Le Havre vs Angers - prediction, team news, lineups

Le Havre invited Angers SCO II to the Stade Oceane connected Saturday evening for circular 4 of the 2026-27 Ligue 1 campaign.

In their latest league outing, Le Club Doyen fell to a 2-1 decision astatine location to Brest, portion Les Noirs et Blancs mislaid by the aforesaid scoreline against Stade Rennais astatine the Stade Raymond-Kopa.

Match preview

Having narrowly avoided the driblet past season, finishing conscionable 3 points supra Nice who occupied the relegation playoff place, it looks apt that Le Havre are going to beryllium warring towards the ft of the array erstwhile again successful the 2026-27 campaign.

Following their 1-0 decision against array toppers AS Monaco connected the opening weekend, Didier Digard’s men looked to person steadied the vessel with a respectable people gully distant to Olympique Lyonnais, but aft losing 2-1 to Brest astatine the Stade Oceane connected Saturday evening, Le Havre’s league run is starting to look bleak.

Earning 1 constituent from their archetypal 3 league outings, Le Club Doyen are presently sat a lowly 16th in Ligue 1 table, though with important fixtures against each of the 2 sides beneath them wrong the adjacent month, they volition surely beryllium looking to ascent distant from occupation successful the adjacent future.

For Le Havre, the perfect commencement to that upcoming docket would beryllium a triumph against Angers this Saturday and having failed to suffer immoderate of their erstwhile 4 matches against Les Noir et Blancs, including a 2-1 triumph erstwhile these sides past met astatine the Stade Oceane, the hosts volition beryllium assured they tin bash conscionable that.

Although they experienced a precise akin 2025-26 Ligue 1 run to their opponents, finishing conscionable 1 constituent amended disconnected than Le Club Doyen successful the league standings, Angers volition beryllium somewhat much contented with their commencement to the latest season.

After besides losing their archetypal lucifer of the run to 1 of the division’s apical teams, falling to a 2-0 decision against LOSC Lille astatine the Stade Raymond-Kopa, Stephane Gilli’s broadside bounced backmost impressively by claiming their archetypal triumph astatine the Stade l’Abbe-Deschamps for implicit a decade, posting a 3-1 triumph distant to Auxerre.

However, having followed up that effect with different location decision past weekend, losing 2-1 against Rennes, Le SCO are backmost dwindling successful the bottommost fractional of the league array and with immoderate investigating upcoming fixtures, the visitors volition beryllium wanting to debar slipping further erstwhile they conscionable Le Havre connected Saturday evening.

Although they are winless successful each of their erstwhile 4 meetings with Le Club Doyen, Angers person lone mislaid 2 of their latest 8 against Saturday’s opponents and claimed a 1-0 triumph erstwhile these sides met astatine the Stade Oceane successful December 2024.

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Team News

Le Havre are dealing with a somewhat depleted squad, including goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi-Nzau and guardant Felix Mambimbi who are some sidelined with Achilles tendon injuries.

French defender Stephan Zagadou continues to beryllium retired with a cruciate ligament contented sustained successful April, portion Abdoulaye Toure remains unavailable owed to a genu problem.

Having been issued a consecutive reddish paper conscionable earlier the interruption successful Saturday’s nonaccomplishment to Brest, 23-year-old midfielder Junior Mwanga volition service a suspension and is truthful ruled retired of this weekend’s clash.

On the different hand, Angers are enjoying a comparatively abbreviated wounded database having not experienced immoderate caller issues wrong the squad truthful acold this season.

After suffering a thigh occupation successful pre-season, Algerian midfielder Haris Belkebla underwent country successful July and arsenic a effect volition beryllium retired for astatine slightest different week.

Returning to afloat archetypal squad grooming pursuing country connected his near meniscus successful May, 24-year-old Frenchman Louis Mouton is nearing a instrumentality to the matchday squad, though it is improbable to hap connected Saturday.

Le Havre imaginable starting lineup:

Gallon; Seko, Sasso, Touba; Jelert, Ebonog, Richardson, Pembele; Ndiaye, Samatta; Maja

Angers imaginable starting lineup:

Lopes; Arcus, Camara, Lefort, Kalulu; Belkhdim, van den Boomen; Allevinah, Sbai, Bermont; El Ouazzani

We say: Le Havre 2-0 Angers

With it presently looking apt that some sides volition beryllium warring the driblet successful the second stages of the campaign, Saturday's contention could beryllium to beryllium monumental travel May, adjacent if lone 3 matches person been played this season.

Although the visitors caput into the clash having experienced a somewhat amended commencement to the campaign, we are backing Le Havre to assertion their archetypal triumph of the play this play up of a important tally of fixtures.

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