Evenly matched teams: Le Havre vs Lorient match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Le Havre receive Lorient for another entertaining Ligue 1 match here at Stade Océane.

Insights:
  • Lorient have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Ligue 1

It should be mentioned that Lorient play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Lorient on grass are 9 victories, 12 draws and 18 defeats from 39 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-69. You can compare this with overall results below.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Le Havre form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Ligue 1 game of the season here at Stade Océane. Last season these fans witnessed 11 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss from Le Havre's 19 home games.

Le Havre shared the glory with Rennes in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The draw was a bit lucky as the game had an xG (expected goals) of 3.31 - .58. Havre salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Rennes, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Alioui equalizing. Attacking player Alioui bettered all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 8.41 out of 10. Alioui scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Brest (1-2).

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 Le Havre have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Le Havre has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Lorient form and stats

One match played away so far in the Ligue 1 for Lorient and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses from 19 games.

Lorient are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the fixture against Lille (placed 10th). Goalkeeper Mvogo was absolutely vital in the Lorient victory against Lille, making six saves. Midfield player Abergel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.21/10. Abergel scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Nice.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Lorient in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lorient, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

{0 goals} so far away for Lorient, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Lorient have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Le Havre.

Top Goalscorers

HavreN. Alioui
N. Alioui
2 goals
Le HavreS. Grandsir
S. Grandsir
1 goals
Le HavreG. Lloris
G. Lloris
1 goals

Le Havre missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Havre Lorient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 1 0 Scored S 0 0 5
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
3 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2.3
4 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 8.7
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 7.3
4.7 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2.7
36% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 62%
 
15.3 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 19.7
6 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 6.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Ligue 1
Le Havre Last season Lorient
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
20 11   Won W   6 15
15 7   Drew D   6 10
3 1   Lost L   7 13
46 23   Scored S   26 52
19 9   Conceded C   32 53
82% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
50% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 76%
24% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 61%
11% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 34%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
37% 32%   BTTS BTTS   74% 66%
55% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 21%
26% 26%   Failed to Score F T   16% 24%
 
4.9 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 3.8
3.5 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.6
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.3
3 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.7 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.7
3.6 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.2
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 32%
 
7.2 6.5   Shots against (avg) S A   16.6 15.2
2.4 2.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.9

  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 3 2 1 0 10 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 7 5 5 7
2 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 7
3 Reims 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 6
4 Brest 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
5 Strasbourg 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
6 Rennes 3 1 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 5
7 Lorient 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
8 Paris Saint Germain 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
9 Montpellier 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 4
10 Lille 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 -1 4
11 Toulouse 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
12 Metz 3 1 1 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 4
13 Nice 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
14 Le Havre 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 -1 2
15 Lens 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 1
16 Nantes 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
17 Olympique Lyonnais 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 1
18 Clermont 3 0 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Etienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nimes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

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 Monaco 3 2 1 0 10 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 7 5 5 7
2 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 7
3 Reims 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 6
4 Brest 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
5 Strasbourg 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
6 Rennes 3 1 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 5
7 Lorient 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
8 Paris Saint Germain 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
9 Montpellier 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 4
10 Lille 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 -1 4
11 Toulouse 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
12 Metz 3 1 1 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 4
13 Nice 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
14 Le Havre 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 -1 2
15 Lens 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 1
16 Nantes 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
17 Olympique Lyonnais 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 1
18 Clermont 3 0 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0

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