Ligue 1: Lens vs Le Havre – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Ligue 1 game between Lens and Le Havre who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Lens are favoured by the bookmakers to claim a win against Le Havre, despite their unconvincing form. It will be interesting to see, how far outsiders Le Havre can push the form at Stade Bollaert-Delelisthis coming Saturday.

Lens approach the next Ligue 1 round as number 8 in the table, having claimed 33 points this season so far. With 23 games behind them, Le Havre amassed 17 points, placing them as number 17 before their next fixture.

Form: Lens vs Le Havre

Lens Form

Lens have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 2-0 by Nice, before Strasbourg ran out 0-2 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Nantes, who came out 3-1 winners. Lens only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Ligue 1 matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored five and conceded eight goals.

Le Havre Form

In their last three matches, Le Havre won 1-2 win against Lille, lost 1-3 against Nice and lost 1-4 against Toulouse. Le Havre won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Ligue 1. The scoreline from these matches says ten goals conceded and eight scored.

Betting stats for Lens and Le Havre

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Lens and Le Havre. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Lens vs Le Havre

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Lens, M’Bala Nzola has been good for them over the course of the season with six goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Le Havre, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator on Saturday, depending on your betting strategy.

Popular markets: Lens vs Le Havre

Full-time result

Lens won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. They drew two and lost five as well, while Le Havre won two of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost six. Le Havre conceded a goal in their last 11 matches. Lens have not lost to Le Havre in 4 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Lens scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Interestingly, Le Havre scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Le Havre games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Lens managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Le Havre kept their opponent from scoring in zero of their last 10 matches. Lens have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Le Havre.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Lens, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Of the last ten games for Le Havre, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 0.8 times goals per game. Le Havre conceded a goal in their last 11 matches.