Saturday , 14 November 2026

Le Havre AC vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 1 · 2024-25
Le Havre AC
1 – 2
Full Time
Racing Club de Lens
Sun 12 Jan 2025 · 14:00 UTC Stade Oceane 19,617 HT 45' · FT 45'
Andre Ayew 8' 1–0
1–1 28' Goduine Koyalipou
1–2 77' Deiver Machado
Y 13' Adrien Thomasson
Andre Ayew 34' Y
Etienne Youte Kinkoue 62' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Le Havre AC vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Stade Oceane.

Match Details

  • Referee Clement Turpin
  • Assistant 1 Nicolas Danos
  • Assistant 2 Christophe Mouysset
16 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 10.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 10 23
2 Lille OSC 10 21
3 Paris FC 10 20
4 Olympique de Marseille 10 18
5 Olympique Lyonnais 10 17
6 OGC Nice 10 17
7 AS Monaco FC 10 16
8 Stade Rennais FC 1901 10 16
9 Stade Brestois 29 10 15
10 FC Lorient 10 15
11 Racing Club de Lens 10 13
12 Toulouse FC 10 13
13 RC Strasbourg Alsace 10 10
14 AJ Auxerre 10 10
15 Le Mans FC 10 8
16 Angers SCO 10 8
17 ES Troyes AC 10 8
18 Le Havre AC 10 2

Head-to-Head

7
5
6
Le Havre AC 18 games · Avg 2.9 goals Racing Club de Lens
Last 5 meetings
2025-01-12 Le Havre AC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens 2024-04-06 Racing Club de Lens 1–1 Le Havre AC 2023-10-20 Le Havre AC 0–0 Racing Club de Lens 2020-01-31 Le Havre AC 0–0 Racing Club de Lens 2019-08-17 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 Le Havre AC

Recent Form

Le Havre AC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Jan Racing Club de Lens H 1–2 L
05 Jan Olympique de Marseille A 1–5 L
15 Dec RC Strasbourg Alsace H 0–3 L
07 Dec OGC Nice A 1–2 L
01 Dec Angers SCO H 0–1 L
24 Nov FC Nantes A 2–0 W
Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Jan Le Havre AC A 2–1 W
05 Jan Toulouse FC H 0–1 L
14 Dec AJ Auxerre A 2–2 D
08 Dec Montpellier HSC H 2–0 W
29 Nov Stade de Reims A 2–0 W
23 Nov Olympique de Marseille H 1–3 L

Season Stats

Le Havre AC Racing Club de Lens
#18 Position #11
2 Points 13
10 Played 10
0 / 2 / 8 W / D / L 4 / 1 / 5
9 Scored 17
22 Conceded 15
-13 GD +2
0.20 PPG 1.30
0% Win % 40%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
10% Clean Sheets
Le Havre AC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season

Le Havre AC are 18th (2 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 11th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Le Havre AC
0-15
–/4
16-30
1/3
31-45
–/2
46-60
–/6
61-75
3/3
76+
5/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Racing Club de Lens
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
4/4
46-60
5/2
61-75
2/2
76+
3/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Le Havre AC
Josh Maja 4 G
Rayan Fofana 2 G 1 A
Mbwana Samatta 2 G
Racing Club de Lens
Florian Thauvin 5 G 8 A
Matthieu Udol 2 G
Franjo Ivanovic 2 G
Saud Abdulhamid 1 G
Pierre Ganiou 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at Stade Oceane. Le Havre AC are looking to make home advantage count against Racing Club de Lens.
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Le Havre AC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 8' Andre Ayew doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 13' The referee has no hesitation. Adrien Thomasson is booked for Racing Club de Lens — card on 13.
  • 18' Przemyslaw Frankowski is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Le Havre AC so far.
  • 23' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 28' Goduine Koyalipou is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the forward.
  • 33' It looks surprising Racing Club de Lens does not make any changes. Facundo Medina has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 34' The referee has no hesitation. Andre Ayew is booked for Le Havre AC — card on 34.
  • 39' It looks like no one’s ball. Le Havre AC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 44' Andy Diouf has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 435 appearances.
  • 49' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 49 minutes.
  • 54' Le Havre AC have won 318 goals from 437 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 57' The Racing Club de Lens manager makes a substitution. Anass Zaroury departs to be replaced by Hamzat Ojediran.
  • 62' Etienne Youte Kinkoue has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 62.
  • 67' 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.
  • 68' M'Bala Nzola is replacing Goduine Koyalipou for the Racing Club de Lens side.
  • 72' The crowd applauds Andre Ayew as he leaves the pitch. Oussama Targhalline steps in for Le Havre AC.
  • 76' Racing Club de Lens manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jonathan Gradit is hanging Adrien Thomasson on the field on 76 minute.
  • 77' The deadlock is broken! Deiver Machado gets on the scoresheet on 77 minutes.
  • 82' 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.
  • 83' Josue Casimir has so much to prove this time. He replaces Loic Nego on 83 minute.
  • 84' The Le Havre AC bench stirs into life. Abdoulaye Toure is withdrawn and Issa Soumare gets his opportunity.
  • 89' Le Havre AC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Le Havre AC Lineups

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Digard

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Will Still

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Andre Ayew 2
Tinotenda Kadewere 2
Emmanuel Sabbi 1
Goduine Koyalipou 1
Deiver Machado 1
Mehdi Tahrat 1
Ruben Aguilar 1
Harold Moukoudi 1

Head to Head

2025-01-12 Le Havre AC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens 2024-04-06 Racing Club de Lens 1–1 Le Havre AC 2023-10-20 Le Havre AC 0–0 Racing Club de Lens 2020-01-31 Le Havre AC 0–0 Racing Club de Lens 2019-08-17 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 Le Havre AC

Le Havre AC Form

2025-01-12 Le Havre AC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens L 2025-01-05 Olympique de Marseille 5–1 Le Havre AC L 2024-12-15 Le Havre AC 0–3 RC Strasbourg Alsace L 2024-12-07 OGC Nice 2–1 Le Havre AC L 2024-12-01 Le Havre AC 0–1 Angers SCO L 2024-11-24 FC Nantes 0–2 Le Havre AC W

Racing Club de Lens Form

2025-01-12 Le Havre AC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens W 2025-01-05 Racing Club de Lens 0–1 Toulouse FC L 2024-12-14 AJ Auxerre 2–2 Racing Club de Lens D 2024-12-08 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 Montpellier HSC W 2024-11-29 Stade de Reims 0–2 Racing Club de Lens W 2024-11-23 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 Olympique de Marseille L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.97 Le Havre AC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.03 Racing Club de Lens xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Le Havre AC21% Draw25% Racing Club de Lens54%
Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 3
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Le Havre AC or Draw
46%
Draw or Racing Club de Lens
79%
Le Havre AC or Racing Club de Lens
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Le Havre AC15% Draw42% Racing Club de Lens43%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.6%
0 – 2
10.1%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
9.5%
0 – 3
6.7%
0 – 0
6.6%
1 – 3
6.5%
2 – 2
4.6%
2 – 1
4.6%
1 – 0
4.1%
0 – 4
3.4%
1 – 4
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Le Havre AC

Handicap Le Havre AC covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 4% 94%
-1.5 6% — 94%
-1 6% 11% 84%
-0.5 16% — 84%
+0.5 40% — 60%
+1 40% 23% 37%
+1.5 63% — 37%
+2 63% 19% 19%
+2.5 81% — 19%

Clean Sheet

Le Havre AC keeps clean sheet
14% ✓
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
38% ✓

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