Villefranche and Le Mans have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the National.
Villefranche have less rest than Le Mans in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a National game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Boulogne, so at least Villefranche are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Villefranche's stadium, Stade Armand Chouffet, 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; 11 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses from 35 matches. They have scored 36 goals in these games and conceded 48.
Villefranche form and stats
Three National home games done for Villefranche, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. The Villefranche manager A. Pochat might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
A. Garita was the last player to score a league goal for Villefranche and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Villefranche haven't scored in 180 minutes.
Villefranche manager A. Pochat and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Boulogne (placed 4th) in the National. Preceding that match was the home game against Bastia that was lost 0-3.
Villefranche has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 0 goals from 3 games. On the other hand, Villefranche have conceded 4 goals.
Le Mans form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 0 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. The awayteam now has five consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
Impressive finishing from P. Lemonnier secured the home win 1-0 against Bourg-en-Bresse in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bastia-Borgo.
Le Mans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Mans have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Villefranche-Le Mans H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Villefranche one win, Le Mans one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Blanc 2 goals |   P. Lemonnier 2 goals |  J. Donisa 2 goals |
Villefranche missing players
Le Mans missing players
| Villefranche | Le Mans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | 35 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 34 | 74 |
| 24 | 15 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 24% |
- Le Mans has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in National
- Le Mans have not yet lost a game away.
- Le Mans have scored at least twice as many goals away as Villefranche have scored home.
- Le Mans have yet to win a game away.
- Villefranche has the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in National
- Villefranche have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Villefranche have yet to win a game 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Bastia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Creteil | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Boulogne | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Avranches | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Cholet | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Concarneau | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Le Mans | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Stade Briochin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Quevilly Rouen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Bastia-Borgo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Villefranche | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Red Star | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Orleans | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Sete | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Lyon Duchère | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Annecy | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 18 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |