Can Dunkerque beat Le Havre in Stade Marcel-Tribut clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Dunkerque will pray that their home support is enough to get some points from this rough encounter, versus dynamic Le Havre.

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Ligue 2

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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Dunkerque form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Dunkerque have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Stade Marcel-Tribut.

Dunkerque drew their last game, also a home match. Caen (placed 10th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Adon Gomis was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.74 out of 10. The defender Gomis hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Valenciennes and winning 3-1.

Dunkerque have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Dunkerque have conceded 8 goals.

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Le Havre form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Le Havre, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Ligue 2, have produced an overall stat of 2-4-0 so far. Things are running smoothly for Havre who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Paris.

Havre won their last game, 1-0 versus Pau played at home. Le Havre goalie Yahia Fofana was high and low in the Pau game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Yahia Fofana got the top player rating of the team with 7.5/10. Fofana stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-2 draw at Caen's stadium before that.

Havre have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. The Le Havre defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 6 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Dunkerque wins - draws - Le Havre wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Dunkerque missing players

Le Havre missing players

Dunkerque Le Havre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 3 6 13
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 6
4 3 0 Drew D 2 4 6
6 3 1 Lost L 0 0 1
13 5 0 Scored S 2 6 14
17 8 2 Conceded C 1 3 7
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 67% 77%
85% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 54%
38% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 23%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 38%
15% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 67% 62%
38% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 23%
 
4.1 4.6 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.7 3.6
5.1 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5.4
2.2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8 9.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.3 7.5
3.3 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3
30% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 32% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Le Havre have not yet lost a game away.
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (3) away 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 Toulouse 13 8 4 1 30 11 6 4 1 1 16 6 7 4 3 0 14 5 19 28
2 Sochaux 13 8 3 2 14 7 7 4 2 1 6 3 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 27
3 Ajaccio 13 7 4 2 16 7 7 5 1 1 9 2 6 2 3 1 7 5 9 25
4 Le Havre 13 6 6 1 14 7 7 4 2 1 8 4 6 2 4 0 6 3 7 24
5 Auxerre 12 5 5 2 18 13 6 3 2 1 11 4 6 2 3 1 7 9 5 20
6 Paris 13 5 3 5 16 15 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 3 0 4 8 9 1 18
7 Niort 13 5 3 5 13 12 6 3 1 2 7 4 7 2 2 3 6 8 1 18
8 Pau 13 5 3 5 13 12 7 4 1 2 9 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 1 18
9 Guingamp 13 4 5 4 14 15 6 2 2 2 8 8 7 2 3 2 6 7 -1 17
10 Caen 13 4 4 5 16 15 7 2 1 4 10 9 6 2 3 1 6 6 1 16
11 Rodez 13 4 4 5 13 15 6 1 3 2 4 6 7 3 1 3 9 9 -2 16
12 Quevilly Rouen 13 4 4 5 13 16 6 1 2 3 5 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 -3 16
13 Dijon 13 5 1 7 14 19 7 3 1 3 9 10 6 2 0 4 5 9 -5 16
14 Grenoble Foot 38 13 4 3 6 13 18 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 0 2 4 2 10 -5 15
15 Valenciennes 13 4 3 6 11 20 6 1 1 4 5 13 7 3 2 2 6 7 -9 15
16 Nîmes 13 3 5 5 15 17 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 2 2 3 10 10 -2 14
17 Dunkerque 13 3 4 6 13 17 7 1 3 3 5 8 6 2 1 3 8 9 -4 13
18 Amiens SC 13 2 6 5 14 16 7 1 3 3 7 8 6 1 3 2 7 8 -2 12
19 Bastia 12 2 5 5 9 13 6 1 5 0 5 3 6 1 0 5 4 10 -4 11
20 Nancy 13 1 5 7 9 23 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 0 3 4 4 11 -14 8

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.