Betting preview: Rodez vs Le Havre should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Paul Lignon (5955 seats)

A swift look at the Ligue 2 standings indicate an upper hand to Le Havre when they come to Rodez. But; let's play the game before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Rodez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals (19) in Ligue 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Rodez and Le Havre 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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Rodez form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Rodez at their home stadium (Stade Paul Lignon) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Rodez shared the glory with Pau in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Ouammou was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Pau after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Younoussa (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.15/10. Younoussa hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Guingamp the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rodez perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rodez as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Rodez has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 5.

Rodez aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Paul Lignon in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Rodez are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (11 from 5 played).

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Le Havre form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Le Havre, who have the most scored goals (19) in Ligue 2, have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far.

360 minutes! That's how long the Havre goalkeeper Arthur Desmas and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The fans enjoyed Le Havre's previous fixture versus Bastia (placed 9th), a 3-0 win played at home. Defender Lloris was the best team player with a rating of 8.25. Lloris scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Before that, Havre travelled to Dijon and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Le Havre in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Le Havre, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

The Le Havre defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 5 games).

Head 2 Head

Rodez have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (0-4-0) when facing Le Havre.

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreV. Lekhal
V. Lekhal
4 goals
Le HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
3 goals

Rodez missing players

Le Havre missing players

Rodez Le Havre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 4 5 11
2 0 0 Won W 3 3 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 1 4
4 3 2 Lost L 0 1 1
10 4 1 Scored S 10 10 19
15 11 5 Conceded C 1 2 5
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 82%
64% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 64%
45% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 36%
27% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 18%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 9%
45% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 20% 36%
27% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 60% 55%
45% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 27%
 
4.5 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 6.4 5.7
3.5 2.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 3.1
2.5 2.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.2
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9 9.6
3.5 4.4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 4.4
26% 18% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 59% 53% 40%
 
10.1 9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 3.2 3.8 4.1
4 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.8 1.2 1.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Rodez have scored home.
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals (19) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+14) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Rodez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rodez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rodez haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Bordeaux 11 7 2 2 17 6 6 4 1 1 9 2 5 3 1 1 8 4 11 23
2 Amiens SC 11 7 2 2 15 10 6 5 1 0 11 3 5 2 1 2 4 7 5 23
3 Le Havre 11 6 4 1 19 5 6 3 3 0 9 3 5 3 1 1 10 2 14 22
4 Sochaux 10 6 1 3 18 7 5 3 1 1 10 3 5 3 0 2 8 4 11 19
5 Valenciennes 11 5 4 2 11 9 5 3 2 0 8 5 6 2 2 2 3 4 2 19
6 Caen 11 5 3 3 15 10 6 4 1 1 10 4 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 18
7 Guingamp 11 5 3 3 17 15 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 3 1 1 10 8 2 18
8 Grenoble Foot 38 11 4 4 3 11 12 6 4 1 1 9 6 5 0 3 2 2 6 -1 16
9 Bastia 11 5 1 5 12 16 5 3 0 2 5 4 6 2 1 3 7 12 -4 16
10 Metz 11 4 2 5 17 16 6 3 1 2 10 8 5 1 1 3 7 8 1 14
11 Paris 11 3 4 4 10 12 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 -2 13
12 Quevilly Rouen 11 3 4 4 13 17 6 2 3 1 11 10 5 1 1 3 2 7 -4 13
13 Annecy 11 3 3 5 10 10 5 1 1 3 2 5 6 2 2 2 8 5 0 12
14 Dijon 11 3 3 5 10 14 6 2 2 2 6 8 5 1 1 3 4 6 -4 12
15 Rodez 11 2 5 4 10 15 5 0 2 3 4 11 6 2 3 1 6 4 -5 11
16 Pau 11 2 5 4 9 16 5 1 3 1 5 7 6 1 2 3 4 9 -7 11
17 Laval 11 3 1 7 15 20 5 0 1 4 6 11 6 3 0 3 9 9 -5 10
18 Saint-Etienne 10 2 5 3 18 19 5 2 2 1 10 9 5 0 3 2 8 10 -1 8
19 Nîmes 11 2 2 7 10 17 5 2 1 2 2 2 6 0 1 5 8 15 -7 8
20 Niort 11 2 2 7 8 19 5 1 1 3 3 7 6 1 1 4 5 12 -11 8

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.