We would expect a notable difference in quality between these teams based on the league table so far, with Le Havre ahead of Valenciennes by 9 points.
- Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Valenciennes have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 2
This promises to be an interesting match with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Le Havre form and stats
Le Havre are steadily winning Ligue 2 games and points here at Stade Océane. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade Océane after three straight home wins.
Le Havre are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Dunkerque. Pierre Gibaud was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Gibaud won 5 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pau in a game that was won 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Le Havre handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and two defeats.
Havre are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Havre have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Valenciennes form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Valenciennes have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far. It's a growing despair in Valenciennes as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Valenciennes failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 2 home match vs Auxerre (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Valenciennes goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier was happy for a super day at work vs Auxerre, but in spite of registering seven saves the beating could not be helped. Emmanuel Ntim, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Ntim won 10 of 14 duels.
A 0-3 defeat away at Amiens SC before that.Valenciennes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, five draws and six defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Valenciennes have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Le Havre victories, four draws and two Valenciennes wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Q. Cornette 4 goals |   G. Robail 4 goals |  K. Boutaïb 3 goals |
Le Havre missing players
Valenciennes missing players
| Le Havre | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 71% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 57% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.7 | 7.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.7 | 9 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 34% | 40% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 8.1 | 6.9 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 8 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
- Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Le Havre have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Valenciennes have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Valenciennes 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 | Toulouse | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Auxerre | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Ajaccio | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Paris | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Niort | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Pau | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Rodez | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Caen | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Dunkerque | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Dijon | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Valenciennes | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Nimes | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Bastia | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Nancy | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 9 |