Home advantage could prove decisive in Le Havre - Quevilly Rouen battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Ligue 2: Le Havre are ready for the visit of Quevilly Rouen in what should be an intriguing football match. Tipsway gives you all you should know!

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Quevilly Rouen have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Le Havre form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 15 Ligue 2 games here at Stade Océane for Le Havre. The data says 9 wins, 6 draws and 0 losses. days ago.

The Havre goalkeeper Mathieu Gorgelin is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 275 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.

Le Havre enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nîmes's place. The match ended 1-0 with Lekhal scoring. Lekhal (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Lekhal scored one goal.

Before that, Le Havre drew at home versus Guingamp.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Havre handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 20 league matches, 16 have produced two goals or less.

Le Havre has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Defensively Le Havre have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (7 in 15 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

Playing away, Quevilly Rouen have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Quevilly are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Quevilly Rouen played 2-2 against Dijon in their previous match. As mentioned above, Quevilly drew the match against Dijon. Manager Echouafni brought on Mafouta to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Soumaré was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Soumaré served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Before that, Quevilly Rouen secured a home win against Caen with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Quevilly have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 20 games were 7 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 14 of this side's most recent 18 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the teams met previously this campaign; Quevilly Rouen - Le Havre 0-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: six - two - one (Le Havre wins - draws - Quevilly Rouen wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Quevilly RouenL. Mafouta
L. Mafouta
9 goals
Le HavreV. Lekhal
V. Lekhal
6 goals
HavreN. Alioui
N. Alioui
6 goals

Le Havre missing players

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Le Havre Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
17 9 0 Won W 2 5 11
13 6 5 Drew D 1 3 10
1 0 0 Lost L 2 7 10
41 21 3 Scored S 4 10 35
14 7 3 Conceded C 8 15 34
81% 80% 40% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
52% 60% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 47% 65%
26% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 20% 39%
13% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 13% 26%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
39% 40% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 13% 42%
58% 60% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 47% 35%
23% 20% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 53% 35%
 
4.8 4.4 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 4 3.9
3.3 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.9 3.8
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 6
 
8.8 9.8 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.4 7.5 8.6
3.4 4.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 3.9
39% 34% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 22% 29%
 
6.8 6.1 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.8 8.6
2.3 2.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.2
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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Quevilly Rouen have scored away.
  • 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 fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most clean sheets (18) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+27) 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 31 17 13 1 41 14 15 9 6 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 64
2 Bordeaux 31 16 8 7 42 26 15 9 4 2 21 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 56
3 Metz 31 15 10 6 48 27 16 8 6 2 23 12 15 7 4 4 25 15 21 55
4 Sochaux 31 15 7 9 51 29 16 9 4 3 31 14 15 6 3 6 20 15 22 52
5 Bastia 31 15 6 10 38 34 16 10 2 4 22 12 15 5 4 6 16 22 4 51
6 Caen 31 13 10 8 40 33 16 10 5 1 26 11 15 3 5 7 14 22 7 49
7 Grenoble Foot 38 30 13 8 9 30 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 14 14 5 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 31 11 10 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 15 5 3 7 10 15 1 43
9 Guingamp 31 11 9 11 39 39 16 5 3 8 20 22 15 6 6 3 19 17 0 42
10 Paris 31 11 7 13 36 40 15 4 3 8 17 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -4 40
11 Amiens SC 31 11 7 13 33 40 15 7 3 5 17 15 16 4 4 8 16 25 -7 40
12 Saint-Etienne 30 11 9 10 47 45 15 7 4 4 24 20 15 4 5 6 23 25 2 39
13 Rodez 31 9 10 12 31 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 15 5 5 5 16 15 -7 37
14 Pau 31 9 10 12 26 35 15 4 6 5 12 16 16 5 4 7 14 19 -9 37
15 Annecy 31 9 9 13 32 42 15 7 3 5 15 14 16 2 6 8 17 28 -10 36
16 Valenciennes 31 7 13 11 33 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 15 2 3 10 8 21 -8 34
17 Laval 31 9 4 18 33 46 15 5 2 8 19 21 16 4 2 10 14 25 -13 31
18 Dijon 31 7 9 15 28 38 16 6 5 5 16 15 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 30
19 Nîmes 31 8 5 18 32 45 15 7 1 7 17 15 16 1 4 11 15 30 -13 29
20 Niort 31 7 6 18 27 51 15 5 2 8 17 26 16 2 4 10 10 25 -24 27

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.