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Le Mans

Ligue 2

National

Club Friendlies

Founded:	1985
Stadium:	Stade de La Pincenardière
Coach:	Richard Déziré
National Form:
Overall Form:

Le Mans home ground venue is Stade de La Pincenardière.

Richard Déziré is the current coach for Le Mans.

Le Mans National Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Le Mans have played a total of 34 matches in France National. Their current statistics is 16 win, 11 draw and 7 lose.

Le Mans did not lose their last five matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Le Mans results for their home or away matches in National 2018/2019.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Le Mans	34	16	11	7

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
17/05/2019	Le Mans	2 - 1	Chambly	1-0	H2H	O	+
T. Dasquet 18'
			30' Romain Padovani
			30' D. Fofana
			36' J. Popelard
S. Vincent 45'		1 - 0
A. Vardin 56'
Stéphane Diarra 56'
			59' G. Dequaire
Pierre Lemonnier 61'		2 - 0
			69' G. Dequaire
			69' O. Dadoune
			69' Joris Correa
			69' L. Doucouré
T. Duponchelle 78'
V. Créhin 78'
M. Soro Nanga 78'
		2 - 1	83' T. Jaques
R. Montiel 90'
V. Elissalt 90'
09/05/2019	Marignane Gignac CB	0 - 1	Le Mans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			1' Aloïs Confais
			65' V. Créhin
			65' Rémy Boissier
		0 - 1	78' Ali Keïta
J. Mallet 78'
Y. Temmar 78'
J. Benhaim Casanova 84'
Y. Aked Daoud 84'
			86' Stéphane Diarra
			86' T. Duponchelle
03/05/2019	Le Mans	2 - 0	Entente SSG	1-0	H2H	O	+
			12' M. Doremus
Ali Keïta 18'		1 - 0
Ali Keïta 38'
			44' A. Magnora
V. Elissalt 59'
H. Hafidi 59'
			70' M. Géran
			70' K. Faradé
			75' M. Doremus
			75' B. Dramé
V. Créhin 79'
Stéphane Diarra 79'
Stéphane Diarra 81'		2 - 0
			83' Simon Dia
			83' J. N'Sondé
			86' H. Ba
R. Montiel 86'
M. Soro Nanga 86'
18/04/2019	Cholet	0 - 1	Le Mans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			34' H. Hafidi
Bradley Mazikou 37'
		0 - 1	51' R. Montiel
			55' S. Vincent
			58' R. Montiel
			66' V. Elissalt
			66' T. Vialla
S. Trabelsi 72'
M. Fleury 72'
A. Aabiza 76'
Bryan Lasme 76'
			79' S. Vincent
			79' Ryan Bidounga
			88' R. Montiel
			88' G. Gope-Fenepej
12/04/2019	Le Mans	2 - 1	Lyon Duchère	2-1	H2H	O	+
M. Soro Nanga 9'		1 - 0
Pierre Lemonnier 17'		2 - 0
R. Calvet 29'
		2 - 1	29' M. Ezikian
			46' N. Seguin
			46' D. Banor
M. Soro Nanga 68'
T. Vialla 68'
T. Duponchelle 68'
			69' Salim Moizini
			69' Cédric Tuta
			81' Mamadou Camara
V. Créhin 88'
S. Vincent 88'
06/04/2019	Laval	3 - 1	Le Mans	2-0	H2H	O	+
Anthony Robic 11'		1 - 0
			29' Ali Keïta
Sekou Keita 34'		2 - 0
			46' Stéphane Diarra
			46' M. Soro Nanga
			53' Pierre Lemonnier
Sekou Keita 56'
			61' Aloïs Confais
			61' V. Elissalt
Mounir Obbadi 63'
Florian Makhedjouf 63'
Anthony Robic 63'
N. Verdier 63'
			68' M. Soro Nanga
		2 - 1	71' V. Créhin
Sekou Keita 76'
A. Vincent 76'
			76' Rémy Boissier
Gabriel Etinof 90+1'		3 - 1
N. Verdier 90+2'
29/03/2019	Le Mans	1 - 1	Drancy JA	1-1	H2H	O	+
H. Hafidi 27'
		0 - 1	41' Aboubakar Koné
M. Soro Nanga 43'
V. Créhin 44'		1 - 1
			65' A. Banvo Amon
			65' B. El Hajjam
			73' Aboubakar Koné
			73' L. Go
M. Soro Nanga 77'
Romain Dupont 77'
Rémy Boissier 80'
S. Vincent 83'
T. Vialla 83'
			90+3' N. Doumbia
			90+3' C. Cabaton
21/03/2019	Bourg-en-Bresse	3 - 0	Le Mans	1-0	H2H	O	+
J. Pierre-Charles 25'		1 - 0
