Ligue 1 game prediction and match guide for the Le Havre vs Lens encounter

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 20.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

This game involves two participants living in the cellar of the Ligue 1, Le Havre holding 13th position and Lens sitting at 15th. A good opportunity for one of the teams to better their situation.

Insights:
  • All of Le Havre's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lens have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an animated game!

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Le Havre form and stats

2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Le Havre so far this season. When Le Havre hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Lorient, Olympique Lyonnais, Clermont, Metz and Le Havre), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

Le Havre haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 263 minutes ago. Bayo scored that one.

Le Havre lost their last game at Olympique Marseille (placed 6th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Midfield player Touré got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Touré dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 48 successful passes (of 51 total).

Ahead of that match, Le Havre lost 0-2 at home to Lille.

A decent goal production from Havre in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Lens form and stats

Playing away, Lens have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Lens delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Lille (placed 7th) in their previous game. The draw against Lille came from a losing position. The Lens manager Haise brought on Machado as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Fulgini, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Fulgini hit one key pass.

Before that match, the victory at home against Arsenal in the Champions League (2-1).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PSV in just four days.

For Lens, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Havre have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when facing Lens.

The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreN. Alioui
N. Alioui
4 goals
LensD. Machado Mena
D. Machado Mena
3 goals
Le HavreD. Kuzyaev
D. Kuzyaev
2 goals

Le Havre missing players

Lens missing players

Le Havre Lens
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 4 8
2 2 2 Won W 0 1 2
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
10 6 5 Scored S 0 4 8
12 5 1 Conceded C 0 9 13
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
75% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
25% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 12%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
3.1 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 6.9
4.4 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 3.5
1.4 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.2 12.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.2 16
3 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 4.5
42% 38% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 22%
 
14.9 11.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 9.9
5.4 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.8 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Le Havre's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Le Havre have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Le Havre haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lens have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lens have created more than twice as many corners as Le Havre.
  • Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 8 5 2 1 21 11 4 3 0 1 9 3 4 2 2 0 12 8 10 17
2 Nice 8 4 4 0 9 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 16
3 PSG 8 4 3 1 17 7 4 2 1 1 9 4 4 2 2 0 8 3 10 15
4 Brest 8 4 3 1 9 7 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 15
5 Reims 8 4 1 3 14 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 2 1 1 8 6 3 13
6 Olympique Marseille 8 3 3 2 12 11 4 3 1 0 7 1 4 0 2 2 5 10 1 12
7 Lille 8 3 3 2 11 10 3 2 0 1 4 2 5 1 3 1 7 8 1 12
8 Rennes 8 2 5 1 14 10 5 2 2 1 13 9 3 0 3 0 1 1 4 11
9 Nantes 8 3 2 3 14 15 4 1 2 1 10 9 4 2 0 2 4 6 -1 11
10 Strasbourg 8 3 1 4 8 11 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 1 0 2 1 5 -3 10
11 Toulouse 8 2 4 2 10 9 3 1 2 0 6 3 5 1 2 2 4 6 1 10
12 Montpellier 7 2 3 2 12 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 9
13 Le Havre 8 2 3 3 10 12 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 0 3 1 4 7 -2 9
14 Metz 8 2 2 4 7 14 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 2 0 2 3 8 -7 8
15 Lens 8 2 2 4 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 0 3 4 9 -5 8
16 Lorient 8 1 4 3 13 18 4 1 2 1 7 7 4 0 2 2 6 11 -5 7
17 Olympique Lyonnais 8 0 3 5 6 16 4 0 2 2 5 11 4 0 1 3 1 5 -10 3
18 Clermont 7 0 2 5 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 2

Read more about Ligue 1

Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.