LE HAVRE. Le Havre didn’t concede much to Valenciennes to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Le Havre was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Arnaud Baert with the assistance of Nicolas Rodrigues and Yassine Nacirdine. The 4th official was Gabriel Henry. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Le Havre was in firm control of the ball 56% while Valenciennes was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Le Havre was was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Le Havre to win the match​.

Le Havre shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Valenciennes shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Le Havre didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Valenciennes received 1 yellow card (E. Ntim).

Standings

After playing this match, Le Havre will have 25 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Valenciennes will have 16 points like Dunkerque and Dijon to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Le Havre will host Amiens SC on the 20th of November with a 7-4 head to head stats in favor of Amiens SC (5 draws).

Valenciennes will host Grenoble Foot 38 on the 20th of November with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Valenciennes (2 draws).

Le Havre – Formation

Le Havre started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Paul Le Guen decided to play with the following team: Yahia Fofana (7.4), Thierno Balde (6.5), Fernand Mayembo (7.4), Pierre Gibaud (7.2), Ismaël Boura (7.0), Amir Richardson (7.0), Victor Lekhal (7.1), Quentin Cornette (6.7), Abdoullah Ba (6.1), Nabil Alioui (6.8) and Khalid Boutaïb (5.9).

The home team had on the bench: Mathieu Gorgelin, Arouna Sangante, Alexandre Bonnet (6.2), Nolan Mbemba (6.6), Himad Abdelli (6.2), Pape Ibnou Ba (6.4), Amadou Samoura (6.4) and A. Samoura.

Le Havre could not rely on the presence of A. Bonnet (injured) and N. Mbemba (injured).

Substitutions

Le Havre made 5 changes: A. Ba for A. Bonnet (63′), I. Boura for N. Mbemba (71′), N. Alioui for A. Samoura (71′), Q. Cornette for H. Abdelli (83′) and K. Boutaib for P. I. Ba (83′).

Best player: Yahia Fofana​

The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was the goalkeeper: Yahia Fofana. His rating is 7.40. He performed 3 saves.

Valenciennes – Formation

Valenciennes started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Regarding the opposition, Olivier Guégan played with: Lucas Chevalier (7.6), Mathieu Debuchy (7.4), Emmanuel Ntim (7.3), Joffrey Cuffaut (7.4), Quentin Lecoeuche (7.1), Mohamed Kaba (7.2), Julien Masson (7.1), Floyd Ayité (6.4), Ilyes Hamache (7.1), Baptiste Guillaume (6.8) and Sambou Yatabare (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Saturnin Allagbe, Laurent Dos Santos (6.8), Ismael Doukoure, Sessi D’Almeida, Noah Diliberto (6.2), Mathis Picouleau (6.7) and Abou Ouattara (6.5).

Valenciennes could not rely on the presence of A. Ouattara (injured).

Substitutions

Valenciennes made 4 changes: F. Ayite for A. Ouattara (9′), B. Guillaume for L. Dos Santos (66′), I. Hamache for M. Picouleau (79′) and S. Yatabare for N. Diliberto (79′).

Best player: Lucas Chevalier​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Valenciennes was the goalkeeper: Lucas Chevalier. His rating is 7.60. He performed 2 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Ajaccio – Dijon – 1-0
• Amiens SC – Caen – 0-0
• Auxerre – Pau – 4-1
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Dunkerque – 1-0
• Guingamp – Bastia – 2-3
• Le Havre – Valenciennes – 0-0
• Niort – Nancy – 1-3
• Paris – Rodez – 1-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Toulouse – 0-0
• Sochaux – Nîmes – 0-1