Ligue 2 match preview: Valenciennes versus Le Havre

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Mon 28.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Valenciennes have their presumed home advantage while Le Havre are ahead 1 point in the Ligue 2 table.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Valenciennes form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Valenciennes have to build on here at Stade du Hainaut in the Ligue 2.

Valenciennes manager O. Guégan and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Caen (placed 17th) in the Ligue 2. Before that game, the home loss against Grenoble Foot 38 with the scoreline 0-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Valenciennes as they are travelling to their away game against Troyes in the Ligue 2. That match is four days after this one.

Valenciennes have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Valenciennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du Hainaut in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Le Havre form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (18) in Ligue 2, on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

There were no winners in Le Havre's previous match, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 2-2 vs Lorient (placed 1st). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Auxerre wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Le Havre's last match (vs Lorient) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw and a point thanks to a 83rd minute equalizer by J. Thiare.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Le Havre are regular goalscorers on their travels. 8 goals have been conceded by Le Havre in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Valenciennes won 1 game, 3 matches ended with a draw and Le Havre has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
11 goals / 2 assists
ValenciennesT. Chevalier
T. Chevalier
3 goals
Le HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
3 goals / 1 assists

Valenciennes missing players

Le Havre missing players

Valenciennes Le Havre
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 1 6 11
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
7 4 0 Scored S 0 12 18
8 4 0 Conceded C 2 8 13
82% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
45% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
9% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 64%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 45%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 64%
45% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 18%
45% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 27%
 
3.7 3.2 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.6
5.7 4.2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.5 5.1
2.3 2.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 4
Key stats This season:
  • All of Le Havre's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Havre have scored more than double the goals of Valenciennes.
  • Le Havre haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Valenciennes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Valenciennes
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2
All Home Away Home vs top
13-09-19 L2 Sochaux 0 - 0 Valenciennes
20-09-19 L2 Valenciennes 1 - 1 Niort
27-09-19 L2 Ajaccio 2 - 0 Valenciennes
04-10-19 L2 Valenciennes 0 - 2 Grenoble Foot 38
18-10-19 L2 Caen 0 - 0 Valenciennes
28-10-19 L2 Valenciennes 20:45 Le Havre
01-11-19 L2 Troyes 20:00 Valenciennes
08-11-19 L2 Valenciennes 20:00 Châteauroux
22-11-19 L2 Orléans 01:00 Valenciennes
29-11-19 L2 Valenciennes 01:00 Lens
Le Havre
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2
All Home Away Away vs mid
13-09-19 L2 Le Havre 0 - 0 Paris
20-09-19 L2 Orléans 2 - 2 Le Havre
27-09-19 L2 Le Havre 0 - 1 Châteauroux
05-10-19 L2 Auxerre 2 - 0 Le Havre
19-10-19 L2 Le Havre 2 - 2 Lorient
28-10-19 L2 Valenciennes 20:45 Le Havre
04-11-19 L2 Le Havre 20:45 Nancy
08-11-19 L2 Sochaux 20:00 Le Havre
22-11-19 L2 Le Havre 01:00 Guingamp
29-11-19 L2 Rodez 01:00 Le Havre

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lorient 11 7 3 1 16 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 6 4 2 0 10 5 9 24
2 Lens 10 6 2 2 17 11 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 20
3 Sochaux 11 5 4 2 14 5 6 4 2 0 11 1 5 1 2 2 3 4 9 19
4 Troyes 11 6 1 4 15 11 6 3 0 3 9 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 19
5 Ajaccio 11 5 4 2 13 9 6 2 3 1 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 19
6 Le Havre 11 4 5 2 18 13 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 3 2 1 12 8 5 17
7 Guingamp 11 4 4 3 16 13 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 3 16
8 Nancy 11 3 7 1 13 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 0 4 1 4 7 2 16
9 Valenciennes 11 4 4 3 7 8 5 2 2 1 4 4 6 2 2 2 3 4 -1 16
10 Auxerre 10 4 3 3 17 12 5 3 1 1 10 5 5 1 2 2 7 7 5 15
11 Grenoble Foot 38 11 3 6 2 12 11 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 15
12 Rodez 11 4 3 4 15 15 5 3 1 1 11 7 6 1 2 3 4 8 0 15
13 Clermont 11 4 3 4 12 13 6 1 3 2 7 7 5 3 0 2 5 6 -1 15
14 Niort 11 3 5 3 11 10 6 1 3 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 1 14
15 Chambly 11 3 4 4 6 9 6 1 3 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 -3 13
16 Orléans 11 1 5 5 8 14 5 0 1 4 3 9 6 1 4 1 5 5 -6 8
17 Caen 11 1 5 5 6 13 6 0 3 3 2 8 5 1 2 2 4 5 -7 8
18 Paris 11 2 2 7 5 15 5 1 1 3 2 7 6 1 1 4 3 8 -10 8
19 Châteauroux 11 1 4 6 3 12 5 0 2 3 1 4 6 1 2 3 2 8 -9 7
20 Le Mans 11 2 0 9 11 23 6 2 0 4 8 10 5 0 0 5 3 13 -12 6

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