			30' T. Duponchelle
			42' T. Duponchelle
			42' Ryan Bidounga
			46' R. Montiel
			46' V. Créhin
			46' V. Elissalt
			46' T. Vialla
B. Diakité 49'		2 - 0
B. Diakité 57'		3 - 0
G. Amiot 58'
			60' H. Hafidi
			60' Ali Keïta
			60' H. Hafidi
Gédéon Kalulu 65'
A. Koné 65'
			71' Aloïs Confais
L. Nabab 73'
J. Pierre-Charles 79'
E. Quarshie 79'
Romain Spano 86'
Sekou Baradji 86'
15/03/2019	Le Mans	2 - 3	Boulogne	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' Robert Maah
Aloïs Confais 11'
Rémy Boissier 20'		1 - 1
S. Vincent 37'		2 - 1
R. Montiel 46'
			51' Yrondu Musavu-King
T. Duponchelle 54'
			60' A. Konaté
			60' S. Id Azza
		2 - 2	66' Robert Maah
Ali Keïta 72'
			73'
		2 - 3	73' Abdelkader Kraichi
			74' B. Diomandé
			74' Mons Bassouamina
R. Montiel 74'
M. Soro Nanga 74'
			82' Robert Maah
			82' S. Duflos
Stéphane Diarra 84'
V. Elissalt 84'
Ali Keïta 84'
T. Vialla 84'
			90+2' S. Id Azza
Rémy Boissier 90+4'
07/03/2019	Quevilly Rouen	1 - 1	Le Mans	0-0	H2H	O	+
T. Taufflieb 46'
N. Barthélémy 46'
		0 - 1	53' V. Créhin
A. Rogie 59'
Guy Ngosso 59'
			69' Stéphane Diarra
			69' S. Vincent
			73' T. Duponchelle
R. Diarra 75'
J. Nanizayamo 75'
Bevic Moussiti-Oko 82'		1 - 1
			84' H. Hafidi
			89' V. Créhin
			89' Rémy Boissier
			89' R. Montiel
			89' M. Soro Nanga
02/03/2019	Le Mans	0 - 1	Rodez	0-1	H2H	O	+
H. Hafidi 24'
		0 - 1	44' Ugo Bonnet
R. Montiel 57'
Stéphane Diarra 57'
			61' David Douline
			68' A. Tertereau
			68' M. Guerbert
			74' David Douline
			74' Loic Poujol
H. Hafidi 80'
Ali Keïta 80'
T. Vialla 80'
M. Soro Nanga 80'
			84' Loic Poujol
			88' F. David
			88' Loic Coupin
22/02/2019	Tours	2 - 0	Le Mans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' T. Dasquet
			46' R. Calvet
Victor Lobry 46'
Aaron Boupendza 46'
Yann Mabella 46'
Yann Mabella 56'		1 - 0
Romain Bayard 64'
			67' S. Vincent
			67' V. Créhin
J. N'Nomo 75'
Distel Zola 75'
			77' M. Soro Nanga
			77' T. Vialla
Béni Nkololo 78'		2 - 0
Béni Nkololo 86'
L. Ouedraogo 86'
15/02/2019	Le Mans	0 - 1	Villefranche	0-0	H2H	O	+
Pierre Lemonnier 20'
			46' P. Ertel
			46' J. Mambu
			46' S. Belkorchia
			63' M. Paye
			63' A. M'Madi
M. Soro Nanga 65'
V. Créhin 68'
R. Montiel 68'
		0 - 1	70' A. M'Madi
T. Vialla 76'
Romain Dupont 76'
			79' M. Jasse
			79' Y. N'Diaye
			80' N. Burel
T. Dasquet 85'
			90+1' R. Sergio
			90+2' J. Mambu
08/02/2019	Pau	0 - 1	Le Mans	0-1	H2H	O	+
			25' Rémy Boissier
Antoine Batisse 30'
			33' Aloïs Confais
		0 - 1	40' Aloïs Confais
Quentin Boisgard 41'
Lamine Gueye 55'
Quentin Daubin 55'
			59' Ali Keïta
			59' T. Duponchelle
			70' T. Duponchelle
			71' T. Vialla
			71' Stéphane Diarra
L. Vallier 78'
M. Guilavogui 78'
			78' H. Hafidi
P. Maisonneuve 85'
P. Maisonneuve 86'
A. Tressens 86'
			90+4' M. Soro Nanga
			90+4' R. Calvet
31/01/2019	Le Mans	2 - 1	Concarneau	1-1	H2H	O	+
V. Créhin 32'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	39' A. Jung
Stéphane Diarra 52'
R. Montiel 61'
H. Hafidi 61'
			63' K. Damessi
			63' M. Elaz
			69' Y. Ben Ali
			71' M. Illien
			71' T. Sinquin
T. Vialla 74'
Romain Dupont 74'
			76' F. Le Joncour
Stéphane Diarra 85'
M. Soro Nanga 85'
			86' Y. Ben Ali
			86' Romain Le Barillier
M. Soro Nanga 90+3'		2 - 1
18/01/2019	Le Mans	1 - 1	Dunkerque	0-0	H2H	O	+
Aloïs Confais 26'
			40' N. Bruneel
			52' J. Tchouatcha
		0 - 1	56' B. El Hamzaoui
T. Duponchelle 60'
Ali Keïta 60'
