Football betting preview: Le Havre favourites when Le Mans visits

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Tue 03.December
Match begins: 20:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Oceane (25181 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Le Havre leading Le Mans by 11 points.

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 Le Mans.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Le Mans's home stadium. The visitors last 36 games on grass have ended in 15 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses.

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Le Havre form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Le Havre at their home stadium (Stade Oceane) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Le Havre after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Le Havre's previous game was a Ligue 2 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Le Mans (placed 19th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Rodez.

The Le Havre fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Le Havre have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Le Mans form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Le Mans, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Ligue 2, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Le Mans play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Le Havre (placed 5th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Châteauroux.

Le Mans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Le Mans have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Le Havre victories, 2 draws and 5 Le Mans wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
15 goals
Le MansV. Créhin
V. Créhin
5 goals
Le HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
4 goals

Le Havre missing players

Le Mans missing players

Le Havre Le Mans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 1 8 17
7 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
7 4 2 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 1 6 11
26 12 1 Scored S 1 7 17
17 6 2 Conceded C 2 17 29
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
53% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 59%
35% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 18%
53% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 53%
29% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 29%
29% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 24%
 
4.8 4.9 5.7 Corners For (avg) C F 5 2.6 4.3
4.9 3.8 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.8 3.8
1.9 1.5 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.7
5 2 2 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
204 104 41 Total Shots T S 10 61 178
71 38 11 Shots on Target S O 6 25 62
37% 32% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre has the most scored goals in the second half (18)
  • Le Mans has the fewest points (4) away
  • Le Mans has the most conceded goals (16) away
  • Le Mans has the most conceded goals (28)
  • Le Mans has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
  • Le Mans has the the worst goal difference (-9) away
  • Le Mans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Le Mans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Mans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Le Mans haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Lorient 16 10 3 3 25 12 8 5 1 2 12 5 8 5 2 1 13 7 13 33
2 Lens 16 9 4 3 24 14 7 5 1 1 11 4 9 4 3 2 13 10 10 31
3 Ajaccio 16 8 6 2 20 11 8 3 4 1 8 5 8 5 2 1 12 6 9 30
4 Troyes 16 9 2 5 18 15 8 4 0 4 10 12 8 5 2 1 8 3 3 29
5 Le Havre 16 6 7 3 25 17 7 2 4 1 11 6 9 4 3 2 14 11 8 25
6 Sochaux 16 7 4 5 18 12 9 5 2 2 13 4 7 2 2 3 5 8 6 25
7 Clermont 16 7 4 5 17 16 8 2 3 3 8 8 8 5 1 2 9 8 1 25
8 Nancy 17 4 11 2 17 14 9 4 5 0 11 4 8 0 6 2 6 10 3 23
9 Valenciennes 16 6 5 5 10 10 8 3 3 2 6 5 8 3 2 3 4 5 0 23
10 Guingamp 16 5 6 5 24 22 9 3 4 2 15 10 7 2 2 3 9 12 2 21
11 Grenoble Foot 38 16 4 9 3 15 14 7 1 5 1 5 5 9 3 4 2 10 9 1 21
12 Caen 17 4 8 5 18 21 9 2 4 3 8 12 8 2 4 2 10 9 -3 20
13 Auxerre 16 4 6 6 20 19 8 3 3 2 13 9 8 1 3 4 7 10 1 18
14 Rodez 16 5 3 8 20 22 8 4 1 3 15 11 8 1 2 5 5 11 -2 18
15 Niort 16 4 5 7 14 19 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 2 2 4 6 10 -5 17
16 Châteauroux 16 4 5 7 9 17 7 1 2 4 3 7 9 3 3 3 6 10 -8 17
17 Chambly 16 4 4 8 11 19 9 1 3 5 3 13 7 3 1 3 8 6 -8 16
18 Paris 16 4 3 9 10 21 7 2 1 4 6 11 9 2 2 5 4 10 -11 15
19 Le Mans 16 4 2 10 17 28 9 3 1 5 10 12 7 1 1 5 7 16 -11 14
20 Orléans 16 1 7 8 12 21 8 0 2 6 4 12 8 1 5 2 8 9 -9 10

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.