Football tips: Le Havre vs Troyes - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Mon 27.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Le Havre and Troyes are both riding high in the Ligue 2 with their 6th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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Le Havre form and stats

3-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Le Havre so far this season.

Le Havre are returning here after visiting Niort in a Ligue 2 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Tino Kadewere scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Chambly that ended 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Le Havre have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 2 Lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Le Havre, as the Ligue 2 home game vs Lens is only four days away.

Le Havre have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Océane with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Le Havre have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Troyes form and stats

Troyes's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Troyes collect 20 points from their 10 away matches in the Ligue 2. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Troyes, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Clermont (placed 6th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Ajaccio.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Troyes in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Troyes, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

After this away game Troyes return home for a Ligue 2 game against Grenoble Foot 38. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Troyes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Troyes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Troyes - Le Havre 1-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Le Havre won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Troyes has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
18 goals
Le HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
5 goals
TroyesB. Kouyate
B. Kouyate
5 goals

Le Havre missing players

Troyes missing players

Le Havre Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 1 Played P 5 10 20
8 3 0 Won W 3 6 12
8 5 1 Drew D 2 2 2
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 6
30 14 2 Scored S 5 11 24
20 7 2 Conceded C 2 6 19
90% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 95%
80% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 40% 60%
50% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 20% 45%
30% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
55% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 30% 45%
30% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 60% 45%
25% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 15%
 
4.7 4.8 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 4.3 5.1
5 4 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.8 6 5.3
1.9 1.8 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.1
5 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
235 115 20 Total Shots T S 37 87 207
79 41 5 Shots on Target S O 17 37 86
38% 34% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 28%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Troyes has the fewest conceded goals (6) 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 Lorient 21 14 3 4 34 17 11 8 1 2 17 7 10 6 2 2 17 10 17 45
2 Lens 20 12 5 3 31 16 9 7 1 1 15 4 11 5 4 2 16 12 15 41
3 Ajaccio 21 11 6 4 27 16 10 4 4 2 12 8 11 7 2 2 15 8 11 39
4 Troyes 20 12 2 6 24 19 10 6 0 4 13 13 10 6 2 2 11 6 5 38
5 Valenciennes 21 9 6 6 16 12 11 6 3 2 11 5 10 3 3 4 5 7 4 33
6 Clermont 20 9 6 5 23 20 10 4 3 3 13 11 10 5 3 2 10 9 3 33
7 Le Havre 20 8 8 4 30 20 9 3 5 1 14 7 11 5 3 3 16 13 10 32
8 Nancy 21 6 12 3 21 17 11 6 5 0 14 5 10 0 7 3 7 12 4 30
9 Guingamp 21 7 7 7 33 27 11 3 5 3 16 12 10 4 2 4 17 15 6 28
10 Sochaux 21 7 7 7 22 18 11 5 4 2 15 6 10 2 3 5 7 12 4 28
11 Grenoble Foot 38 21 5 12 4 20 20 10 2 7 1 8 7 11 3 5 3 12 13 0 27
12 Auxerre 21 6 8 7 24 22 11 4 5 2 16 11 10 2 3 5 8 11 2 26
13 Chambly 21 6 6 9 16 25 11 3 3 5 7 15 10 3 3 4 9 10 -9 24
14 Rodez 21 6 4 11 24 28 10 5 1 4 18 14 11 1 3 7 6 14 -4 22
15 Châteauroux 21 5 7 9 15 27 10 1 4 5 6 14 11 4 3 4 9 13 -12 22
16 Caen 21 4 9 8 20 26 11 2 5 4 8 13 10 2 4 4 12 13 -6 21
17 Le Mans 21 6 2 13 23 34 11 4 1 6 13 15 10 2 1 7 10 19 -11 20
18 Niort 21 4 6 11 17 26 10 2 3 5 8 11 11 2 3 6 9 15 -9 18
19 Paris 21 4 5 12 11 29 10 2 2 6 6 17 11 2 3 6 5 12 -18 17
20 Orléans 21 3 7 11 17 29 11 2 2 7 7 16 10 1 5 4 10 13 -12 16

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.