V. Créhin 62'		1 - 1
			65' D. Boudaud
			65' M. Fischer
M. Soro Nanga 69'
R. Montiel 69'
T. Dasquet 71'
			73' N. Bruneel
			73' Martin Francois
			74' R. Goteni
H. Hafidi 80'
T. Vialla 80'
			81' Ludovic Gamboa
			81' Mehdi Chahiri
11/01/2019	Avranches	0 - 2	Le Mans	0-1	H2H	O	+
			30' H. Hafidi
C. Michel 39'
N. Dekoke 41'
		0 - 1	45+1' V. Créhin
M. N'Diaye 46'
D. Sissoko 46'
N. Dekoke 46'
S. Séance 46'
D. Sissoko 50'
			67' Rémy Boissier
			67' Aloïs Confais
			71' V. Créhin
			71' M. Soro Nanga
		0 - 2	74' M. Soro Nanga
P. Puel 79'
S. Hamard 79'
Youssef Maziz 90'
21/12/2018	Le Mans	2 - 0	Marignane Gignac CB	0-0	H2H	O	+
Ryan Bidounga 58'		1 - 0
R. Calvet 62'
Ryan Bidounga 67'
M. Soro Nanga 71'
Ali Keïta 71'
			73' G. Bosca
			73' Y. Temmar
			81' J. Assoumin
			81' A. Coulomb
Stéphane Diarra 81'
T. Vialla 81'
			82' G. Théréau
			90' Manaouar Ben Ahmed
			90' A. Gwapdoum Sagoua
V. Créhin 90+1'
V. Créhin 90+2'		2 - 0
V. Créhin 90+2'
Romain Dupont 90+2'
14/12/2018	Entente SSG	0 - 0	Le Mans	0-0	H2H	O	+
			21' T. Dasquet
			60' V. Elissalt
			60' M. Soro Nanga
K. Faradé 67'
Badiane El Hadji 67'
			70' T. Vialla
			70' V. Simon
M. Talal 77'
Simon Dia 77'
			79' R. Montiel
			79' Rémy Boissier
29/11/2018	Le Mans	1 - 1	Cholet	1-1	H2H	O	+
			28' O. Abdeldjelil
R. Montiel 33'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	41' O. Abdeldjelil
A. Vardin 46'
T. Duponchelle 46'
			60' Bryan Lasme
			60' N. Baouia
V. Elissalt 60'
M. Soro Nanga 60'
Rémy Boissier 67'
Aloïs Confais 67'
			67' Kévin Rocheteau
			67' S. Trabelsi
H. Hafidi 72'
			73' A. Bamba
			84' J. Mexique
			84' S. Kılıç
23/11/2018	Lyon Duchère	0 - 1	Le Mans	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	15' G. Gope-Fenepej
D. Banor 26'
Cédric Tuta 32'
H. Ayari 33'
Mamadou Camara 55'
			57' G. Gope-Fenepej
			57' S. Vincent
Frank Julienne 64'
Ronny Labonne 65'
H. Gradai 65'
			67' R. Montiel
			67' Nicolas Suchet
			84' M. Soro Nanga
			84' Romain Dupont
10/11/2018	Le Mans	1 - 0	Laval	0-0	H2H	O	+
			23' A. Ba
S. Vincent 45+2'
V. Créhin 65'
M. Soro Nanga 65'
R. Montiel 70'		1 - 0
			74' A. Scaramozzino
			75' Gabriel Etinof
			75' B. Ndilu
			77' Florian Makhedjouf
			77' Bogdan Milošević
			86' Baba Cisse
			86' S. Bakir
R. Montiel 86'
R. Calvet 86'
02/11/2018	Drancy JA	1 - 1	Le Mans	1-0	H2H	O	+
			17' O. Cavin Diagne
C. Jean-Etienne 22'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	57' Rémy Boissier
			61' H. Hafidi
A. Banvo Amon 66'
			68' R. Montiel
			68' M. Soro Nanga
A. Banvo Amon 75'
Dylan NGuene Bikey 75'
			81' S. Vincent
			81' Stéphane Diarra
B. Camara 83'
Djessy Basimba Mutienga 83'
			88' Pierre Lemonnier
19/10/2018	Le Mans	1 - 0	Bourg-en-Bresse	1-0	H2H	O	+
R. Montiel 18'		1 - 0
T. Duponchelle 21'
			29' F. Perradin
			49' L. Nabab
			62' J. Pierre-Charles
			62' S. Chéré
V. Créhin 66'
O. Cavin Diagne 66'
			68' E. Quarshie
			68' A. Koné
			75' Edwin Massucco
			79' I. Sacko
			79' A. Belaroussi
M. Soro Nanga 79'
Romain Dupont 79'
R. Montiel 89'
G. Gope-Fenepej 89'
04/10/2018	Boulogne	0 - 0	Le Mans	0-0	H2H	O	+
G. Beghin 25'
			49' Rémy Boissier
			64' G. Gope-Fenepej
			64' Stéphane Diarra
G. Beghin 64'
D. Mayela 64'
			64' M. Soro Nanga
			64' R. Montiel
Robert Maah 69'
A. Konaté 69'
Nassim Ouammou 86'
B. Gomel 86'
			89' Stéphane Diarra
27/09/2018	Le Mans	2 - 0	Quevilly Rouen	2-0	H2H	O	+
Stéphane Diarra 11'		1 - 0
H. Hafidi 33'
