Evenly matched teams: Le Havre vs Grenoble Foot 38 match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

A new Ligue 2 campaign is about to commence and this is the first real game for Le Havre and Grenoble Foot 38. Get ready!

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Le Havre form and stats

The season before, Le Havre's league results were 13 wins, 11 draws and 14 losses, ending with 8th place in the Ligue 2. During these 38 matches they scored 38 goals and let in 41. Playing at home in the last season Le Havre produced 6-5-8 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 20 conceded.

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 13 games. Le Havre has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Le Havre have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Le Havre have scored 5 goals and conceded 10 times.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

Let's have a look at how Grenoble Foot 38 performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 11/23 goals scored/conceded.

That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Grenoble Foot 38 in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Grenoble, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Grenoble Foot 38 as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Grenoble Foot 38 have played five with the results W3-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Grenoble Foot 38 has scored 6 goals and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Havre wins - draws - Grenoble Foot 38 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Le Havre missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Le Havre Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Le Havre Last season Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 6   Won W   5 12
11 5   Drew D   3 8
14 8   Lost L   11 18
38 17   Scored S   11 32
41 20   Conceded C   23 44
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
58% 47%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   37% 55%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 32%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
42% 42%   BTTS BTTS   21% 32%
39% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 37%
34% 37%   Failed to Score F T   53% 42%
 
4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.8
4.3 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.5
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
5 3   Red cards R C   5 7
 
9.3 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   6.3 6.9
3.7 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.7
27% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 32%
 
8.7 7.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 10.9
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.3

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annecy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Laval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nîmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nîmes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

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.