This league campaign has been back-breaking for Niort so far, while Le Havre have enjoyed many victories. Will the guests get another notch in their belt at Stade René Gaillard?
- Niort have the most conceded goals (14) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 2
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Niort form and stats
Three Ligue 2 home games done for Niort, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Niort drew their last game, 3-3 away at Quevilly Rouen (placed 15th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Boutobba got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Boutobba scored two goals, hit four key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Valenciennes (0-1).Niort has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 6 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Le Havre form and stats
Le Havre have six points from their first three away games in the Ligue 2, meaning two victories and a loss. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Havre are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing from Lekhal and Thiaré secured the home win 2-1 against Caen in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Elsner when Thiaré scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute. Midfielder Lekhal was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Lekhal scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 49 successful passes (of 55 total).
Prior to that result Le Havre won their away game at Laval. The scoreline was 3-1.It's not easy to score on Le Havre as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Niort won two, Le Havre triumphed in four and we saw four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 5 goals |   J. Thiaré 3 goals |  V. Lekhal 2 goals |
Niort missing players
Le Havre missing players
| Niort | Le Havre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 9 | 13 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.7 | 6.7 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 10.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.3 | 10.1 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 64% | 42% |
| 10.9 | 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 2.6 |
- Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Le Havre have the most scored goals (9) away in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Niort have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the most conceded goals (14) in Ligue 2
- Niort have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bordeaux | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Le Havre | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Caen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Metz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Dijon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Bastia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Nîmes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Paris | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Laval | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Niort | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Annecy | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Rodez | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Pau | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
