📊 Form Guide

Havre AC

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Havre AC will be wanting a better result here following the 2-1 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Clermont Foot.

In that game, Havre AC managed 60% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Havre AC was André Ayew (45'). For their opponents, Clermont Foot had 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Muhammed Cham (12', 45') was the scorer for Clermont Foot.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Havre AC haven’t conceded. The facts show that Havre AC have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals during that time. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Their prior results show that Havre AC:

• have not lost a league tie with Montpellier in their previous 3 matches.
• have not registered a win against Montpellier in their previous 4 league matches.

Montpellier

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 action, Montpellier will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Montpellier managed 33% possession and 12 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Montpellier, the goals were scored by Arnaud Nordin (30') and Téji Savanier (45'). Paris Saint-Germain got 16 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Vitinha (14'), Kylian Mbappé (22', 50', 63'), Kang-in Lee (53') and Nuno Mendes (89') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Proving their appetite for productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 26 times in the last six games in which Montpellier have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 4.33 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have managed 15 of these goals.

Ahead of this meeting, Montpellier have not emerged victorious against Havre AC in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 12/05/2006 shows us that Havre AC have won 2 of them and Montpellier 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined sum of 11 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 of them from Le club doyen and 4 being from La Paillade. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 1 on 13/08/2023 when the final score was Montpellier 2-2 Havre AC.

On that occasion, Montpellier had 58% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Akor Adams (58', 60').

On the other side, Havre AC had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Gautier Lloris (5') and Samuel Grandsir (90') scored.

The match was refereed by Clément Turpin.

ℹ️ Team News: Havre AC

There’s just one fitness concern for the Havre AC boss Luka Elsner to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Andy Logbo (Cruciate ligament tear) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Montpellier

Due to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Montpellier manager Michel Der Zakarian has zero fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Montpellier and Havre AC could find scoring goals difficult here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We therefore see a close game with a 0-0 score at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 12:04 31/03/2024