Ligue 2 match preview: Valenciennes versus Le Havre

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Valenciennes fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Le Havre.

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest scored goals (30) in Ligue 2

Le Havre could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 2 game only four sleeps ago.

Valenciennes can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 2. Le Havre are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes have played 18 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Valenciennes enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nancy's place. The match ended 3-1 with Aymen Boutoutaou (2) and Malek Chergui scoring. Before that, Valenciennes drew at home versus Niort.

The Valenciennes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 18 matches. On the other hand, Valenciennes have conceded 18 goals.

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Le Havre form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (30) in Ligue 2, are W6-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2. It's three draws from Le Havre's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Chambly.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Havre as they have only managed to score 17 times from 18 away games in the league. 22 goals have been conceded by Le Havre in these games.

Head 2 Head

Valenciennes and Le Havre have met before this season: Le Havre - Valenciennes 0-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Valenciennes won two, Le Havre won four and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
11 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
9 goals
ValenciennesK. Cabral
K. Cabral
7 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Le Havre missing players

Valenciennes Le Havre
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
12 7 5 Won W 2 6 9
11 6 1 Drew D 3 6 14
13 5 0 Lost L 1 6 13
44 21 9 Scored S 6 17 30
50 18 2 Conceded C 7 22 43
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 92%
75% 61% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 67%
42% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 28% 19%
25% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 11%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
47% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 39% 44%
25% 39% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 39% 31%
31% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.8
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 8
 
7.5 8.3 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.7 7.5
3.3 3.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.2
36% 32% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 26%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Havre have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have the fewest scored goals (30) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have the most matches under the total-line (20) 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 Troyes 36 22 8 6 56 33 18 14 3 1 30 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 23 74
2 Clermont 36 20 9 7 57 22 18 12 5 1 34 8 18 8 4 6 23 14 35 69
3 Toulouse 35 19 8 8 63 37 17 12 3 2 39 16 18 7 5 6 24 21 26 65
4 Grenoble Foot 38 36 17 10 9 49 34 18 11 6 1 34 14 18 6 4 8 15 20 15 61
5 Paris 36 16 12 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 28 18 18 6 7 5 21 18 13 60
6 Auxerre 36 15 13 8 60 40 18 10 5 3 37 17 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 58
7 Sochaux 36 12 15 9 42 31 18 6 7 5 22 19 18 6 8 4 20 12 11 51
8 Valenciennes 36 12 11 13 44 50 18 7 6 5 21 18 18 5 5 8 23 32 -6 47
9 Nancy 36 11 12 13 50 50 18 6 7 5 26 26 18 5 5 8 24 24 0 45
10 Amiens SC 36 11 12 13 32 38 18 7 7 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 45
11 Ajaccio 36 11 11 14 33 42 18 8 5 5 20 16 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 44
12 Rodez 36 8 18 10 37 42 18 6 8 4 22 19 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 42
13 Guingamp 36 8 17 11 37 43 18 3 10 5 17 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -6 41
14 Le Havre 36 9 14 13 30 43 18 3 8 7 13 21 18 6 6 6 17 22 -13 41
15 Pau 35 10 10 15 36 43 18 8 5 5 22 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -7 40
16 Dunkerque 36 10 10 16 31 42 18 6 7 5 19 15 18 4 3 11 12 27 -11 40
17 Niort 36 9 13 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 18 3 7 8 17 33 -22 40
18 Caen 36 8 14 14 32 45 18 5 9 4 15 18 18 3 5 10 17 27 -13 38
19 Chambly 36 8 11 17 40 61 18 6 3 9 20 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -21 35
20 Chateauroux 36 4 10 22 32 56 18 3 4 11 21 31 18 1 6 11 11 25 -24 22

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.