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' 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	AS Saint-Étienne	12	28
2	AS Nancy-Lorraine	12	25
3	Montpellier HSC	12	24
4	Stade de Reims	12	21
5	Pau FC	12	20
6	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	12	18
7	FC Metz	12	17
8	Red Star FC	12	17
9	FC Annecy	12	16
10	USL Dunkerque	12	15
11	En Avant Guingamp	12	14
12	US Boulogne Côte d'Opale	12	13
13	Rodez Aveyron Football	12	13
14	FC Nantes	12	12
15	Clermont Foot 63	12	11
16	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	12	11
17	Grenoble Foot 38	12	11
18	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC	12	9

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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Racing Club de Lens to score. At the same time, Le Havre AC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Racing Club de Lens side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
15' Alexandre Bonnet has been relatively quiet despite scoring 11 goals in his last 438 appearances.
20' Himad Abdelli is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Racing Club de Lens so far.
24' Saif Touka picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
29' Supporters expect more eagerness from Fernand Mayembo, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
30' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe.
32' Racing Club de Lens ring the changes. Saif Touka has done his job and it is now time for Zakaria Diallo to step up.
37' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
42' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Le Havre AC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
43' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Guillaume Gillet.
45' Racing Club de Lens player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
46' What a strike from Guillaume Gillet! The score is 1-0.
51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
56' Le Havre AC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
61' Jean-Pascal Fontaine catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 61.
66' The Zimbabwe Tinotenda Kadewere breaks the deadlock on 66 minutes. 1-1!
66' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Tony Mauricio exits the field as Mounir Chouiar enters on 66.
71' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
75' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Manuel Perez.
78' Time for substitution for Le Havre AC. Jamal Thiare is replaced by Himad Abdelli.
79' Tinotenda Kadewere puts Le Havre AC on the lead.
82' Another substitution for Le Havre AC to replace Alexandre Bonnet by Amos Youga on 82 minute.
83' Yannick Cahuzac is replacing Manuel Perez for the Racing Club de Lens side.
84' Goal! Barnabas Bese scores his 3 goal in 438 matches.
85' Alan Dzabana has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tinotenda Kadewere on 85 minute.
90' France international Jean-Louis Leca has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
Full Time. Le Havre AC beats Racing Club de Lens

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
Dina Ebimbe
26
Woyo Coulibaly

Bench

Coach Paul Le Guen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Tinotenda Kadewere	2
Andre Ayew	2
Ahmed Hassan Koka	1
Przemyslaw Frankowski	1
Emmanuel Sabbi	1
Goduine Koyalipou	1
Deiver Machado	1
Mehdi Tahrat	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.