Ligue 2 game preview: Laval against Le Havre

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 30.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis Le Basser (18467 seats)

Laval look forward to contest Le Havre in this Ligue 2 fixture. All you must learn about the match is found right here!

Insights:
  • Laval have yet to win a game at home.
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 2

It's no vacation for neither Laval nor Le Havre as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Laval form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Laval have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.

Laval lost their last game at Nîmes (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Maggiotti (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Maggiotti hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Laval hosted Metz and drew the game 3-3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Laval as they are travelling to their away game against Sochaux in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Laval at home in the league. 4 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Le Havre form and stats

Things could have gone better for Le Havre in their Ligue 2 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

There were no winners in Le Havre's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Amiens SC (placed 4th). The draw against Amiens SC came from a losing position. The Havre manager Elsner brought on Thiaré as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Lloris was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Lloris served one assist, hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.

Prior to that result Le Havre won their away game at Saint-Étienne. The scoreline was 6-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Caen in just three days.

6 goals so far away for Le Havre, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Le Havre have won all of the 4 most recent duels against this side. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

LavalZ. Naidji
Z. Naidji
4 goals
Le HavreC. Operi
C. Operi
2 goals
LavalE. Diaw
E. Diaw
1 goals

Laval missing players

Le Havre missing players

Laval Le Havre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 4 3 Scored S 0 6 8
6 5 3 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
60% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
40% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 20%
20% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
20% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
40% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 40%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
5 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8.5 7.6
3.8 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 2.6
2.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 12.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 11.6
5 6.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
28% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 32%
 
11 9.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 4.8
3 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Laval's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Laval have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Laval have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Laval have yet to win a game at home.
  • Laval haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals (6) away in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
Laval Last season Le Havre
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
20 10   Won W   7 13
7 3   Drew D   6 11
7 4   Lost L   6 14
50 23   Scored S   21 38
31 13   Conceded C   21 41
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
65% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 58%
56% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 37%
21% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   42% 42%
38% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 39%
15% 18%   Failed to Score F T   32% 34%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4
4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
4 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
9.9 11   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.3
4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.7
36% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 27%
 
7.1 6.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.2 8.7
2.9 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 5 3 2 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 11
2 Dijon 5 3 2 0 8 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 11
3 Guingamp 5 3 1 1 8 5 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 4 5 3 10
4 Amiens SC 5 3 1 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 10
5 Bordeaux 5 2 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 8
6 Sochaux 5 2 1 2 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 7
7 Metz 5 2 1 2 9 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 7
8 Laval 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 7
9 Nîmes 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 7
10 Le Havre 5 1 3 1 8 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 6 1 5 6
11 Bastia 5 2 0 3 8 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 6
12 Quevilly Rouen 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 6
13 Paris 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 6
14 Valenciennes 5 1 3 1 3 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 6
15 Grenoble Foot 38 5 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 -2 6
16 Niort 5 2 0 3 5 10 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 1 0 2 2 5 -5 6
17 Rodez 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 -2 5
18 Annecy 5 0 2 3 3 6 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 2
19 Pau 5 0 2 3 2 10 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 7 -8 2
20 Saint-Étienne 5 0 3 2 6 13 2 0 1 1 1 7 3 0 2 1 5 6 -7 0

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.