Ligue 2 preview: Can Le Havre edge out victory against Annecy?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Le Havre have been better than Annecy so far this season, but every game begins at 0-0. Here's all the information you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have scored more than double the goals of Annecy.

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an animated game!

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Le Havre form and stats

The Ligue 2 stats playing at home this season for Le Havre are 1-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Havre in their previous game, a fixture away at Niort (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The striker Alioui was announced as "man of the match" for Le Havre with a rating of 7.6/10. Alioui dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Ahead of that match, Havre won a home game hosting Caen (2-1).

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 Le Havre have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.

From these home matches, Le Havre have conceded only 3 goals.

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Annecy form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

360 minutes! That's how long the Annecy goalkeeper Florian Escales and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Annecy won their last game, 1-0 versus Quevilly Rouen played at home. Defender Mouanga was the best team player with a rating of 7.54. Mouanga won 9 of 11 duels.

A 0-0 draw at Metz's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Annecy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreV. Lekhal
V. Lekhal
3 goals
Le HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
3 goals
Le HavreC. Operi
C. Operi
2 goals

Le Havre missing players

Annecy missing players

Le Havre Annecy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 3 1 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
14 4 0 Scored S 0 4 6
5 3 0 Conceded C 1 3 6
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 75%
62% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 38%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
38% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 50%
 
6.4 6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 3.8
3.2 2.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 2.8
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4.8 3.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
9.5 9.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 5 3.8 6.1
4.1 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.2 2.4
42% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 80% 32%
 
4.6 4.5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 4 9 7.5
2.2 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4 3.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Annecy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Le Havre have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Le Havre have scored more than double the goals of Annecy.
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Sochaux 8 5 1 2 14 4 4 2 1 1 7 2 4 3 0 1 7 2 10 16
2 Le Havre 8 4 3 1 14 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 3 0 1 10 2 9 15
3 Caen 8 4 3 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 9 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 15
4 Bordeaux 8 4 2 2 11 4 4 2 1 1 5 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 7 14
5 Amiens SC 8 4 2 2 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 2 3 7 0 14
6 Valenciennes 8 3 4 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 13
7 Metz 7 3 2 2 13 7 4 2 1 1 6 2 3 1 1 1 7 5 6 11
8 Dijon 8 3 2 3 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 -2 11
9 Guingamp 6 3 1 2 9 7 3 1 1 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 4 5 2 10
10 Paris 8 2 4 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 -1 10
11 Bastia 8 3 1 4 9 13 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 9 -4 10
12 Annecy 8 2 3 3 6 6 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 0 9
13 Grenoble Foot 38 8 2 3 3 5 8 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 -3 9
14 Nîmes 8 2 2 4 8 10 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 3 6 9 -2 8
15 Saint-Etienne 8 2 4 2 15 15 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 0 3 1 7 8 0 7
16 Laval 8 2 1 5 9 14 4 0 1 3 5 9 4 2 0 2 4 5 -5 7
17 Quevilly Rouen 8 1 4 3 8 13 4 1 3 0 7 6 4 0 1 3 1 7 -5 7
18 Niort 8 2 1 5 8 15 4 1 0 3 3 7 4 1 1 2 5 8 -7 7
19 Pau 8 1 4 3 6 13 3 0 2 1 2 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 -7 7
20 Rodez 7 1 3 3 6 11 4 0 2 2 4 10 3 1 1 1 2 1 -5 6

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.