Ligue 1: Le Havre vs Auxerre – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Ligue 1 round 7 match between Le Havre and Auxerre and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Le Havre enjoy home advantage, when visitors Auxerre swing by this coming Sunday for a clash in the Ligue 1. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Le Havre are number 18 in the table on two points after six matches. Auxerre rank as number 16 with six points after six matches played.

Team form: Le Havre vs Auxerre

Le Havre Form

A single point is all Le Havre can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 0-0 draw with Angers, before getting trounced 3-2 against Toulouse while Lille won 1-0. Le Havre are without a win in their last six Ligue 1 matches on home soil, which produced a record of three draws and three defeats, in which they conceded nine and scored six goals.

Auxerre Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Auxerre. They first took out Nice by 1-0 before downing Brest by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against Rennes, who ran out 4-1 winners. Auxerre claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Ligue 1. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 17 goals to ten.

Betting facts for Le Havre and Auxerre

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 Auxerre played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Le Havre vs Auxerre

Mbwana Samatta is the most prolific Ligue 1 marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Auxerre look to Cameron Archer, hoping he can add to his current total of four Ligue 1 goals in his latest games.

Betting markets: Le Havre vs Auxerre

Full-time result

Le Havre claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing four. Auxerre won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five of the games in this run. Auxerre were on the scoreboard at least once in their previous 11 matches. Le Havre have not lost to Auxerre in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Le Havre only scored the first goal of the match in zero out of their last ten games. Interestingly, Auxerre scored the opening goal of the match in just one of their last ten games. Auxerre will feel optimistic about scoring on Sunday with Le Havre managing a measly two clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Le Havre have scored in 13 consecutive home meetings with Auxerre.

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 1.3 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Auxerre, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game. Auxerre scored at least once in their previous 11 matches on the bounce.