Ligue 2: What this fixture might lack in glitz it should pay back in energy and dedication. Get ready for Le Havre - Bastia!
- Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) 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.
The visiting Bastia played their last game only four days ago, a Coupe de France match. That game, against Nantes, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bastia.
Le Havre form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Le Havre have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Havre.
Le Havre haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 207 minutes ago. Alioui scored that one. The Le Havre goalkeeper Yahia Fofana is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 253 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.
An away draw last time out for Havre, facing Niort in a game that ended 0-0. Abdelli (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Abdelli hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 88 successful passes (of 94 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Rodez.This is expected to be a close game, with Le Havre perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Le Havre as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Le Havre has won five of these, drawn eight and lost three.
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 (9 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Havre have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bastia form and stats
There's been little loot from Bastia's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Ligue 2. Bastia only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.
The attacker Magri got a match rating of 7.05 in that game. Magri hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Pau.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Bastia in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Bastia, one draw and three defeats.
The attacking power of Bastia when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 16 goals have been conceded by Bastia in these games.
Head 2 Head
Bastia - Le Havre 0-0 was the story when these contenders last did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Le Havre wins - draws - Bastia wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Santelli 8 goals |   Q. Cornette 5 goals |  I. Saadi 4 goals |
Le Havre missing players
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| Le Havre | Bastia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 22 |
| 74% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | 78% |
| 48% | 42% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 64% | 65% |
| 26% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 45% | 30% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 9% | 9% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 4% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 45% | 43% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 9% | 35% |
| 39% | 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 55% | 43% |
| 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 30% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 27% |
| 7.6 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) 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 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 45 |
| 2 | Paris | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 42 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Niort | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Le Havre | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Nimes | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Pau | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Rodez | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Dijon | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Quevilly Rouen | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Amiens SC | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 15 | Caen | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 16 | Valenciennes | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 26 |
| 17 | Bastia | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 25 |
| 18 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 20 | Nancy | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -27 | 16 |
