Le Havre vs Brest - prediction, team news, lineups

Le Havre big Brest astatine Stade Oceane connected Saturday successful the 3rd circular of the Ligue 1 season, with some sides searching for their archetypal triumph of the campaign.

Didier Digard's broadside earned an encouraging constituent distant to Lyon past weekend, portion the visitors were held to a 2nd successive 2-2 gully contempt producing immoderate of the strongest attacking numbers successful the part during the opening 2 rounds.

Match preview

Le Havre began the run with a constrictive 1-0 location decision to Monaco earlier producing a much encouraging show astatine Lyon.

Mbwana Samatta enactment the Dean Club up successful the 74th infinitesimal and they were adjacent to securing an important 3 points, earlier Lois Openda's precocious equaliser denied them aft uncovering the nett 3 minutes from the extremity of mean time.

It was further grounds of Le Havre's resilience, having present drawn 7 of their past 11 league games dating backmost to past season, but the occupation is converting those draws into wins, having been victorious successful lone 1 of those matches portion losing three.

However, location has not offered overmuch comfortableness to the hosts for a while, having failed to triumph immoderate of their past six astatine Stade Oceane dating backmost to past campaign, losing and drafting 3 each, and they present question to debar consecutive defeats successful their opening 2 location matches.

Their past location clash with Brest volition connection immoderate optimism, having won 1-0 backmost successful October 2025, ending a tally of 2 consecutive defeats arsenic hosts successful this fixture.

Meanwhile, Brest volition anticipation they tin yet transverse the enactment astatine the 3rd attempt, having drawn their opening 2 league games against Le Mans and Toulouse.

Julien Lachuer's broadside recorded a 2-2 gully successful their opening crippled against Le Mans earlier repeating that scoreline successful past weekend's 2-2 gully with Toulouse, this clip acknowledgment to a precocious equaliser from Ludovic Ajorque.

It was a crippled dominated by Brest successful presumption of attacking intent, having attempted 27 shots, putting 7 connected target, portion they created six large chances and accumulated 3.04 xG, portion limiting Toulouse to six shots, 2 connected people and 1.14 xG.

However, that effect extended their winless tally successful the league to 11 matches (D5, L6), the longest ongoing streak successful the competition, though avoiding decision connected Saturday would spot them spell unbeaten done their opening 3 games for the archetypal clip since 2019-20.

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Team News

Le Havre are expected to proceed with the 3-4-2-1 strategy utilized successful their opening matches, with Lionel Mpasi-Nzau successful extremity and Ayumu Seko, Timothee Pembele and Ahmed Touba forming the antiaircraft trio.

Junior Mwanga, Amir Richardson, Simon Ebonog and Rassoul Ndiaye are expected to beryllium the 4 successful the middle, portion Kaito Mizuta and Djibril Ouziad supply enactment for Mbwana Samatta successful attack.

Stephan Zagadou remains retired with a cruciate ligament wounded and is not expected backmost until aboriginal 2027, portion Felix Mambimbi is recovering from an Achilles occupation and Abdoulaye Toure is retired with a genu issue.

Brest stay without Brendan Chardonnet due to the fact that of a calf injury, portion Justin Bourgault is doubtful, and the lack of Chardonnet leaves Gautier Lloris and Raphael Le Guen arsenic the expected cardinal antiaircraft pairing.

However, Romain Del Castillo, who was a large originative and set-piece influence, departed for Osasuna astatine the extremity of the window, leaving Mama Balde arsenic the apt campaigner for the close broadside of the attacking 3 alongside Kamory Doumbia and Pathe Mboup down Ajorque.

Le Havre imaginable starting lineup:

Mpasi-Nzau; Seko, Pembele, Touba; Mwanga, Ebonog, Richardson, Ndiaye; Ouziad, Mizuta; Samatta

Brest imaginable starting lineup:

Mpasi-Nzau; Seko, Pembele, Touba; Mwanga, Ebonog, Richardson, Ndiaye; Ouziad, Mizuta; Samatta

We say: Le Havre 1-2 Brest

Le Havre's improved antiaircraft organisation astatine Lyon should forestall this from becoming different high-scoring Brest performance, but the underlying numbers marque it hard to disregard the visitors' attacking advantage.

The hosts should marque the contention uncomfortable, but the visitors' measurement of chances should yet tell, portion they besides clasp a set-piece threat, making them the much apt broadside to assertion their archetypal triumph of the season.
 

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