This is it, this is National and this is Sedan - Le Mans. Read our thorough match preview!
- Sedan have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in National
- Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in National
Sedan's stadium, Stade Louis-Dugauguez, 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, 10 draws and 18 losses from 40 matches. They have scored 43 goals in these games and conceded 54.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sedan form and stats
Sedan have collected 21 points from their National home games so far after 6-3-2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Louis-Dugauguez.
Sedan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Avranches's place. The match ended 3-0 with Fofana, Bekhechi and Keita scoring.
Ahead of that match, Sedan won a home game hosting Cholet (3-1).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 Sedan have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost one.
The Sedan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Sedan have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Le Mans form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Le Mans playing as the away team in the National this season.
The manager Gomes was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stade de La Pincenardière. Le Mans suffered a 1-2 loss to Bourg-en-Bresse (placed 4th).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sète that ended 0-0.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 17 relevant matches. Results were eight Mans wins, four draws and five defeats.
It's early days yet, but Le Mans has scored 10 and conceded 10 goals from their travels in the league so far (10 games).
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met before this season: Le Mans - Sedan 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sedan three wins, one draw and Le Mans five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ramalingom 8 goals |  J. Bègue 5 goals | J. Bekhechi 4 goals |
Sedan missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Sedan | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 86% |
| 67% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| 38% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 24% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 52% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 43% |
| 38% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 30% | 43% |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 30% | 29% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 7.9 | 8.6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.2 | 7.4 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 40% | 39% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 37% |
| 10.9 | 9.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.5 | 9 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in National
- Le Mans have the most matches under the total-line (11) in National
- Le Mans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sedan have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) 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 | Laval | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 44 |
| 2 | Concarneau | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 |
| 3 | Annecy | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 38 |
| 5 | Châteauroux | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Villefranche | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Le Mans | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Sedan | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Orléans | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Cholet | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Stade Briochin | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Sète | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 13 | Avranches | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 24 |
| 14 | Red Star | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Chambly | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | Bastia-Borgo | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
| 17 | Creteil | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 18 | Boulogne | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 11 |
