Stade Armand Chouffet: Villefranche vs Le Mans National pre-match guide

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 19.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand Chouffet (3200 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Villefranche and Le Mans clash at Stade Armand Chouffet.

Insights:
  • Villefranche have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in National
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Villefranche are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Le Mans is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season. Le Mans play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game will take part on grass. Up to date results for Le Mans when playing on grass are 6 wins, 11 draws and 14 defeats from 31 matches. They have managed to score {32 goals} and conceded 46 times in these games.

This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Villefranche form and stats

Villefranche have played 16 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Villefranche followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Stade Briochin and win 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Villefranche played a great game against Stade Briochin and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Châteauroux with a 5-1 scoreline.

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 Villefranche have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 2.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 16 most recent league matches highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Villefranche fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 16 league matches.

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Le Mans form and stats

There's been little loot from Le Mans's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the National. Le Mans only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Le Mans, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Orléans (placed 7th) last time out. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league rounds without winning. A heroic performance from Le Mans in their game against Orléans last time out. Things got complicated when Kocik was sent off in the 21st minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!

A draw for Mans before that, at their own venue hosting Stade Briochin (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Le Mans in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Le Mans, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Le Mans's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Villefranche and Le Mans have played each other earlier this season: Le Mans - Villefranche 1-1. Villefranche-Le Mans H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Villefranche three wins, Le Mans three wins, one draw. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VillefrancheM. Ba
M. Ba
12 goals
Le MansA. Gnanduillet
A. Gnanduillet
12 goals
VillefrancheR. Sergio
R. Sergio
8 goals

Villefranche missing players

Le Mans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villefranche Le Mans
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
9 6 1 Won W 2 3 10
13 7 2 Drew D 0 5 13
10 3 1 Lost L 2 8 9
45 24 4 Scored S 5 16 48
40 16 3 Conceded C 4 26 38
94% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
81% 94% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 81% 81%
34% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 44%
28% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 28%
22% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
66% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 53%
19% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 19% 28%
22% 19% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 28%
 
4.4 3.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.2
3.5 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.5 3.6
1.8 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.6
3 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.6 11.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.1 10.9
4.4 4.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.8
32% 32% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 27% 31%
 
10.6 10.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 10.1 7.8
4.4 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 3.8
Key stats in National this season:
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Villefranche have the most scored goals in the first half (25) 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 Martigues 32 14 15 3 50 34 16 9 6 1 27 15 16 5 9 2 23 19 16 57
2 Concarneau 32 17 6 9 55 34 16 9 3 4 24 12 16 8 3 5 31 22 21 56
3 Dunkerque 32 17 5 10 44 29 16 9 2 5 22 13 16 8 3 5 22 16 15 56
4 Red Star 32 15 9 8 48 30 16 7 3 6 21 20 16 8 6 2 27 10 18 54
5 Versailles 32 14 9 9 38 34 16 9 3 4 21 15 16 5 6 5 17 19 4 51
6 Sedan 32 12 10 10 40 42 16 6 4 6 18 19 16 6 6 4 22 23 -2 46
7 Orléans 32 10 14 8 36 32 16 4 8 4 15 15 16 6 6 4 21 17 4 44
8 Le Mans 32 10 13 9 48 38 16 7 8 1 32 12 16 3 5 8 16 26 10 43
9 Cholet 32 10 12 10 36 39 16 6 7 3 20 15 16 4 5 7 16 24 -3 42
10 Châteauroux 32 11 8 13 38 43 16 6 4 6 23 24 16 5 4 7 15 19 -5 41
11 Villefranche 32 9 13 10 45 40 16 6 7 3 24 16 16 3 6 7 21 24 5 40
12 Nancy 32 10 11 11 33 37 16 7 2 7 19 20 16 3 9 4 14 17 -4 40
13 Bourg-en-Bresse 32 9 12 11 37 40 16 4 7 5 21 23 16 5 5 6 16 17 -3 39
14 Avranches 32 12 4 16 39 45 16 7 2 7 25 21 16 5 2 9 14 24 -6 39
15 Stade Briochin 32 7 14 11 34 43 16 3 8 5 14 18 16 4 6 6 20 25 -9 35
16 Gobelins 32 6 13 13 26 38 16 3 9 4 16 16 16 3 4 9 10 22 -12 31
17 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 32 6 13 13 30 47 16 3 7 6 17 22 16 3 6 7 13 25 -17 31
18 Bastia-Borgo 32 5 7 20 27 59 16 4 4 8 18 31 16 1 3 12 9 28 -32 22

Table
  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 32 14 15 3 50 34 16 9 6 1 27 15 16 5 9 2 23 19 16 57
2 Concarneau 32 17 6 9 55 34 16 9 3 4 24 12 16 8 3 5 31 22 21 56
3 Dunkerque 32 17 5 10 44 29 16 9 2 5 22 13 16 8 3 5 22 16 15 56
4 Red Star 32 15 9 8 48 30 16 7 3 6 21 20 16 8 6 2 27 10 18 54
5 Versailles 32 14 9 9 38 34 16 9 3 4 21 15 16 5 6 5 17 19 4 51
6 Sedan 32 12 10 10 40 42 16 6 4 6 18 19 16 6 6 4 22 23 -2 46
7 Orléans 32 10 14 8 36 32 16 4 8 4 15 15 16 6 6 4 21 17 4 44
8 Le Mans 32 10 13 9 48 38 16 7 8 1 32 12 16 3 5 8 16 26 10 43
9 Cholet 32 10 12 10 36 39 16 6 7 3 20 15 16 4 5 7 16 24 -3 42
10 Châteauroux 32 11 8 13 38 43 16 6 4 6 23 24 16 5 4 7 15 19 -5 41
11 Villefranche 32 9 13 10 45 40 16 6 7 3 24 16 16 3 6 7 21 24 5 40
12 Nancy 32 10 11 11 33 37 16 7 2 7 19 20 16 3 9 4 14 17 -4 40
13 Bourg-en-Bresse 32 9 12 11 37 40 16 4 7 5 21 23 16 5 5 6 16 17 -3 39
14 Avranches 32 12 4 16 39 45 16 7 2 7 25 21 16 5 2 9 14 24 -6 39
15 Stade Briochin 32 7 14 11 34 43 16 3 8 5 14 18 16 4 6 6 20 25 -9 35
16 Gobelins 32 6 13 13 26 38 16 3 9 4 16 16 16 3 4 9 10 22 -12 31
17 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 32 6 13 13 30 47 16 3 7 6 17 22 16 3 6 7 13 25 -17 31
18 Bastia-Borgo 32 5 7 20 27 59 16 4 4 8 18 31 16 1 3 12 9 28 -32 22

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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.