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Le Mans FC vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 2 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2019-20
Le Mans FC
1 – 2
Full Time
Racing Club de Lens
Sat 27 Jul 2019 · 13:00 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'
Hamza Hafidi 71' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Le Mans FC vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 2 .

Match Details

  • Referee Arnaud Baert
  • Referee Yohann Larhant
  • Referee Laurent Coniglio
  • Referee Ahmed Taleb

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 ES Troyes AC 34 67
2 Le Mans FC 34 62
3 SC Bastia 34 28
4 Amiens SC 34 24
5 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 0 0
6 FC Metz 0 0
7 FC Nantes 0 0
8 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0 0
9 AS Saint-Étienne 0 0
10 Red Star FC 0 0
11 Rodez Aveyron Football 0 0
12 Stade de Reims 0 0
13 FC Annecy 0 0
14 Montpellier HSC 0 0
15 Pau FC 0 0
16 USL Dunkerque 0 0
17 En Avant Guingamp 0 0
18 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0
19 Clermont Foot 63 0 0
20 AS Nancy-Lorraine 0 0
21 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 0 0
22 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 0 0

Head-to-Head

1
Le Mans FC 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals Racing Club de Lens
Last 5 meetings
2019-07-27 Le Mans FC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens

Recent Form

Le Mans FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Jul Racing Club de Lens H 1–2 L
02 Jun GFC Ajaccio A 2–0 W
28 May GFC Ajaccio H 1–2 L
Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Jul Le Mans FC A 2–1 W
02 Jun Dijon Football Cote d'Or A 1–3 L
30 May Dijon Football Cote d'Or H 1–1 D
24 May ES Troyes AC A 2–1 W
21 May Paris FC A 1–1 D
17 May US Orleans Loiret H 5–2 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Le Mans FC is hosting Racing Club de Lens for another epic battle.
  • 5' Racing Club de Lens is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' Stephen Vincent has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 15' Racing Club de Lens is showing some good football. However, Racing Club de Lens are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Le Mans FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
  • 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 33' Bevic Moussiti puts Le Mans FC on the lead.
  • 38' Le Mans FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 43' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 48' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Le Mans FC that had 63 games and scored 42 goals.
  • 53' It’s high time Philippe Montanier made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 58' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 62' Simon Banza is replacing Yannick Gomis for the Racing Club de Lens side.
  • 65' Another change for Le Mans FC made on 65 minute. Enzo Ebosse leaves to be changed by Tom Duponchelle.
  • 66' Goal! Florian Sotoca scores his 52 goal in 433 matches.
  • 67' Another change for Racing Club de Lens made on 67 minute. Gaetan Robail leaves to be changed by Mounir Chouiar.
  • 71' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Hamza Hafidi.
  • 74' Harisson Manzala has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stephen Vincent on 74 minute.
  • 75' The supporters are chanting for Franck Julienne. He replaces Stephane Diarra on 75 minute.
  • 80' It looks surprising Racing Club de Lens does not make any changes. Vitor Costa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 82' Yannick Cahuzac is replacing Guillaume Gillet for the Racing Club de Lens side.
  • 84' Sensational shot from Mounir Chouiar. Racing Club de Lens is back in the lead.
  • 89' Racing Club de Lens started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 89.
  • Another three points for Racing Club de Lens.

Lineups

Le Mans FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Richard Dezire

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.26 Le Mans FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.49 Racing Club de Lens xG
I would bet for: Le Mans FC or Racing Club de Lens 72% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Le Mans FC31% Draw28% Racing Club de Lens41%
Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes56% 0% No44%
Avg goals/match: 2.75
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Le Mans FC or Draw
60%
Draw or Racing Club de Lens
69%
Le Mans FC or Racing Club de Lens
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Le Mans FC23% Draw46% Racing Club de Lens31%
Actual: Le Mans FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.9%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
8.6%
0 – 0
8.3%
2 – 1
7.3%
1 – 0
7%
0 – 2
7%
2 – 2
5.5%
2 – 0
5%
1 – 3
4.3%
0 – 3
3.4%
3 – 1
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Le Mans FC

Handicap Le Mans FC covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 9% 86%
-1.5 14% — 86%
-1 14% 17% 69%
-0.5 31% — 69%
+0.5 59% — 41%
+1 59% 21% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 13% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Le Mans FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
29% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.