National match tips and game guide for the Sète vs Le Mans meet

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 04.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis-Michel (27670 seats)

Le Mans pay a visit to Sète and Stade Louis-Michel packed with optimism, but the home team is not a walk in the park. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Sète have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Le Mans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in National

This field uses the playing surface grass, unlike Le Mans's home arena. The latest 40 games by the away side on grass have ended with 13 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses.

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!

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Sète form and stats

The story so far in the National for Sète at their home stadium (Stade Louis-Michel) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Happy days for Sète in their previous game, a fixture away at Villefranche (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Avranches (1-2).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cholet are coming to town in four days.

The Sète fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Sète have conceded 10 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Le Mans form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Mans hope to make it five in this match.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Le Mans goalkeeper Pierre Patron is eager to challenge this, with his 290 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away matches in a row for Le Mans, whose manager Prunier could celebrate last time after the win against Avranches.

Before that, Mans secured a home win against Cholet with the score 1-0.

Le Mans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Le Mans in these games.

Head 2 Head

Le Mans - Sète 3-0 was the outcome when these contenders formerly played each other, also in this season. Previous three meetings involving these squads: Sète won one, Le Mans triumphed in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SèteW. Jarmouni
W. Jarmouni
5 goals
Le MansJ. Bègue
J. Bègue
5 goals
SèteE. Celestine
E. Celestine
4 goals

Sète missing players

Le Mans missing players

Sète Le Mans
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
7 4 0 Won W 1 3 9
2 2 1 Drew D 0 3 5
9 3 2 Lost L 1 3 5
23 14 2 Scored S 2 10 21
23 10 6 Conceded C 2 10 16
89% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
67% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 63%
50% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 32%
28% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 5%
11% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
39% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 42%
33% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 42%
39% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 26%
 
3.2 3.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 2 3.1
5.7 5.3 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.4 2.7
2.3 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 5 5
 
9.2 10.8 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 6.1 7.3
4.2 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 2.7
30% 33% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 48% 40%
 
11.3 8.3 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 10.6 9.1
5.1 3.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.8
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 (3) 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.
  • Sète 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 Concarneau 19 11 5 3 26 13 10 7 1 2 15 7 9 4 4 1 11 6 13 38
2 Laval 19 12 2 5 24 16 10 5 1 4 12 10 9 7 1 1 12 6 8 38
3 Annecy 19 10 6 3 27 11 9 6 3 0 17 1 10 4 3 3 10 10 16 36
4 Villefranche 19 9 6 4 22 14 9 5 2 2 12 6 10 4 4 2 10 8 8 33
5 Bourg-en-Bresse 19 9 5 5 34 19 10 4 4 2 12 6 9 5 1 3 22 13 15 32
6 Le Mans 19 9 5 5 21 16 10 6 2 2 11 6 9 3 3 3 10 10 5 32
7 Châteauroux 19 8 6 5 22 16 10 6 3 1 15 6 9 2 3 4 7 10 6 30
8 Cholet 18 8 3 7 31 33 9 6 2 1 22 13 9 2 1 6 9 20 -2 27
9 Orléans 19 7 5 7 22 21 9 4 3 2 14 8 10 3 2 5 8 13 1 26
10 Sedan 19 6 8 5 20 20 10 5 3 2 10 7 9 1 5 3 10 13 0 26
11 Avranches 19 7 3 9 20 32 9 5 0 4 11 15 10 2 3 5 9 17 -12 24
12 Sète 18 7 2 9 23 23 9 4 2 3 14 10 9 3 0 6 9 13 0 23
13 Red Star 19 7 1 11 30 32 9 3 0 6 11 15 10 4 1 5 19 17 -2 22
14 Stade Briochin 19 5 6 8 16 19 10 5 2 3 14 8 9 0 4 5 2 11 -3 21
15 Chambly 19 5 4 10 23 32 9 2 3 4 15 16 10 3 1 6 8 16 -9 19
16 Créteil 19 4 4 11 17 30 10 3 3 4 11 14 9 1 1 7 6 16 -13 16
17 Bastia-Borgo 19 3 6 10 20 35 9 3 3 3 14 14 10 0 3 7 6 21 -15 15
18 Boulogne 19 2 5 12 16 32 9 0 4 5 7 15 10 2 1 7 9 17 -16 10

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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.