Le Havre fights Dunkerque in Ligue 2 battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Le Havre fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Dunkerque.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque has the fewest scored goals (19) in Ligue 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Le Havre form and stats

Le Havre have collected 15 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 3-6-3.

Havre are confident in defense, having played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Havre, who won 1-0 against Châteauroux (placed 20th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Paris in a game that was won 1-0.

Le Havre aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Océane in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. Havre have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dunkerque form and stats

There's been little loot from Dunkerque's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Ligue 2. Dunkerque, who have the fewest scored goals (19) in Ligue 2, only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

Dunkerque failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 2 home match vs Nancy (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Guingamp that ended 0-0.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dunkerque's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dunkerque have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dunkerque - Le Havre 0-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Havre victory, zero draws and one Dunkerque win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueC. Diarra
C. Diarra
5 goals
HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
4 goals
DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
4 goals

Le Havre missing players

Dunkerque missing players

Le Havre Dunkerque
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 5 12 25
8 3 1 Won W 1 3 7
9 6 4 Drew D 0 1 5
8 3 0 Lost L 4 8 13
21 9 5 Scored S 2 6 19
27 10 4 Conceded C 5 18 30
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
56% 58% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 42% 44%
24% 8% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 42% 36%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 20%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
40% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 25% 32%
40% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 32%
32% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 58% 48%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2
7 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7 6.8 7.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.2 6.6
2.9 2.4 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.8 2.3
29% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 18% 33%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dunkerque has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque has the fewest scored goals (19) in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque has the fewest scored goals (6) away in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Troyes 25 15 6 4 37 20 13 10 3 0 23 9 12 5 3 4 14 11 17 51
2 Clermont 25 13 7 5 36 16 13 9 3 1 24 6 12 4 4 4 12 10 20 46
3 Toulouse 24 13 7 4 45 29 12 7 3 2 24 15 12 6 4 2 21 14 16 46
4 Grenoble Foot 38 25 13 6 6 33 20 12 9 3 0 24 7 13 4 3 6 9 13 13 45
5 Auxerre 25 11 8 6 46 29 13 8 3 2 31 12 12 3 5 4 15 17 17 41
6 Paris 25 10 8 7 35 30 12 6 4 2 20 15 13 4 4 5 15 15 5 38
7 Valenciennes 24 9 8 7 32 27 12 5 3 4 13 11 12 4 5 3 19 16 5 35
8 Amiens SC 25 8 9 8 21 20 12 4 6 2 7 5 13 4 3 6 14 15 1 33
9 Caen 25 8 9 8 25 29 13 5 6 2 13 12 12 3 3 6 12 17 -4 33
10 Le Havre 25 8 9 8 21 27 12 3 6 3 9 10 13 5 3 5 12 17 -6 33
11 Sochaux 24 7 11 6 31 24 12 4 4 4 17 16 12 3 7 2 14 8 7 32
12 Ajaccio 24 8 8 8 22 27 12 5 4 3 11 10 12 3 4 5 11 17 -5 32
13 Niort 25 7 9 9 27 37 12 4 5 3 12 11 13 3 4 6 15 26 -10 30
14 Nancy 25 6 10 9 31 35 12 3 6 3 20 21 13 3 4 6 11 14 -4 28
15 Rodez 25 5 12 8 24 32 13 4 5 4 13 14 12 1 7 4 11 18 -8 27
16 Dunkerque 25 7 5 13 19 30 13 4 4 5 13 12 12 3 1 8 6 18 -11 26
17 Guingamp 25 4 12 9 26 33 12 2 6 4 12 14 13 2 6 5 14 19 -7 24
18 Chambly 25 5 8 12 27 43 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 1 6 5 12 22 -16 23
19 Pau 25 5 6 14 21 36 12 3 4 5 11 14 13 2 2 9 10 22 -15 21
20 Châteauroux 25 4 6 15 23 38 13 3 2 8 15 20 12 1 4 7 8 18 -15 18

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.