Lorient vs Le Havre - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to debar relegation connected the last time of the season, Le Havre marque the travel to Lorient successful Ligue 1 connected Sunday afternoon.

Les Ciel et Marine are successful the midst of a damaging winless streak aft defeat to Marseille past clip out, whilst Les Merlus are looking to physique connected a handsome triumph implicit Metz.

Match preview

Over the past 2 matches against French champions Paris Saint-Germain and Metz, Sunday's hosts Lorient person collected a respectable tally of 4 points, with Les Merlus ending the run connected a precocious note.

Olivier Pantaloni's troops bagged 3 goals during the last 10 minutes of their top-flight contention astatine Metz past clip retired to triumph by a 4-0 scoreline, with Benoit Tavenot's broadside 2nd champion connected the day.

Losing conscionable 1 of their past 4 top-tier battles (W2 D1), Lorient are presently occupying ninth spot successful the Ligue 1 standings, 1 constituent up of 10th-placed Toulouse earlier the last circular of fixtures.

A unsafe duo astatine the apical extremity of the transportation for Les Merlus this season, Bamba Dieng and Pablo Pagis person some reached treble digits for top-flight goals, with the pairing battling it retired for the club's Golden Boot accolade.

Following back-to-back 15th-placed finishes successful Ligue 1 aft second-tier promotion successful 2023, Le Havre are embroiled successful different relegation dogfight this term, needing to prevention their presumption successful this part connected Sunday.

Les Ciel et Marine's winless tally successful the apical formation extended to a sobering 11 matches (D6 L5) past Sunday afternoon, erstwhile a solitary onslaught from Mason Greenwood secured maximum points for Marseille.

Lasting enjoying the saccharine sensation of triumph astatine location to Toulouse connected February 15, Le Havre person plummeted down to 14th spot successful the Ligue 1 rankings, a azygous constituent supra 16th-placed Nice up of the last circular of games.

Without an distant occurrence since the travel to chap strugglers Auxerre successful precocious October, Les Ciel et Marine are looking to bash thing they person ne'er managed this play - triumph astatine Stade du Moustoir.

Lorient Ligue 1 form:

D L W L D W

Le Havre Ligue 1 form:

D D D D D L

Team News

Lorient stay without the services of Theo Le Bris, who has been sidelined since April owed to a hamstring injury.

Les Merlus are battling connected without the talents of Bamo Meite, with the 24-year-old nursing a troublesome groin problem.

A backup enactment successful defence for the hosts, Darlin Yongwa (heel) is improbable to diagnostic during the last lucifer of the campaign.

Le Havre person a brace of suspended players for Sunday's clash successful the signifier of Ayumu Seko and Lucas Gourna-Douath.

Last featuring astatine the extremity of November versus PSG, Abdoulaye Toure (knee) is preparing for a comeback successful pre-season.

Lorient imaginable starting lineup:

Mvogo; Adjei, Talbi, Faye; Katseris, Cadiou, Abergel, Kouassi; Makengo, Karim, Tosin

Le Havre imaginable starting lineup:

Diaw; Sangante, Lloris, Pembele, Zouaoui; Ndiaye, Ebonog, Doucoure, Boufal, Soumare; Samatta

We say: Lorient 2-1 Le Havre

Fighting for a top-half finish, Lorient volition not rotation implicit for relegation-threatened Le Havre this weekend.

Les Ciel et Marine could past adjacent if they endure different damaging decision astatine Stade du Moustoir.

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