Racing Club de Lens vs Le Havre AC, Ligue 2 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2019-20

Racing Club de Lens

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Full Time

Le Havre AC

Sat 17 Aug 2019 · 13:00 UTC HT 45+6' · FT 45+6'

Saif Touka 24' Y

Y 30' Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe

Guillaume Gillet 43' Y

Steven Fortes 45' Y

Y 61' Jean-Pascal Fontaine

Manuel Perez 75' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Racing Club de Lens 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Le Havre AC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Sylvain Palhies
Referee Julien Rouquette
Referee Michel Dolmadjian
Referee Ludovic Reyes

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	ES Troyes AC	34	67
2	Le Mans FC	34	62
3	SC Bastia	34	28
4	Amiens SC	34	24
5	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	0	0
6	FC Metz	0	0
7	FC Nantes	0	0
8	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	0	0
9	AS Saint-Étienne	0	0
10	Red Star FC	0	0
11	Rodez Aveyron Football	0	0
12	Stade de Reims	0	0
13	FC Annecy	0	0
14	Montpellier HSC	0	0
15	Pau FC	0	0
16	USL Dunkerque	0	0
17	En Avant Guingamp	0	0
18	Grenoble Foot 38	0	0
19	Clermont Foot 63	0	0
20	AS Nancy-Lorraine	0	0
21	US Boulogne Cote d'Opale	0	0
22	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC	0	0

Head-to-Head

Racing Club de Lens 18 games · Avg 2.9 goals Le Havre AC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-17 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 Le Havre AC 2019-04-01 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 Le Havre AC 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

Recent Form

Racing Club de Lens

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Aug	Le Havre AC	H	1–3	L
10 Aug	Clermont Foot 63	A	1–1	D
03 Aug	En Avant Guingamp	H	2–0	W
27 Jul	Le Mans FC	A	2–1	W
02 Jun	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	A	1–3	L
30 May	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	H	1–1	D

Le Havre AC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Aug	Racing Club de Lens	A	3–1	W
09 Aug	ES Troyes AC	A	2–1	W
02 Aug	Chamois Niortais FC	H	1–1	D
26 Jul	AC Ajaccio	A	2–2	D
17 May	FC Lorient	H	2–3	L
10 May	Valenciennes FC	A	0–1	L

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Racing Club de Lens and Le Havre AC get this one started.
5' Alan Dzabana has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
10' Gaetan Robail needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
20' Racing Club de Lens currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
24' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Saif Touka.
29' 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.
30' That is a Yellow card for Le Havre AC. Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe will be fuming at that decision.
32' The crowd applauds Saif Touka as he leaves the pitch. Zakaria Diallo steps in for Racing Club de Lens.
37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jamal Thiare, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
42' Le Havre AC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
43' Guillaume Gillet picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
45' That is a Yellow card for Racing Club de Lens. Steven Fortes will be fuming at that decision.
46' Guillaume Gillet puts Racing Club de Lens on the lead.
51' Both keepers have barely been tested. Racing Club de Lens and Le Havre AC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
56' The travelling Le Havre AC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
61' Controversy at the stadium! Jean-Pascal Fontaine argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
66' Assisted by Jamal Thiare with the perfectly-timed delivery and Tinotenda Kadewere makes no mistake. 1-1!
66' A tactical swap from Racing Club de Lens — Mounir Chouiar on, Tony Mauricio off on 66 minutes.
71' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Racing Club de Lens and Le Havre AC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
75' A meaty challenge results in booking for Manuel Perez on 75.
78' Time for substitution for Le Havre AC. Jamal Thiare is replaced by Himad Abdelli.
79' Assisted by Jean-Pascal Fontaine with the perfectly-timed delivery and Tinotenda Kadewere makes no mistake. 1-2!
82' Another substitution for Le Havre AC to replace Alexandre Bonnet by Amos Youga on 82 minute.
83' Time for substitution for Racing Club de Lens. Manuel Perez is replaced by Yannick Cahuzac.
84' Magnificent from Barnabas Bese! That is 3 goals in 428 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
85' The Le Havre AC bench stirs into life. Tinotenda Kadewere is withdrawn and Alan Dzabana gets his opportunity.
90' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Racing Club de Lens 1-3 Le Havre AC.

Lineups

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

Le Havre AC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Mathieu Gorgelin
15
Samba Camara
25
Barnabas Bese
17
Alexandre Bonnet C ↓ Amos Youga 82'
7
Jean-Pascal Fontaine
24
Pape Gueye
5
Fernand Mayembo
14
Jamal Thiare ↓ Himad Abdelli 78'
11
Tinotenda Kadewere ↓ Alan Dzabana 85'
23
Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe
26
Woyo Coulibaly

Bench

Coach Paul Le Guen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Andre Ayew	2
Tinotenda Kadewere	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	1
Emmanuel Sabbi	1
Goduine Koyalipou	1
Deiver Machado	1
Mehdi Tahrat	1
Ruben Aguilar	1

Head to Head

Racing Club de Lens Form

2019-08-17 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 Le Havre AC L 2019-08-10 Clermont Foot 63 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D 2019-08-03 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 En Avant Guingamp W 2019-07-27 Le Mans FC 1–2 Racing Club de Lens W 2019-06-02 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 3–1 Racing Club de Lens L 2019-05-30 Racing Club de Lens 1–1 Dijon Football Cote d'Or D

Le Havre AC Form

2019-08-17 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 Le Havre AC W 2019-08-09 ES Troyes AC 1–2 Le Havre AC W 2019-08-02 Le Havre AC 1–1 Chamois Niortais FC D 2019-07-26 AC Ajaccio 2–2 Le Havre AC D 2019-05-17 Le Havre AC 2–3 FC Lorient L 2019-05-10 Valenciennes FC 1–0 Le Havre AC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.22 Racing Club de Lens xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.54 Le Havre AC xG

I would bet for: Racing Club de Lens or Le Havre AC 72% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Racing Club de Lens30% Draw28% Le Havre AC42%

Actual: Le Havre AC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.76

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Racing Club de Lens or Draw

58%

Draw or Le Havre AC

70%

Racing Club de Lens or Le Havre AC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Racing Club de Lens22% Draw46% Le Havre AC32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

0 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

8.8%

0 – 0

8.3%

0 – 2

7.4%

2 – 1

6.9%

1 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

5.4%

2 – 0

4.6%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

3.7%

2 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Racing Club de Lens

Handicap	Racing Club de Lens covers	Push	Le Havre AC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	16%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	21%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Le Havre AC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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