Le Havre followers predict points in home match vs Valenciennes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Mon 22.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Océane (25181 seats)

Ligue 2: First-class vs modest, at least based on the league table. Le Havre - Valenciennes. Home victory or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 2

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an energetic game!

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Le Havre form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Océane as Le Havre have scored 22 goals to get 37 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 10-7-0 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Elsner led his Le Havre to a defeat away at Annecy. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Océane. This team delivered a 32 league fixtures long run without a defeat before that game! Defender Operi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Operi hit four key passes and won 9 of 15 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rodez in a game that was won 1-0.

Low on goals? In this club's last 24 league matches, 19 have seen zero, one or two goals.

There will be little rest for Le Havre after this match as they are travelling to Bastia for a Ligue 2 game in only four days.

Havre has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. 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 have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {7 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 3-4-10 (17 played).

Valenciennes's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Pau that finished 1-1. Attacker Boutoutaou got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Boutoutaou hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).

A 3-3 draw at Nimes's stadium before that.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Valenciennes as they have only managed to score 13 times from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Valenciennes have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other previously this match year: Valenciennes - Havre 1-0. Le Havre-Valenciennes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Le Havre four wins, Valenciennes three wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesA. Grbic
A. Grbic
8 goals
HavreV. Lekhal
V. Lekhal
6 goals
Le HavreN. Alioui
N. Alioui
6 goals

Le Havre missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Le Havre Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
19 10 4 Won W 0 3 8
14 7 1 Drew D 1 4 15
2 0 0 Lost L 4 10 12
44 22 9 Scored S 1 13 39
16 7 3 Conceded C 9 24 47
80% 76% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 89%
49% 53% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 59% 66%
26% 29% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 40%
11% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 29%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
37% 35% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 41% 54%
57% 65% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 26%
26% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 41% 31%
 
5 4.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.6 3.2
3.4 3.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.1 4.9
2.3 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.6 10.8 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 8.4 8.5
3.6 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.8
35% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 22% 30%
 
7.1 6.3 5.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.9 12.1
2.4 2.3 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.3
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 the fewest conceded goals (16) 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 (10) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most clean sheets (20) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (26) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+28) 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 35 19 14 2 44 16 17 10 7 0 22 7 18 9 7 2 22 9 28 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Etienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Annecy 35 10 11 14 36 48 18 8 4 6 17 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -12 41
16 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
17 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
18 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
19 Nimes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 27

Table
  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 35 19 14 2 44 16 17 10 7 0 22 7 18 9 7 2 22 9 28 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Etienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Annecy 35 10 11 14 36 48 18 8 4 6 17 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -12 41
16 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
17 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
18 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
19 Nimes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 27

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