Ace Football previews the Ligue 1 round 2 match between Le Havre and Lens and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Le Havre hope to live up to their early billing as the Ligue 1 title favourites on Sunday when they welcome Lens over to the Stade Oceane for a round 2 match.
Looking at the Ligue 1 standings, the current difference between the sides is zero points and seven places.
Form: Le Havre vs Lens
Le Havre Form
Le Havre are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Marseille by a 1-3 score, before winning 2-3 against Strasbourg. They were back on the losing side in a 3-1 defeat against Monaco. Le Havre claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Ligue 1, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored eight and conceded 16 goals.
Lens Form
In their last three matches, Lens drew 1-1 with Toulouse, won 4-0 against Monaco, and lost 0-1 against Lyon. Lens won half their previous six away matches in the Ligue 1, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored eight goals whilst conceding seven.
Betting stats for Le Havre and Lens
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Le Havre and Lens played across all tournaments.
- In 7 of the last 9 Le Havre matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Le Havre matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Le Havre home matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Le Havre matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Le Havre matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Lens matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Lens matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Lens away matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Lens matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Lens have won 3 of the last 4 matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players on top: Le Havre vs Lens
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Abdoulaye Toure, who is performing well for Le Havre. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Ligue 1 outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Lens.The visitors will be looking to Goduine Koyalipou to find the net once again, after managing two Ligue 1 goals for Lens in recent matches.
Popular betting markets: Le Havre vs Lens
Full-time result
Le Havre claimed a modest one wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing seven. Lens won six of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost three of the games in this run. Lens have not lost to Le Havre in 4 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Le Havre only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Lens got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in last 7 consecutive Le Havre games Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Le Havre managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Lens kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Both teams scored in the last 3 consecutive meetings between Le Havre and Lens.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Le Havre, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Lens, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.1 times goals per game. Le Havre are on a nice streak of scoring at least once in their previous 16 matches.
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