Home advantage could prove decisive in Le Havre - Paris battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 03.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Le Havre are located at 1st, while Paris are loitering 19 points behind in the standings. Will they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Ligue 2

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 Paris.

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Le Havre form and stats

Le Havre have performed here at Stade Océane this season with 7 wins from 10 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. days ago.

Happy days for Havre in their previous game, a fixture away at Bordeaux (placed 3rd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfield player Kechta got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Kechta hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Amiens SC the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Le Havre handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Havre fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively Le Havre have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paris form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Paris playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. It's a growing despair in Paris as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Paris's previous game was their home loss versus Pau (0-1). Hanin, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Hanin hit two key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Quevilly Rouen's place.

We have checked recent matches where Paris have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have contained two goals or less.

The attacking power of Paris when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Oddly enough, the last time Paris kept a "clean sheet" was also meeting this opponent, five league games ago (Paris - Le Havre 0-0). Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Le Havre wins - draws - Paris wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
6 goals
Le HavreN. Alioui
N. Alioui
5 goals
Le HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
5 goals

Le Havre missing players

Paris missing players

Le Havre Paris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 11 21
13 7 2 Won W 1 5 7
7 3 1 Drew D 2 3 6
1 0 0 Lost L 0 3 8
32 16 4 Scored S 2 10 18
9 4 1 Conceded C 1 9 23
86% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 81%
57% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 55% 57%
29% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 38%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 14%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
38% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 48%
57% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 55% 38%
19% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 33%
 
5.2 4.4 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 4.7
3.4 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.8
2.3 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
8.6 9.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.2 8.1
3.7 4.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.5 3.4
42% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 25%
 
5.8 5.3 4.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 7.7 7.6
2.2 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 2.7 3
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 (4) at home in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most clean sheets (12) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most points (24) at home in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+23) 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 21 13 7 1 32 9 10 7 3 0 16 4 11 6 4 1 16 5 23 46
2 Sochaux 21 11 3 7 34 19 11 7 2 2 21 8 10 4 1 5 13 11 15 36
3 Bordeaux 21 10 6 5 29 16 11 6 3 2 15 7 10 4 3 3 14 9 13 36
4 Bastia 21 10 4 7 21 21 11 7 1 3 11 6 10 3 3 4 10 15 0 34
5 Metz 21 9 6 6 33 24 11 5 4 2 16 11 10 4 2 4 17 13 9 33
6 Amiens SC 21 9 6 6 26 22 10 5 3 2 13 8 11 4 3 4 13 14 4 33
7 Grenoble Foot 38 21 9 6 6 21 18 11 6 2 3 11 8 10 3 4 3 10 10 3 33
8 Caen 21 7 8 6 23 22 10 5 4 1 14 6 11 2 4 5 9 16 1 29
9 Annecy 21 7 7 7 22 19 11 5 2 4 10 9 10 2 5 3 12 10 3 28
10 Quevilly Rouen 21 7 7 7 25 25 10 4 4 2 17 13 11 3 3 5 8 12 0 28
11 Guingamp 21 7 6 8 26 29 11 2 3 6 11 17 10 5 3 2 15 12 -3 27
12 Laval 21 8 3 10 26 31 11 5 1 5 17 16 10 3 2 5 9 15 -5 27
13 Paris 21 7 6 8 18 23 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 5 3 3 10 9 -5 27
14 Pau 21 6 8 7 19 24 10 3 5 2 10 11 11 3 3 5 9 13 -5 26
15 Valenciennes 21 6 8 7 18 23 10 4 6 0 14 10 11 2 2 7 4 13 -5 26
16 Nîmes 21 6 4 11 22 31 10 5 1 4 10 10 11 1 3 7 12 21 -9 22
17 Dijon 21 5 6 10 21 26 11 4 4 3 14 13 10 1 2 7 7 13 -5 21
18 Rodez 21 4 8 9 18 27 10 1 4 5 8 16 11 3 4 4 10 11 -9 20
19 Saint-Etienne 21 5 6 10 28 36 10 3 3 4 14 17 11 2 3 6 14 19 -8 18
20 Niort 21 4 5 12 18 35 11 3 2 6 9 17 10 1 3 6 9 18 -17 17

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.