A classic home victory, the away team claims the win or a score draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Sedan and Le Mans duel at Stade Louis-Dugauguez.
- Sedan have the most points from losing position (15) in National
- Le Mans have the most scored goals (31) 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 6-10-15 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.
Sedan and Le Mans should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sedan form and stats
The overall National results playing at home this season for Sedan are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Stade Briochin last time out and are looking for a win here.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Chateauroux with a 3-2 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Sedan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sedan as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Sedan has won 5 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 8 of them had goals from both sides.
10 goals have been conceded.
Le Mans form and stats
Le Mans have only collected 5 points from their away games in the National, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
There were no winners in Le Mans's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Villefranche (placed 13th).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Orleans.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Mans in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Le Mans, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
As for defending, Le Mans rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sedan and Le Mans have played each other earlier this season: Le Mans - Sedan 6-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Sedan wins - draws - Le Mans wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gnanduillet 8 goals |   A. Ramalingom 4 goals |
Sedan missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Sedan | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 31 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 53% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 65% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 24% |
| 5.2 | 7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 14 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 10.8 | 12.1 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| 27% | 18% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 34% |
| 10.4 | 9.3 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 11.5 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 3.6 |
- Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Le Mans have the most scored goals (31) in National
- Le Mans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sedan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sedan have the most points from losing position (15) in National
- Sedan have won significantly more corners at 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 | Martigues | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Versailles | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Red Star | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Concarneau | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Dunkerque | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Cholet | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Le Mans | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 24 |
| 8 | Sedan | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Orleans | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Nancy | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Avranches | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Villefranche | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Chateauroux | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Gobelins | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 16 |
| 17 | Stade Briochin | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -22 | 10 |