V. Créhin 39'		2 - 0
			57' Guy Ngosso
			57' J. Nanizayamo
			57' A. Rogie
			57' V. Pollet
			64'
R. Montiel 65'
M. Soro Nanga 65'
			71' Steve Shamal
			71' L. Daury
			76' Stanislas Oliveira
V. Créhin 79'
O. Cavin Diagne 79'
Stéphane Diarra 87'
G. Gope-Fenepej 87'
21/09/2018	Rodez	1 - 0	Le Mans	1-0	H2H	O	+
A. Sanaia 7'
D. Caddy 14'		1 - 0
			44' G. Gope-Fenepej
M. Guerbert 66'
Ugo Bonnet 66'
			72' Ali Keïta
			72' Stéphane Diarra
			72' G. Gope-Fenepej
			72' R. Montiel
D. Caddy 82'
Loic Poujol 82'
Khaled Ayari 90'
M. Ramon 90'
13/09/2018	Le Mans	0 - 0	Tours	0-0	H2H	O	+
			27' John Tshibumbu
			41' C. Louvion
			41' T. Cillard
			51' Béni Nkololo
Pierre Lemonnier 62'
Stéphane Diarra 63'
			68' Florian Fabre
			68' Sambou Sissoko
R. Montiel 72'
M. Soro Nanga 72'
Stéphane Diarra 78'
G. Gope-Fenepej 78'
			82' Victor Lobry
			82' Samson Mbingui
07/09/2018	Villefranche	1 - 2	Le Mans	1-0	H2H	O	+
			8' Rémy Boissier
B. Labeau 10'		1 - 0
			47' T. Dasquet
B. Labeau 63'
J. Mambu 63'
			63' Nicolas Suchet
			63' M. Soro Nanga
			63' V. Créhin
			63' S. Vincent
		1 - 1	68' H. Hafidi
M. Blanc 74'
A. Lemb 74'
M. Jasse 76'
F. Borgniet 76'
			88' R. Montiel
			88' G. Gope-Fenepej
		1 - 2	90+1' G. Gope-Fenepej
31/08/2018	Le Mans	2 - 1	Pau	1-0	H2H	O	+
V. Créhin 31'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	50' Vincent Thill
			51' L. Vallier
Rémy Boissier 57'		2 - 1
Ali Keïta 60'
T. Duponchelle 60'
M. Soro Nanga 65'
			66' Y. Jarju
			66' M. Guilavogui
T. Dasquet 74'
M. Soro Nanga 75'
Nicolas Suchet 75'
			80' P. Maisonneuve
			80' Kenedy Có
Stéphane Diarra 85'
G. Gope-Fenepej 85'
			90' Louis Bury
			90+3' Quentin Daubin
25/08/2018	Concarneau	1 - 1	Le Mans	0-1	H2H	O	+
			18' Nicolas Suchet
K. Damessi 41'
		0 - 1	45+12' Rémy Boissier
Guillaume Gégousse 61'
A. Jung 61'
M. Illien 61'
			62' G. Gope-Fenepej
			62' T. Duponchelle
A. Jung 62'
T. Sinquin 73'
Jérémy Drouglazet 73'
A. Jung 75'		1 - 1
			81' S. Vincent
			81' Stéphane Diarra
Y. Ben Ali 82'
Adama Doumbia 82'
Jérémy Drouglazet 89'
			90' Rémy Boissier
			90' Romain Dupont
17/08/2018	Dunkerque	1 - 2	Le Mans	1-0	H2H	O	+
K. N'Zuzi Mata 14'		1 - 0
B. El Hamzaoui 53'
		1 - 1	55' A. Vardin
Valentin Voisin 61'
Baboye Traoré 61'
Mehdi Chahiri 69'
Adil Lebrun 69'
			69' V. Créhin
			69' M. Soro Nanga
			72' Nicolas Suchet
			76' G. Gope-Fenepej
			76' Stéphane Diarra
Baboye Traoré 84'
V. Candas 84'
		1 - 2	87' Stéphane Diarra
			90+4' Rémy Boissier
			90+4' Romain Dupont
10/08/2018	Le Mans	1 - 1	Avranches	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	14' P. Puel
Rémy Boissier 28'
			38' H. Saunié
			46' H. Saunié
			46' J. Farnabe
			50' Bradley Danger
			53' P. Puel
			53' C. Michel
			64' M. N'Diaye
			64' S. Séance
G. Gope-Fenepej 78'
H. Hafidi 78'
T. Dasquet 78'
Rémy Boissier 81'		1 - 1
			84' Youssef Maziz
S. Vincent 89'
Stéphane Diarra 89'
M. Soro Nanga 89'
Romain Dupont 89'
03/08/2018	Chambly	2 - 2	Le Mans	1-1	H2H	O	+
P. Etshimi 15'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	45' Pierre Lemonnier
D. Koné 57'
Joris Correa 57'
G. Heinry 57'
P. Etshimi 65'
O. Dadoune 65'
Joris Correa 65'		2 - 1
Romain Padovani 70'
			72' H. Hafidi
			72' V. Créhin
			72' Ali Keïta
			72' G. Gope-Fenepej
		2 - 2	76' V. Créhin
L. Doucouré 84'
Romain Padovani 85'
Jonathan Beaulieu 85'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Le Mans in National.

