Le Havre vs Lens Prediction and Betting Tips | January 12th 2025

Le Havre take on Lens in a Ligue 1 match at the Stade Oceane this Sunday. Le Havre are currently struggling for traction in the league and sit in 17th place, one above rock bottom.

Lens, meanwhile, are currently in seventh place, and are still chasing a European qualification spot this season.

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

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

• Le Havre's home record against Lens is pretty solid. Lens have not won in their last six visits to the Stade Oceane, although it is worth noting that the two most recent games there ended in 0-0 draws.
• Last weekend saw Le Havre thumped 5-1 at the hands of Marseille. The loss was actually their fifth one in a row if you take into account their Coupe de France defeat to Stade Briochin.
• If you discount Lens' penalty shoot-out defeat to Paris St. Germain in the Coupe de France, their defeat to Toulouse last weekend was their first since November 23, when they fell to Marseille.
• Le Havre are Ligue 1's lowest-scoring side this season. They have only managed 12 goals in total to date, and in their recent sequence of five defeats, they have only scored twice.
• No goalkeeper has kept more clean sheets this season than Lens' Brice Samba, who has kept seven thus far. In fact, only league leaders Paris St. Germain have a better defensive record than Lens, who have conceded just 15 goals thus far.

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Le Havre vs Lens Prediction

Not only are Le Havre on a five-game slide coming into this one, but they also boast the worst home record in Ligue 1, having only won twice at the Stade Oceane.

It's hard to see them turning things around here. They are profligate in front of goal, and while Lens aren't the most deadly attacking outfit, they do have the second-tightest defense in the league.

Lens are admittedly not in the best form recently, having lost to Toulouse last weekend, but it seems likely that they'll turn things back around here. We expect an away win in this one.

Prediction: Le Havre 0-2 Lens

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Le Havre vs Lens Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Lens to win.

Tip 2: Lens to keep a clean sheet - Yes (Lens have the second-best defensive record in Ligue 1 while Le Havre are the competition's lowest scorers).

Tip 3: Lens to score fewer than 2.5 goals - Yes (Lens have only scored more than two goals in a game once this season).