Le Havre vs Auxerre Prediction and Betting Tips | September 1st 2024

Le Havre play host to Auxerre in a Ligue 1 game at the Stade Oceane this Sunday. Competing in their second Ligue 1 campaign following their promotion in 2022-23, Le Havre bounced back from a tricky opening match to record a strong win last weekend. They beat Saint-Etienne 0-2.

Newly-promoted Auxerre, meanwhile, defeated Nice in an upset on the opening weekend, but fell to Nantes last weekend, being reduced to ten men in the process.

So which of these sides will come out on top this weekend?

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Le Havre vs Auxerre Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Le Havre's last home game against Auxerre did not end well for them. In a Ligue 2 game in May 2022, they fell to a 1-2 defeat despite their visitors being reduced to ten men. In fact, they have not beaten Auxerre at home since 2020.
• Recent games between Le Havre and Auxerre have tended to feature poor discipline. There have been a remarkable five red cards in the last six meetings between these sides.
• On the surface, Le Havre's 1-4 loss to Paris St. Germain in their opening game this season was poor. However, they actually held the reigning champions at 1-1 until the 85th minute, and then conceded three goals in the final five minutes.
• Auxerre, in contrast, left it to late on to win their opening match against Nice. The game appeared to be heading for a draw before Lasso Coulibaly struck a winner in the 95th minute.
• If Auxerre can pull off a win here, it'll be the first time since the 2005-06 season that they'll have won two of their first three Ligue 1 games. That season saw them finish an impressive 6th, something that would be remarkable this time around.

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Le Havre vs Auxerre Prediction

Despite contrasting results last weekend, both of these teams will be hopeful of a positive result here, being relatively closely matched on paper.

Le Havre will enjoy the home advantage, of course, and will come into this game off the back of a win. However, they have only beaten Auxerre in three of their 28 games against them in Ligue 1, meaning history is against them.

Overall, this game could definitely go either way, but the most likely outcome is that both teams pick up their first draw of the new campaign.

Prediction: Le Havre 1-1 Auxerre

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Le Havre vs Auxerre Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Draw.

Tip 2: Both teams to score - Yes (Both teams have scored in the last four games between Le Havre and Auxerre).

Tip 3: Game to feature at least one red card - Yes (There have been five red cards in the last six meetings between these sides, and Auxerre were reduced to ten men in their most recent Ligue 1 match).