Le Havre vs Rodez match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Océane

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

More points have been won by Le Havre so far, with their 6th spot in the Ligue 2 table and eagerly waiting for Rodez (who are placed 9th).

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Rodez when visiting Havre as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Le Havre form and stats

Le Havre have played 11 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Le Havre are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade Océane, having lost their two previous games here.

Le Havre drew their last game, 2-2 away at Paris (placed 4th). The striker Boutaïb outperformed all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 7.94 out of 10. Boutaïb scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Sochaux (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Le Havre perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Le Havre as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Havre has won five of these, drawn eight and lost three.

Le Havre aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Océane in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Le Havre are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Océane in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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Rodez form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Rodez have produced an overall stat of 4-2-5 so far.

Rodez are looking to quickly end their 276 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 2.

Rodez's previous game was their home loss versus Dijon (0-2). Bardy, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Bardy hit the woodwork once and won 12 of 15 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pau wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rodez playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were two Rodez wins, eleven draws and three defeats.

Rodez have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Rodez have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result Rodez - Le Havre 0-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Le Havre one win, three draws and Rodez zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
5 goals
Le HavreK. Boutaïb
K. Boutaïb
5 goals
RodezL. Buadés
L. Buadés
4 goals

Le Havre missing players

Rodez missing players

Le Havre Rodez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 3 11 21
8 4 4 Won W 0 4 7
9 4 1 Drew D 1 2 6
4 3 0 Lost L 2 5 8
22 9 6 Scored S 1 12 20
16 7 1 Conceded C 3 15 23
81% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
52% 45% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 62%
29% 18% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 19%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
43% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 29%
43% 45% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 38%
33% 36% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 43%
 
3.8 4.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4 4.2
4.9 4.5 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 3.5
1.4 1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.3 8 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.3 9.4
3.4 3.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.7
31% 26% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 32% 26%
 
8 6.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.7 7.8
3.1 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 2.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rodez 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 Sochaux 21 11 6 4 24 18 11 6 3 2 12 8 10 5 3 2 12 10 6 39
2 Toulouse 20 10 8 2 41 19 10 5 4 1 24 11 10 5 4 1 17 8 22 38
3 Ajaccio 19 11 5 3 20 8 10 7 2 1 11 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 12 38
4 Paris 20 11 4 5 27 18 10 5 4 1 13 8 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 37
5 Auxerre 20 10 6 4 33 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 36
6 Le Havre 21 8 9 4 22 16 11 4 4 3 9 7 10 4 5 1 13 9 6 33
7 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
8 Pau 21 8 4 9 24 24 11 7 1 3 17 7 10 1 3 6 7 17 0 28
9 Rodez 21 7 6 8 20 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 11 4 2 5 12 15 -3 27
10 Nimes 20 7 5 8 24 25 10 3 3 4 11 13 10 4 2 4 13 12 -1 26
11 Dijon 21 8 2 11 27 29 11 4 2 5 15 16 10 4 0 6 12 13 -2 26
12 Guingamp 21 6 8 7 24 28 10 4 3 3 15 14 11 2 5 4 9 14 -4 26
13 Quevilly Rouen 20 6 6 8 20 28 9 2 4 3 9 12 11 4 2 5 11 16 -8 24
14 Bastia 21 5 8 8 20 21 10 3 7 0 12 5 11 2 1 8 8 16 -1 23
15 Caen 20 5 7 8 24 24 10 3 1 6 12 11 10 2 6 2 12 13 0 22
16 Grenoble Foot 38 21 6 4 11 17 27 10 5 1 4 13 11 11 1 3 7 4 16 -10 22
17 Valenciennes 20 5 7 8 16 28 10 2 2 6 9 20 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 22
18 Amiens SC 19 4 9 6 22 19 10 3 4 3 14 9 9 1 5 3 8 10 3 21
19 Dunkerque 19 4 4 11 15 26 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 16
20 Nancy 20 3 6 11 16 34 10 2 3 5 7 18 10 1 3 6 9 16 -18 15

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.