Le Havre favourites for feisty fight facing Niort

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Le Havre look forward to challenge Niort in this Ligue 2 fixture. Everything you need to know about the match is located right here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Le Havre form and stats

Le Havre are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Ligue 2 games here at Stade Océane.

Havre travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rodez that ended 0-0. Yahia Fofana, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.82 out of 10 in that game. Fofana stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Paris with the scoreline 1-2.

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 nine games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Le Havre at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Niort form and stats

Four points from two away games for Niort, meaning one draw and one victory in the Ligue 2 so far.

Niort won their last game, 1-0 versus Grenoble Foot 38 played at home. Midfielder Dylan Louiserre was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Louiserre served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Dunkerque.

We have checked recent matches where Niort have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were six victories, six draws and five defeats.

It's early days yet, but Niort has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Havre won three games, five matches ended in a draw and Niort have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Top Goalscorers

HavreK. Boutaïb
K. Boutaïb
2 goals
Le HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
1 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
1 goals

Le Havre missing players

Niort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Havre Niort
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 3
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
50% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
75% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 50%
 
3.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 5.5
4.5 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5
0.5 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.5 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.5 7.2
2.8 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3
27% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 25%
Le Havre Last season Niort
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 4   Won W   3 9
14 8   Drew D   8 14
13 7   Lost L   8 15
38 16   Scored S   17 34
48 23   Conceded C   33 58
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
24% 16%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 39%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 21%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 11%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
29% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 29%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   42% 39%
 
3 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 3.1
4.2 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.3
1.7 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
8 4   Red cards R C   6 10
 
7.6 7.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 7.7
3.3 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.8
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%

  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 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 10
2 Paris 3 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 9
3 Sochaux 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 9
4 Nîmes 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 8
5 Auxerre 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
6 Quevilly Rouen 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
7 Niort 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 7
8 Caen 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
9 Ajaccio 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
10 Le Havre 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
11 Valenciennes 4 1 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 5
12 Rodez 4 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -3 5
13 Pau 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 4
14 Guingamp 4 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 3
15 Amiens SC 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -3 3
16 Bastia 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
17 Dunkerque 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
18 Dijon 4 0 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
19 Nancy 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 1
20 Grenoble Foot 38 4 0 1 3 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -8 1
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 Troyes 38 23 8 7 60 36 19 15 3 1 32 15 19 8 5 6 28 21 24 77
2 Clermont 38 21 9 8 61 25 19 13 5 1 37 9 19 8 4 7 24 16 36 72
3 Toulouse 38 20 10 8 71 42 19 13 4 2 44 18 19 7 6 6 27 24 29 70
4 Grenoble Foot 38 38 18 11 9 51 35 19 12 6 1 35 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 16 65
5 Paris 38 17 13 8 53 37 19 11 5 3 31 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 16 64
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 19 10 6 3 38 18 19 6 8 5 26 25 21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 8 5 21 15 8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 19 6 8 5 28 28 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 19 6 7 6 22 20 -2 47
10 Amiens SC 38 11 14 13 34 40 19 7 8 4 15 12 19 4 6 9 19 28 -6 47
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 19 7 6 6 24 23 19 5 5 9 26 36 -9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 19 4 8 7 16 23 19 7 6 6 22 25 -10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 19 3 7 9 13 26 -9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 2 6 11 16 30 -7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 19 6 9 4 23 20 19 2 10 7 15 24 -6 43
16 Dunkerque 38 10 11 17 34 47 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 41
17 Caen 38 9 14 15 34 49 19 6 9 4 17 19 19 3 5 11 17 30 -15 41
18 Niort 38 9 14 15 34 58 19 6 6 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 17 33 -24 41
19 Chambly 38 9 11 18 41 64 19 7 3 9 21 27 19 2 8 9 20 37 -23 38
20 Chateauroux 38 4 11 23 32 58 19 3 5 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 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 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 10
2 Paris 3 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 9
3 Sochaux 4 3 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 9
4 Nîmes 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 8
5 Auxerre 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
6 Quevilly Rouen 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
7 Niort 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 7
8 Caen 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
9 Ajaccio 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
10 Le Havre 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
11 Valenciennes 4 1 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 5
12 Rodez 4 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -3 5
13 Pau 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 4
14 Guingamp 4 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 3
15 Amiens SC 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -3 3
16 Bastia 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
17 Dunkerque 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
18 Dijon 4 0 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
19 Nancy 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 1
20 Grenoble Foot 38 4 0 1 3 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -8 1

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