RC Lens and Le Havre square up in the 28th round of the Ligue 1 campaign. Both sides could use a good win to lift up the spirit within the team after suffering a couple of poor results. The game will be played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
RC Lens last 5 Ligue 1 results were: LWWLL, while Le Havre's last 5 Ligue 1 results were: LLWLL.
According to the Ligue 1 table, RC Lens are 6th with 42 points in 27 games, while Le Havre are 15th with 27 points in 27 games.
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RC Lens have suffered back-to-back losses in their last 2 league games and at this time of the season, every point is quite critical especially for teams with aspirations of maintaining their European League spots for next season. RC Lens have a golden opportunity to get back on track when they take on 15-th place Le Havre.
RC Lens lost 2-1 to LOSC Lille last weekend away from home. They conceded the opening goal in just 9 minutes and went even further behind by the 60th minute. And Elye Wahi managed to pull one goal back in the 78th minute and the game ended in a defeat for Lens. According to the game stats, RC Lens had 51% possession, 3 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. They also created just 1 big chance all game.
RC Lens have clearly been out of touch in the last 2 games but certainly not against Le Havre. Expect the team to use this game and build back their confidence.
Le Havre
Le Havre are looking relegation bound at the moment. It's a miracle they don't sit at the bottom just yet but sooner rather than later, they certainly will. Record shows Le Havre have won just 1 game in their last 10 in all competitions.
Le Havre played their last match at home against Montpellier and they lost 2-0 at the end. They conceded both goals in the 72nd and 80th minute and it was too late for them to even think of a response. According to the stats, Le Havre had 53% possession, 3 shots on target and 6 corner kicks. They created 0 big chances but managed to hit the woodwork once during the game.
Le Havre are already written off in this fixture but just maybe they are capable of proving everyone wrong.
Head to Head
According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings between both clubs, Le Havre won 8 matches while RC Lens won 4 matches and they drew 8 matches.
Analysis and Predictions
RC Lens are quite poor at the moment but not to the extent of losing to Le Havre at home. So this should be their recovery ticket back to form once again.
According to the h2h streak, Lens are unbeaten by Le Havre in the last 3 meetings. Also 4 of their last 5 matches ended with less than 4.5 cards.
- RC Lens to Win at 1.627 Odds
- RC Lens to Score Over 1.5 Goals at 1.76 Odds
- RC Lens to Win 2-0 at 7.00 Odds