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Le Havre AC vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2018-19
Le Havre AC
2 – 1
Full Time
Racing Club de Lens
Sat 27 Oct 2018 · 13:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Amos Youga 54' R
Y 70' Mehdi Tahrat
Y 90' El-Hadji Ba

Overview

Match Preview

Le Havre AC vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 2 .

Match Details

  • Referee Johan Hamel
  • Referee Stephan Pignatelli
  • Referee Mathieu Grosbost
  • Referee Guillaume Paradis

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AS Saint-Étienne 7 16
2 Red Star FC 7 14
3 Stade de Reims 7 13
4 Montpellier HSC 7 12
5 FC Metz 7 10
6 AS Nancy-Lorraine 7 10
7 FC Annecy 7 10
8 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 7 10
9 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 7 9
10 Pau FC 7 8
11 USL Dunkerque 7 8
12 En Avant Guingamp 7 8
13 Grenoble Foot 38 7 8
14 Rodez Aveyron Football 7 7
15 FC Nantes 7 7
16 Clermont Foot 63 7 6
17 US Boulogne Côte d'Opale 7 5
18 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 7 5

Head-to-Head

7
5
6
Le Havre AC 18 games · Avg 2.9 goals Racing Club de Lens
Last 5 meetings
2018-10-27 Le Havre AC 2–1 Racing Club de Lens 2018-01-26 Racing Club de Lens 1–2 Le Havre AC 2017-08-25 Le Havre AC 4–1 Racing Club de Lens 2017-03-10 Racing Club de Lens 2–1 Le Havre AC 2016-10-14 Le Havre AC 3–1 Racing Club de Lens

Recent Form

Le Havre AC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Oct Racing Club de Lens H 2–1 W
19 Oct AC Ajaccio A 2–3 L
05 Oct AS Beziers H 2–3 L
29 Sep FC Metz A 1–0 W
21 Sep ES Troyes AC H 1–1 D
14 Sep AS Nancy-Lorraine A 1–0 W
Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Oct Le Havre AC A 1–2 L
22 Oct GFC Ajaccio H 5–0 W
06 Oct AJ Auxerre A 2–1 W
02 Oct AS Beziers A 0–0 D
28 Sep Paris FC H 0–0 D
24 Sep Chamois Niortais FC A 2–1 W

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Le Havre AC welcome Racing Club de Lens for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Racing Club de Lens needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 15' Le Havre AC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Racing Club de Lens's shape.
  • 20' Racing Club de Lens are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Amos Youga made 431 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Le Havre AC and Racing Club de Lens are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 35' Racing Club de Lens are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 40' France international Mounir Chouiar has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 45' Harold Moukoudi adds to his 0 season tally! Le Havre AC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 46' It is a substitution in Racing Club de Lens team. Achraf Bencharki is replaced by Grejohn Kyei on 46 minute.
  • 46' The Cameroon Harold Moukoudi breaks the deadlock on 45 minutes. 2-0!
  • 51' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Le Havre AC and Racing Club de Lens are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 54' Le Havre AC receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 54.
  • 59' The travelling Racing Club de Lens supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 64' Cheick Oumar Doucoure makes way for Mounir Chouiar at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from Racing Club de Lens.
  • 67' Pape Gueye has so much to prove this time. He replaces Herve Bazile on 67 minute.
  • 70' Mehdi Tahrat catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 70.
  • 75' The home supporters are growing impatient. Le Havre AC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 79' Jean-Pascal Fontaine does the damage! The net is bulging and Le Havre AC surge ahead!
  • 80' Fresh legs for Racing Club de Lens! Souleymane Diarra comes on to replace Fabien Centonze.
  • 82' Ebenezer Assifuah-Inkoom is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alimani Gory at the 82 minute mark.
  • 87' Cheick Doucoure has been relatively quiet despite scoring 7 goals in his last 449 appearances.
  • 90' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Mehdi Tahrat makes no mistake. 3-1!
  • 90' El-Hadji Ba picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 90' Fernand Mayembo is replacing Zinedine Ferhat for the Le Havre AC side.
  • 2-1 the final result. Racing Club de Lens will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Le Havre AC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oswald Tanchot

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Andre Ayew 2
Tinotenda Kadewere 2
Deiver Machado 1
Mehdi Tahrat 1
Ruben Aguilar 1
Harold Moukoudi 1
Florian Sotoca 1
Jean-Pascal Fontaine 1

Head to Head

2018-10-27 Le Havre AC 2–1 Racing Club de Lens 2018-01-26 Racing Club de Lens 1–2 Le Havre AC 2017-08-25 Le Havre AC 4–1 Racing Club de Lens 2017-03-10 Racing Club de Lens 2–1 Le Havre AC 2016-10-14 Le Havre AC 3–1 Racing Club de Lens

Le Havre AC Form

2018-10-27 Le Havre AC 2–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2018-10-19 AC Ajaccio 3–2 Le Havre AC L 2018-10-05 Le Havre AC 2–3 AS Beziers L 2018-09-29 FC Metz 0–1 Le Havre AC W 2018-09-21 Le Havre AC 1–1 ES Troyes AC D 2018-09-14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 0–1 Le Havre AC W

Racing Club de Lens Form

2018-10-27 Le Havre AC 2–1 Racing Club de Lens L 2018-10-22 Racing Club de Lens 5–0 GFC Ajaccio W 2018-10-06 AJ Auxerre 1–2 Racing Club de Lens W 2018-10-02 AS Beziers 0–0 Racing Club de Lens D 2018-09-28 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 Paris FC D 2018-09-24 Chamois Niortais FC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.59 Le Havre AC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.22 Racing Club de Lens xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Le Havre AC48% Draw26% Racing Club de Lens26%
Actual: Le Havre AC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.81
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 77%
23%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 31%
69%
± 4.5 16%
84%

Double Chance

Le Havre AC or Draw
74%
Draw or Racing Club de Lens
52%
Le Havre AC or Racing Club de Lens
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Le Havre AC32% Draw46% Racing Club de Lens22%
Actual: Le Havre AC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.6%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
8.6%
0 – 0
7.9%
2 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
6.9%
0 – 1
6.4%
2 – 2
5.5%
3 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 0
3.9%
3 – 2
3%

Asian Handicap — Le Havre AC

Handicap Le Havre AC covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 21% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 16% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Le Havre AC keeps clean sheet
30% ✓
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.