Ligue 2: Two squads in fair shape get together for this match. Le Havre with a tiny edge with their 1st place in the standings?
- Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Ligue 2
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Paris and Le Havre.
Paris form and stats
Paris's struggle is real here at Stade Charléty with only 5 points collected from 7 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4.
Happy days for Paris in their previous game, a fixture away at Pau (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Demarconnay got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.1 out of ten. Demarconnay topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, a nice away win at Union Cosnoise. A Coupe de France match. 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 Paris have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Paris aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Charléty in the league, with only {6 goals} from 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Le Havre form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligue 2. In general it has been a productive period now for Le Havre as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.
The Havre goalkeeper Arthur Desmas is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 376 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Richardson secured the home win 1-0 against Bordeaux in their previous game. Strange stuff; the match result 1-0 has repeated itself three games in a row! Operi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Operi served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Prior to that result Le Havre won their away game at Guingamp. The scoreline was 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Le Havre playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Le Havre wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
Havre has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. The Le Havre defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({3 goals} in 8 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Paris victories, three draws and two Le Havre wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Guilavogui 6 goals |   N. Alioui 5 goals |  V. Lekhal 4 goals |
Paris missing players
Le Havre missing players
| Paris | Le Havre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 16 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 56% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 56% |
| 38% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 50% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 44% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 7.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.4 | 9.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 29% | 33% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 7.9 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
- Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Le Havre have scored at least twice as many goals away as Paris have scored home.
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the most clean sheets (10) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Ligue 2
- Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+19) in Ligue 2
- Le Havre is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2
- Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Le Havre | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Valenciennes | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Caen | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Paris | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Metz | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Quevilly Rouen | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Pau | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Bastia | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Laval | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Annecy | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Dijon | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 17 | Nîmes | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Rodez | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Niort | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 11 |
