Le Havre and Caen followers eagerly anticipate Ligue 2 meet at Stade Océane

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Ligue 2: Le Havre host Caen in what could be an exciting football fixture. Here's all the news, stats and facts!

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ligue 2

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Le Havre and Caen.

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Le Havre form and stats

The Ligue 2 statistics playing at home this season for Le Havre are 5-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Cornette was the last player to score a league goal for Le Havre and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Le Havre haven't scored in 205 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Le Havre will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Dijon (placed 9th). Gibaud was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.12 out of 10. The defender Gibaud won 6 of 8 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Nîmes (0-1).

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. 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 (12 from 15 games). Le Havre are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Océane in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.

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Caen form and stats

Caen have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-8-4 (14 played).

Caen has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Valenciennes for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Vandermersch was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.73/10. Vandermersch served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Toulouse.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Caen playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Caen wins, two draws and four defeats.

As opposed to that, Caen have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other already this season, with the match result Caen - Le Havre 2-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Le Havre five wins, four draws and Caen one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
14 goals
CaenN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
8 goals
HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
6 goals

Le Havre missing players

Caen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Havre Caen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 6 Played P 4 14 29
10 5 3 Won W 1 2 9
11 5 1 Drew D 1 8 9
8 5 2 Lost L 2 4 11
27 12 8 Scored S 7 14 38
27 12 7 Conceded C 9 17 32
79% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
52% 40% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 69%
28% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 29% 41%
17% 7% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 29% 28%
7% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 10%
34% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 48%
45% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 28%
41% 40% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 31%
 
4 5.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.4 4.9
4.3 3.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 4
1.3 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
8.9 9.5 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.1 9.6
3.4 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 3.5
27% 23% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 78% 37% 37%
 
7.5 6 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.3 8.2
3.2 2.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 29 17 9 3 67 25 15 10 4 1 44 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 42 60
2 Paris 29 16 7 6 42 26 14 9 4 1 23 9 15 7 3 5 19 17 16 55
3 Auxerre 29 15 9 5 46 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 8 5 2 20 16 15 54
4 Ajaccio 29 15 7 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 10 52
5 Sochaux 29 13 9 7 33 28 14 7 4 3 14 10 15 6 5 4 19 18 5 48
6 Le Havre 29 10 11 8 27 27 15 5 5 5 12 12 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 41
7 Nîmes 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 4 6 18 19 14 6 2 6 17 19 -3 39
8 Pau 29 11 5 13 29 32 15 9 1 5 20 12 14 2 4 8 9 20 -3 38
9 Dijon 29 11 4 14 33 36 15 7 2 6 19 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -3 37
10 Caen 29 9 9 11 38 32 15 7 1 7 24 15 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 36
11 Amiens SC 29 8 12 9 36 32 15 7 4 4 24 11 14 1 8 5 12 21 4 36
12 Bastia 29 8 12 9 29 27 15 4 11 0 15 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 2 36
13 Niort 29 10 6 13 29 31 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 36
14 Guingamp 29 8 12 9 30 36 14 5 6 3 19 17 15 3 6 6 11 19 -6 36
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 28 37 15 4 4 7 18 25 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 33
16 Rodez 29 7 11 11 24 32 14 3 7 4 11 13 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 32
17 Grenoble Foot 38 29 9 5 15 22 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 15 3 3 9 7 20 -14 32
18 Quevilly Rouen 29 7 10 12 24 38 14 3 7 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 31
19 Dunkerque 29 8 6 15 22 35 15 5 5 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 22 -13 30
20 Nancy 29 5 8 16 24 49 14 4 4 6 13 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -25 23

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 29 17 9 3 67 25 15 10 4 1 44 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 42 60
2 Paris 29 16 7 6 42 26 14 9 4 1 23 9 15 7 3 5 19 17 16 55
3 Auxerre 29 15 9 5 46 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 8 5 2 20 16 15 54
4 Ajaccio 29 15 7 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 10 52
5 Sochaux 29 13 9 7 33 28 14 7 4 3 14 10 15 6 5 4 19 18 5 48
6 Le Havre 29 10 11 8 27 27 15 5 5 5 12 12 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 41
7 Nîmes 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 4 6 18 19 14 6 2 6 17 19 -3 39
8 Pau 29 11 5 13 29 32 15 9 1 5 20 12 14 2 4 8 9 20 -3 38
9 Dijon 29 11 4 14 33 36 15 7 2 6 19 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -3 37
10 Caen 29 9 9 11 38 32 15 7 1 7 24 15 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 36
11 Amiens SC 29 8 12 9 36 32 15 7 4 4 24 11 14 1 8 5 12 21 4 36
12 Bastia 29 8 12 9 29 27 15 4 11 0 15 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 2 36
13 Niort 29 10 6 13 29 31 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 36
14 Guingamp 29 8 12 9 30 36 14 5 6 3 19 17 15 3 6 6 11 19 -6 36
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 28 37 15 4 4 7 18 25 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 33
16 Rodez 29 7 11 11 24 32 14 3 7 4 11 13 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 32
17 Grenoble Foot 38 29 9 5 15 22 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 15 3 3 9 7 20 -14 32
18 Quevilly Rouen 29 7 10 12 24 38 14 3 7 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 31
19 Dunkerque 29 8 6 15 22 35 15 5 5 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 22 -13 30
20 Nancy 29 5 8 16 24 49 14 4 4 6 13 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -25 23

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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.