Delightful dogfight as daring Le Havre duel with determined Bastia

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

A peek at the Ligue 2 table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Get our Le Havre - Bastia preview!

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Ligue 2
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Bastia have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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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Le Havre form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Le Havre have to build on here at Stade Océane in the Ligue 2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Le Havre after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Havre are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Le Havre drew their last game, 0-0 away at Dijon (placed 12th). Hajjam, defender, was given a rating of 7.71/10 in that game, top of the team. Hajjam hit two key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Annecy.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Havre handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Le Havre are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Le Havre have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bastia form and stats

Playing away, Bastia have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Bastia have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Johny Placide. It's been 389 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.

Bastia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Annecy (placed 16th). Tavares got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Tavares scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Metz.

Stats flash: 8 of the latest 10 league games involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The visiting Bastia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. As for defending, Bastia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Le Havre victories, three draws and two Bastia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreV. Lekhal
V. Lekhal
3 goals
HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
3 goals
BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
3 goals

Le Havre missing players

Bastia missing players

Le Havre Bastia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
5 2 1 Won W 0 2 5
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
16 6 2 Scored S 1 7 12
5 3 1 Conceded C 3 9 13
80% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
60% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
30% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 30%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 20%
40% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 20%
50% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 50%
30% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 40%
 
5.8 5.2 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.6
3.2 2.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.3
2.1 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.4 9.8 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.8 9.4
4.1 4.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.2
39% 27% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 37% 29%
 
4 4.2 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.2 8.4
1.8 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Ligue 2

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