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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Le Havre will hope to make use of their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 18 points behind Auxerre.

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Ligue 2

Le Havre can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 2. Auxerre are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Le Havre and Auxerre should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Le Havre form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Le Havre at their home stadium (Stade Océane) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

The supporters are hoping that Havre will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Ajaccio (placed 2nd). Wam was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.23 out of 10. The defender Wam served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Grenoble Foot 38 (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Le Havre here at Stade Océane in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 18 games).

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Auxerre form and stats

Playing away, Auxerre, who have the most points (34) away in Ligue 2, have won 9 games, drawn 7 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Dijon game have they lost an away game, meaning Auxerre has taken points from ten away matches in a row.

Auxerre are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Dunkerque (placed 19th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Furlan when Perrin scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. Touré got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Touré dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 58 successful passes (of 64 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Caen.

Auxerre have scored 26 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. Auxerre have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H game ended Auxerre - Le Havre 2-3, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Le Havre victories, five draws and one Auxerre win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
15 goals
AuxerreG. Hein
G. Hein
9 goals
HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
6 goals

Le Havre missing players

Auxerre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Havre Auxerre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
13 6 0 Won W 4 9 19
11 5 2 Drew D 1 7 11
12 7 3 Lost L 1 2 6
36 16 2 Scored S 11 26 57
37 18 5 Conceded C 7 19 37
83% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 89%
56% 44% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 72% 69%
33% 28% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 53%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 31%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 17%
39% 39% 40% BTTS BTTS 83% 61% 58%
42% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 39%
36% 39% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 14%
 
4 5.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 4.7
4.4 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.8 4.1
1.6 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.6 1.6
5 3 2 Red cards R C 2 4 7
 
9.3 10 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10 10.3
3.7 3.8 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5 5.1
27% 23% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 29% 31%
 
8.1 6.6 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 8.7 8.4
3.4 3.1 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most points (34) away in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 35 22 10 3 80 30 18 13 4 1 50 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 50 76
2 Ajaccio 36 21 8 7 37 18 18 12 3 3 20 8 18 9 5 4 17 10 19 71
3 Auxerre 36 19 11 6 57 37 18 10 4 4 31 18 18 9 7 2 26 19 20 68
4 Sochaux 36 19 10 7 45 31 18 10 5 3 20 12 18 9 5 4 25 19 14 67
5 Paris 36 18 10 8 50 34 18 10 7 1 28 13 18 8 3 7 22 21 16 64
6 Guingamp 36 13 13 10 47 46 18 8 6 4 29 23 18 5 7 6 18 23 1 52
7 Le Havre 36 13 11 12 36 37 18 6 5 7 16 18 18 7 6 5 20 19 -1 50
8 Nimes 36 14 7 15 43 47 18 6 4 8 22 26 18 8 3 7 21 21 -4 49
9 Caen 36 12 11 13 49 40 18 8 3 7 28 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 9 47
10 Dijon 36 13 7 16 44 48 18 8 3 7 23 23 18 5 4 9 21 25 -4 46
11 Niort 36 12 9 15 36 38 18 7 5 6 20 15 18 5 4 9 16 23 -2 45
12 Pau 36 13 6 17 36 45 18 10 1 7 23 18 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 45
13 Amiens SC 36 9 17 10 41 37 18 7 6 5 25 14 18 2 11 5 16 23 4 44
14 Bastia 36 9 16 11 36 35 18 5 12 1 19 11 18 4 4 10 17 24 1 43
15 Grenoble Foot 38 36 12 7 17 31 41 18 7 4 7 20 20 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 43
16 Valenciennes 36 8 14 14 31 46 18 4 5 9 18 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -15 38
17 Rodez 35 7 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 13 16 18 4 4 10 15 26 -14 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 35 8 10 17 27 47 18 4 7 7 15 21 17 4 3 10 12 26 -20 34
19 Dunkerque 36 8 7 21 26 47 18 5 6 7 13 18 18 3 1 14 13 29 -21 31
20 Nancy 35 5 9 21 27 61 17 4 4 9 14 27 18 1 5 12 13 34 -34 24

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 Toulouse 35 22 10 3 80 30 18 13 4 1 50 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 50 76
2 Ajaccio 36 21 8 7 37 18 18 12 3 3 20 8 18 9 5 4 17 10 19 71
3 Auxerre 36 19 11 6 57 37 18 10 4 4 31 18 18 9 7 2 26 19 20 68
4 Sochaux 36 19 10 7 45 31 18 10 5 3 20 12 18 9 5 4 25 19 14 67
5 Paris 36 18 10 8 50 34 18 10 7 1 28 13 18 8 3 7 22 21 16 64
6 Guingamp 36 13 13 10 47 46 18 8 6 4 29 23 18 5 7 6 18 23 1 52
7 Le Havre 36 13 11 12 36 37 18 6 5 7 16 18 18 7 6 5 20 19 -1 50
8 Nimes 36 14 7 15 43 47 18 6 4 8 22 26 18 8 3 7 21 21 -4 49
9 Caen 36 12 11 13 49 40 18 8 3 7 28 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 9 47
10 Dijon 36 13 7 16 44 48 18 8 3 7 23 23 18 5 4 9 21 25 -4 46
11 Niort 36 12 9 15 36 38 18 7 5 6 20 15 18 5 4 9 16 23 -2 45
12 Pau 36 13 6 17 36 45 18 10 1 7 23 18 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 45
13 Amiens SC 36 9 17 10 41 37 18 7 6 5 25 14 18 2 11 5 16 23 4 44
14 Bastia 36 9 16 11 36 35 18 5 12 1 19 11 18 4 4 10 17 24 1 43
15 Grenoble Foot 38 36 12 7 17 31 41 18 7 4 7 20 20 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 43
16 Valenciennes 36 8 14 14 31 46 18 4 5 9 18 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -15 38
17 Rodez 35 7 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 13 16 18 4 4 10 15 26 -14 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 35 8 10 17 27 47 18 4 7 7 15 21 17 4 3 10 12 26 -20 34
19 Dunkerque 36 8 7 21 26 47 18 5 6 7 13 18 18 3 1 14 13 29 -21 31
20 Nancy 35 5 9 21 27 61 17 4 4 9 14 27 18 1 5 12 13 34 -34 24

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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.