Stade Océane: Le Havre vs Valenciennes Ligue 2 preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 20.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

6th position in the Ligue 2 table for Le Havre so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Valenciennes visits Stade Océane.

Le Havre and Valenciennes should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Le Havre form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Le Havre have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 14 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Le Havre, as their goalkeeper Mathieu Gorgelin has completely shut out the opponents for 217 minutes in the Ligue 2.

A nice win for Le Havre last time playing, versus Auxerre. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Tino Kadewere scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Chateauroux with a 3-0 scoreline.

Le Havre has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Le Havre have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Playing away, Valenciennes have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Two travels in a row for Valenciennes, whose manager O. Guégan could celebrate last time after the Ligue 2 win against Grenoble Foot 38. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Ajaccio.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Valenciennes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Le Havre and Valenciennes have met before this season: Valenciennes - Le Havre 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Le Havre wins - draws - Valenciennes wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
20 goals
ValenciennesT. Chevalier
T. Chevalier
12 goals
Le HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
8 goals

Le Havre missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Le Havre Valenciennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 6 Played P 3 14 28
11 5 3 Won W 0 4 11
11 7 3 Drew D 0 4 9
6 2 0 Lost L 3 6 8
38 18 11 Scored S 1 10 24
25 10 4 Conceded C 6 13 20
89% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 82%
71% 64% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 43% 43%
43% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 21% 18%
21% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 29%
36% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 46%
25% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 43%
 
4.8 5.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.6 4.5
5 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.2 5.2
1.8 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 2.3
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 5
 
304 155 56 Total Shots T S 30 99 258
108 54 23 Shots on Target S O 9 35 86
35% 33% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 28%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals (20)
  • Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Valenciennes has the most matches under the total-line (21)
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Chateauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orleans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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.