11 8 8 32 24 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 2 6 5 10 15 8 41
9 Sedan 27 10 9 8 31 29 14 7 3 4 15 12 13 3 6 4 16 17 2 39
10 Red Star 27 11 4 12 43 38 13 6 1 6 22 19 14 5 3 6 21 19 5 37
11 Orléans 27 9 10 8 30 28 13 5 5 3 16 10 14 4 5 5 14 18 2 37
12 Cholet 27 9 6 12 39 50 13 6 3 4 26 23 14 3 3 8 13 27 -11 33
13 Avranches 27 9 5 13 26 43 13 6 1 6 14 21 14 3 4 7 12 22 -17 32
14 Sète 27 7 6 14 28 35 14 4 5 5 16 14 13 3 1 9 12 21 -7 27
15 Créteil 27 6 6 15 29 45 14 5 4 5 19 19 13 1 2 10 10 26 -16 24
16 Chambly 27 5 7 15 31 50 13 2 6 5 21 24 14 3 1 10 10 26 -19 22
17 Bastia-Borgo 26 4 8 14 31 50 13 4 5 4 22 20 13 0 3 10 9 30 -19 20
18 Boulogne 26 3 8 15 22 40 12 0 6 6 9 18 14 3 2 9 13 22 -18 16

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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.