There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the National table so far. Here's the Stade Briochin - Le Mans latest:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This stadium uses grass, unlike Le Mans's home stadium. The visitors last 46 games on grass have ended in 14 wins, 11 draws and 21 losses.
Stade Briochin form and stats
7-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Stade Briochin so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The fans are hoping that Briochin will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the National game against Boulogne (placed 14th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bastia that ended 1-1.
The defeat against Boulogne was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by B. Pierret).
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 Stade Briochin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost one.
The manager D. Le Goff will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bourg-en-Bresse in only four days.
Briochin have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Briochin have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Le Mans form and stats
There's been little loot from Le Mans's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the National. Le Mans only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. A depressing five defeats in a row for Mans in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Lyon Duchere.
Le Mans played 1-1 against Avranches in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Mans manager D. Ollé-Nicolle faced defeat when travelling to Laval and losing 1-2.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mans playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Le Mans wins, two draws and four defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mans as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mans have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Le Mans - Stade Briochin 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Briochin wins - draws - Le Mans wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Brahimi 8 goals |   A. Allée 3 goals |
Stade Briochin missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Stade Briochin | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 30 |
| 28 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 30 |
| 80% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 57% | 53% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 18% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 53% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 37% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 6.6 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 6.5 | 8.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 31% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | 29% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bastia | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 57 |
| 2 | Quevilly Rouen | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 56 |
| 3 | Orleans | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Villefranche | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 43 |
| 5 | Red Star | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Concarneau | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 | Stade Briochin | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Cholet | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 39 |
| 9 | Avranches | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 37 |
| 10 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 37 |
| 11 | Le Mans | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Sete | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Laval | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 35 |
| 14 | Boulogne | 29 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 33 |
| 15 | Annecy | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 33 |
| 16 | Creteil | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -9 | 31 |
| 17 | Bastia-Borgo | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -13 | 31 |
| 18 | Lyon Duchere | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -14 | 27 |