Le Havre manager Elsner looking for three points in Guingamp showdown

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

Things are looking good for Le Havre so far, with their 1st place in the Ligue 2 table and hosting Guingamp (who are in 10th).

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 2

This should be an absorbing game with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Le Havre form and stats

Le Havre have performed here at Stade Océane this season with 9 wins from 14 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 0. days ago.

Happy days for Havre in their previous game, a fixture away at Pau (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Hajjam got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.7/10. Hajjam served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Saint-Etienne.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Le Havre have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 18 league games, 14 have contained two goals or less.

The Le Havre fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. 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 7 from 14 matches.

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Guingamp might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bordeaux proved too strong as Guingamp slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade du Roudourou. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Midfielder Livolant was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.04. Livolant hit three key passes.

Before that, Guingamp travelled to Annecy and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Guingamp are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Guingamp have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Guingamp in these games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other already this season, with the result Guingamp - Le Havre 0-1 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Havre victories, three draws and four Guingamp wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GuingampJ. Livolant
J. Livolant
7 goals
Le HavreN. Alioui
N. Alioui
6 goals
Le HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
6 goals

Le Havre missing players

Guingamp missing players

Le Havre Guingamp
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
16 9 0 Won W 2 6 10
12 5 4 Drew D 1 5 8
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 11
40 21 3 Scored S 9 19 36
14 7 3 Conceded C 8 17 38
83% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
55% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 72%
28% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 45%
14% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 21%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 10%
41% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 55%
55% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 24%
21% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 31%
 
4.8 4.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.1 3.4
3.5 3.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.4
2.4 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.7 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.7 9.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.1 9
3.4 4.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.6 3.8
40% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 37% 33%
 
6.8 6 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 10.2 9
2.4 2.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most clean sheets (16) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+26) 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 Le Havre 29 16 12 1 40 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 60
2 Bordeaux 29 15 8 6 40 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 53
3 Metz 29 14 9 6 44 26 15 7 6 2 20 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 18 51
4 Sochaux 29 14 7 8 46 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 14 5 3 6 17 15 20 49
5 Bastia 29 14 6 9 35 32 15 9 2 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 16 20 3 48
6 Caen 29 12 10 7 36 30 15 9 5 1 23 10 14 3 5 6 13 20 6 46
7 Grenoble Foot 38 29 12 8 9 29 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 14 4 4 6 13 14 4 44
8 Paris 29 11 7 11 33 33 14 4 3 7 15 17 15 7 4 4 18 16 0 40
9 Quevilly Rouen 29 10 9 10 31 31 14 5 6 3 21 16 15 5 3 7 10 15 0 39
10 Guingamp 29 10 8 11 36 38 15 4 3 8 17 21 14 6 5 3 19 17 -2 38
11 Amiens SC 29 10 7 12 31 37 14 6 3 5 16 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -6 37
12 Saint-Etienne 29 10 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 24 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 0 36
13 Rodez 29 8 10 11 30 37 15 3 5 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -7 34
14 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 32 39 15 5 9 1 25 20 14 2 3 9 7 19 -7 33
15 Annecy 29 8 9 12 30 38 14 6 3 5 13 13 15 2 6 7 17 25 -8 33
16 Pau 29 8 9 12 22 32 14 4 5 5 11 15 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 33
17 Laval 29 9 4 16 33 44 14 5 2 7 19 20 15 4 2 9 14 24 -11 31
18 Nimes 29 8 5 16 32 43 14 7 1 6 17 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -11 29
19 Dijon 29 6 8 15 25 36 15 5 5 5 15 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -11 26
20 Niort 29 7 5 17 27 48 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 2 3 10 10 25 -21 26

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.