Statistics & Analysis of Le Mans

V. Créhin is the leading top goal scorer for Le Mans with 11 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	5
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	13
Longest run without win	8
Clean sheets	13
Matches over 2.25 goals	10
Matches under 2.25 goals	24
Matches First Half Over 0.5	23
Matches First Half Under 0.5	11
Matches odd	17
Matches even	17
Average goals scored	1.12
Average goals allowed	0.85
Failure to score	8
Biggest victory	2 - 0
Biggest defeat	3 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	2
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (6%)
Goalless draw at away match	2 (12%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	V. Créhin
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Le Mans Squad

Detailed statistics of each Le Mans player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Le Mans top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Thibault Ferrand	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Alexandre Vardin	2442	28	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	Corentin Guiet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Raphaël Calvet	887	13	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
7	Stéphen Vincent	2093	27	4	6	2	0	2	0	0
8	Aloïs Confais	1547	19	2	1	1	0	5	0	0
9	Vincent Kevin Créhin	2315	30	3	13	10	0	1	0	0
10	Hamza Hafidi	2524	31	3	4	1	0	10	0	0
11	Mamadou Soro Nanga	1624	32	16	10	3	0	5	0	0
12	Tom Duponchelle	1632	24	6	1	0	0	5	1	1
13	Romain Montiel	1472	22	4	16	4	0	2	0	0
16	Nicolas Kocik	450	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Thibault Vialla	732	15	7	6	0	0	0	0	0
18	Romain Dupont	61	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	George Gope-Fenepej	452	13	7	6	2	0	1	0	0
20	Victor Elissalt	416	9	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
21	Ousseynou Cavin Diagne	125	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Rémy Boissier	2511	31	3	4	5	0	7	1	0
24	Pierre Lemonnier	2880	32	0	0	3	0	4	0	0
25	Stéphane Diarra	1955	31	10	9	3	0	3	0	0
26	Ali Keïta	1876	25	4	5	2	0	3	0	0
27	Yanis Si Mohammed	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
28	Thomas Dasquet	1936	22	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
29	Ryan Maxime Destin Bidounga	281	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
30	Jérémy Aymes	2520	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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