Auxerre and Le Havre club members eagerly anticipate Ligue 2 contest at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

A total of 18 rounds of matches have gone by and both Auxerre and Le Havre are doing great. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Ligue 2

The hosts Auxerre saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Coupe de France. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lille.

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Auxerre form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps as Auxerre have scored 18 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Auxerre in their previous match, an away game at Lille that ended in defeat 1-3. Defender Joly got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Joly served one assist, hit two key passes and won 10 of 15 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Dunkerque and winning 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Auxerre have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won six times, drawn nine and lost four.

Goals decide football matches and Auxerre are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. Auxerre have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Le Havre form and stats

Playing away, Le Havre have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 2 this season.

The manager Le Guen was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade Océane. Havre suffered a 0-1 loss to Ajaccio (placed 1st). Balde got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Balde hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 8 of 8 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Grenoble Foot 38.

Le Havre are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Le Havre have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Havre are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Auxerre, five draws and four wins for Le Havre. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
9 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
5 goals
Le HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
5 goals

Auxerre missing players

Le Havre missing players

Auxerre Le Havre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 8 18
9 5 0 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 8
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
30 18 0 Scored S 2 8 17
20 7 0 Conceded C 0 5 11
83% 89% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 78%
72% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
61% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 22%
39% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
17% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 39%
44% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
22% 11% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 33%
 
4.6 4.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.5 3.6
4.1 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.2 4.9
1.3 1.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 10.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 7.9
5.4 5.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.2
31% 37% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 30%
 
8.8 8.2 5 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.6 8
4.1 3.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Le Havre have scored away.
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajaccio 18 10 5 3 19 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 11 35
2 Toulouse 18 9 7 2 38 17 9 5 3 1 23 10 9 4 4 1 15 7 21 34
3 Auxerre 18 9 6 3 30 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 9 4 3 2 12 13 10 33
4 Paris 18 10 3 5 24 16 8 4 3 1 10 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 8 33
5 Sochaux 18 9 5 4 19 15 9 5 2 2 8 5 9 4 3 2 11 10 4 32
6 Le Havre 18 7 8 3 17 11 10 4 4 2 9 6 8 3 4 1 8 5 6 29
7 Rodez 18 7 5 6 20 17 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 4 2 4 12 11 3 26
8 Niort 18 7 4 7 20 21 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 -1 25
9 Pau 18 7 3 8 19 20 10 6 1 3 13 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 -1 24
10 Nimes 18 6 5 7 21 22 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 3 2 4 11 11 -1 23
11 Quevilly Rouen 18 6 5 7 18 23 8 2 3 3 7 10 10 4 2 4 11 13 -5 23
12 Amiens SC 18 4 9 5 22 18 10 3 4 3 14 9 8 1 5 2 8 9 4 21
13 Caen 18 5 6 7 20 19 10 3 1 6 12 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 1 21
14 Guingamp 18 5 6 7 21 26 8 3 2 3 13 13 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 21
15 Grenoble Foot 38 18 6 3 9 17 25 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 1 2 6 4 15 -8 21
16 Dijon 18 6 2 10 21 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 20
17 Valenciennes 18 5 5 8 14 26 9 2 1 6 8 19 9 3 4 2 6 7 -12 20
18 Bastia 18 4 7 7 16 19 9 2 7 0 9 5 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 19
19 Dunkerque 18 4 4 10 14 24 10 2 3 5 6 11 8 2 1 5 8 13 -10 16
20 Nancy 18 2 6 10 14 30 8 1 3 4 5 14 10 1 3 6 9 16 -16 12

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.