Le Havre vs OGC Nice Prediction: It's going to be tight

Title contenders OGC Nice travel to the Stade Oceane stadium to face Le Havre in a league match. Nice have not played in the Stade Oceane stadium since 2008 when they suffered a 1:0 defeat against Le Havre. At the moment, there's a huge difference in quality between the two teams, which makes up for a lot of belief that this should be an easy fixture for OGC Nice.

Le Havre will be aiming for a win by all means necessary, after suffering 2 defeats in their last 2 matches and going without a win in their last 4 league games. While OGC Nice have a lot of confidence in picking up their second win after beating Stade Reims last weekend.

Le Havre

Le Havre has a lot to lose by losing this game. They are not at their best at the moment after they only managed to record 1 win in their last 5 league games. Since their 2:1 win over Toulouse last month, they played 2 goalless draws against AS Monaco and Nantes. And later they lost both games against PSG and Strasbourg.

The game against Strasbourg was the most recent match for Le Havre. And the game ended in a 2:1 defeat away from home. Yoann Salmier was on target in the 49th minute to bring Le Havre level on the scoreline. But they fell to a late goal in the 97th minute and lost the game.

It would be a tough test for Le Havre against a strong team such as OGC Nice and a draw might just be enough for them. Le Havre have beaten Lyon on both visits to the Stade Oceane. But can they repeat such results against the current OGC Nice side?

According to the league table, Le Havre are in 11th position, having 16 points from 15 league matches. Overall, they have 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats this season.

OGC Nice

OGC Nice will be hoping to show their worth and put this game to bed excellently. For a team with ambitions of winning the league title, putting away teams on the lower end of the table should be a daily routine.

OGC Nice are the superior team no doubt. They also come with better stats, not excellent but better than that of Le Havre. In 5 matches, they recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The 2:0 win against Stade Rennes, was followed by a goalless draw against Montpellier. Then they won Toulouse 1:0 before losing to Nantes by the same scoreline and then finally, they won their last game against Reims.

OGC Nice beat Reims 2:1 in their last match. Gaetan Laborde gave Nice the lead in the 55th minute and they conceded the equalizer in the 78th minute. Shortly after came the winner through Jeremie Boga in the 82nd minute.

At the moment, a win for OGC Nice seems to be the most likely outcome of this encounter. Their last meeting was in May 2009 and they played a goalless draw.

OGC Nice remain 2nd on the Ligue 1 table with 32 points from 15 games, 4 points behind leaders PSG. They have 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat this season.

Head to Head

There have been only 5 matches played between OGC Nice and Le Havre in the past. Le Havre won 3 matches, OGC Nice won 1 and they both drew 1 match.

Analysis and Predictions

This is a huge test for both sides and especially for OGC Nice who are not only visitors but have more to lose if this game doesn't go their way. They can't afford a wider margin against a team like PSG.

Le Havre have seen less than 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 7 league matches and OGC Nice have seen the same amount of goals in 9 of their last 10 matches.

The striking force of both teams would determine how this game would end. But at the moment, both teams are struggling in front of the net which means there won't be too many goals at the end of full time.

• Away Over 4 Corners at 1 68 Odds
• Both Teams to score No at 1.70 Odds
• Correct Score 0:1 at 5.50 Odds