Evenly matched teams: Le Havre vs Paris match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 07.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Le Havre welcome Paris for another interesting Ligue 2 fixture here at Stade Océane.

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

The first Ligue 2 game here at Stade Océane resulted in a draw. Last season Le Havre's home game statistics were 4 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats from 19 games.

The Le Havre goalkeeper Yahia Fofana is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 181 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.

A strong away win for Le Havre against Sochaux the last match, as Khalid Boutaïb (2) were on target. Midfield player Khalid Boutaïb got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Boutaïb scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

In the match before that, Le Havre hosted Guingamp and drew the game 0-0.

Early season league goal statistics from Le Havre's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.

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Paris form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ligue 2, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Paris go into this game after a win, the home game against Dunkerque that ended 2-1. The attacker Marvin Gakpa got a match rating of 9.11 in that game. Gakpa scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Grenoble Foot 38.

4 goals so far away for Paris, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Havre-Paris H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Le Havre three wins, Paris five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HavreK. Boutaïb
K. Boutaïb
2 goals
ParisM. Name
M. Name
1 goals
ParisM. Gakpa
M. Gakpa
1 goals

Le Havre missing players

Paris missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Havre Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 4 6
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 9.5
6.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 12.5
3.5 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 11 8.5
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 35%
Le Havre Last season Paris
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   20 39
11 4   Won W   6 17
14 8   Drew D   8 13
13 7   Lost L   6 9
38 16   Scored S   22 53
48 23   Conceded C   21 39
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 90%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 69%
24% 16%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 41%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 21%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 10%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   50% 46%
29% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 36%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   35% 28%
 
3 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.4
4.2 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.4
1.7 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
8 4   Red cards R C   6 9
 
7.6 7.2   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.3
3.3 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.8
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
4 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
5 Le Havre 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Nîmes 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Sochaux 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
9 Pau 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Rodez 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
11 Guingamp 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Valenciennes 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Dunkerque 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
16 Niort 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Amiens SC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Dijon 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Nancy 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 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 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 Paris 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
4 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
5 Le Havre 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Nîmes 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Sochaux 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
9 Pau 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Rodez 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
11 Guingamp 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Valenciennes 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Dunkerque 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
16 Niort 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Amiens SC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Dijon 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Nancy 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0

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