Le Havre vs Monaco - prediction, team news, lineups

Competing successful their 4th consecutive Ligue 1 campaign, Le Havre volition unfastened their 2026-27 relationship connected Sunday erstwhile they invited Monaco to Stade Oceane.

The Normandy nine finished 3 points supra the relegation playoff enactment past season, successful 14th place, portion Monaco were seventh, claiming the last Conference League qualifying place.

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While Le Havre person scraped by domestically, narrowly surviving relegation clip and again, they person consistently done capable to enactment supra that line.

Even though they person not finished higher than 14th successful the array nether Didier Digard, past play they racked up 35 points, their champion since the contention determination to a 34-match campaign.

They person points successful six of their past 7 matches successful this contention but collected maximum points successful lone 1 of those instances (2-0 astatine Lorient).

Le Havre tin drawback a five-match winless tally astatine location successful Ligue 1 connected Sunday, collecting a full of 3 points implicit that stretch.

While they are seldom retired of a game, the Normandy broadside are often their ain worst enemy, committing the second-most fouls per crippled (13.7) successful the league past season.

Les Ciel et Marine are unbeaten successful their past 5 location meetings against Les Monegasques crossed each competitions, earning a 0-0 gully successful this nonstop fixture past season.

There were stretches of bully signifier from Monaco successful 2025-26, but ultimately, they paid the terms for their deficiency of consistency.

It volition beryllium up to Filipe Luis to bring backmost immoderate stableness to this radical arsenic the Copa Libertadores-winning manager with Flamengo takes implicit a squad that a play agone had their worst top-flight decorativeness since 2019-20 (ninth).

Les Monegasques person dropped points successful 3 of their past 4 distant matches successful this competition, conceding a combined 12 goals altogether.

Discipline has often been their Achilles heel, with this squad incurring the second-most reddish cards successful the league successful 2025-26 (six).

Monaco had their stock of bully opportunities successful beforehand of extremity domestically successful 2025-26, winning the second-most possessions successful the last 3rd portion creating the fifth-most large chances.

The Principality nine person won their opening distant lucifer successful this contention successful 3 of the past 4 instances but mislaid past play 1-0 astatine Lille.

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Team News

For this opening fixture, Le Havre volition beryllium without Stephan Zagadou, who is recovering from a cruciate ligament teardrop and Felix Mambimbi is retired aft suffering an Achilles tendon injury.

Amir Richardson is apt to marque his archetypal quality successful Ligue 1 since the 2023-24 play with Reims, aft the Moroccan rejoined them connected indebtedness this summer, portion newcomer Junior Mwanga volition beryllium anxious to impressment having signed from Strasbourg.

Monaco volition beryllium missing Mohammed Salisu, who is recovering from a cruciate ligament tear, and we apt won’t spot Takumi Minamino for that aforesaid reason, portion the nine terminated the declaration of Paul Pogba.

Folarin Balogun remains heavy linked with a transfer as helium looks to instrumentality to afloat fitness, with Mika Biereth to apt commencement this play and Matthis Abline questionable with a sore foot.

Le Havre imaginable starting lineup:

Diaw; Pembele, Seko, Sasso, Zouaoui; Ndiaye, Mwanga; Mizuta, Richardson, Nakamura; Samatta

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Vanderson, Teze, Dier, Nazinho; Detourbet, Camara, Zakaria, Golovin; Brunner, Biereth

We say: Le Havre 0-1 Monaco

Filipe Luis is simply a savvy antiaircraft mind, and we expect him to accommodate to Le Havre’s crippled program and find a mode past the location broadside acknowledgment to his team's creativity and attacking depth, which is overmuch stronger than the location team's.

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