📊 Form Guide

Havre AC

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Havre AC are hoping to win again after their last result, a 3-4 Ligue 1 triumph vs RC Lens.

In that match, Havre AC managed 31% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Havre AC, the goalscorers were Issa Soumaré (28'), André Ayew (33'), Josué Casimir (62') and Koka (91'). On the other side, Lens got 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. Neil El Aynaoui (3'), Ruben Aguilar (19') and Florian Sotoca (48') scored for RC Lens.

Matches involving Havre AC have proved to be lively ones of late with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past six clashes, a grand total of 22 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 9 of those accredited to Havre AC.

Leading up to this clash, Havre AC:

• have not been beaten in the league by St Etienne in their last 3 matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 7 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.

St Etienne

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Nice in Ligue 1 action, St Etienne will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, St Etienne had 62% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For St Etienne, goals were scored by Lucas Stassin (32') and Mickaël Nadé (52' Own goal). On the other side, Nice got 17 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Pablo Rosario (10') and Evann Guessand (69') scored for Nice.

Demonstrating their involvement in high-scoring matches, goals have been seen as many as 25 times in the previous six matches in which St Etienne have played, yielding a mean average of 4.17 goals per fixture. Opposition teams have hit 18 from this total. Putting that to one side, time will tell whether that trend shall continue on in this upcoming match.

Their previous form shows that St Etienne:

• haven't been beaten by Havre AC in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 14 league games. They clearly need to do something about it.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 16/05/2004 shows us that Havre AC have won 3 of these and St Etienne 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 13 of them from Le club doyen and 8 coming from Les Verts. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 2 on 24/08/2024 and the score finished St Etienne 0-2 Havre AC.

That day, St Etienne managed 59% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Havre AC got 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Abdoulaye Touré (57') and Arouna Sangante (67') scored.

The match was refereed by Florent Batta.

ℹ️ Team News: Havre AC

In all likelihood, Le club doyen will possibly make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match featuring Mathieu Gorgelin, Loic Nego, E. Youte Kinkoue, Gautier Lloris, Fode Ballo-Toure, Josue Casimir, Abdoulaye Toure, Yassine Kechta, Mahamadou Diawara, Issa Soumare and Ahmed Hassan Koka.

📰 Team News: St Etienne

We’re of the thinking that Les Verts seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Gautier Larsonneur, Yvann Macon, Maxime Bernauer, Mickael Nade, Leo Petrot, Pierre Ekwah, Aimen Moueffek, Irvin Cardona, Benjamin Bouchouari, Zuriko Davitashvili and Lucas Stassin.

💡 Prediction

We believe that St Etienne will really need to work well to hit the back of the net against this Havre AC outfit who we reckon should score & stay on top.

We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought 1-0 win for Havre AC at the end of this one.

We’ll see what happens.

Renata Leite, 16:06 09/03/2025