Le Havre vs Nantes prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-11-07 18:00.
[p]Nantes’ latest Ligue 1 defeat means that they find themselves ahead of the relegation play-off place only by goal difference as they prepare to face Le Havre. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After enduring a tough start to the season (W1, L3), Le Havre have since lost just one of their last seven games (W2, D4) and will now look to go four Ligue 1 encounters unbeaten without conceding a goal for the first time since October 1998. The bedrock of their encouraging success has been their form at Stade Océane, where they have tasted defeat once in five matches this term (W2, D2). Strengthening their defence should be a key area of focus for manager Didier Digard, with the Sky and Navy keeping just one clean sheet in their last 17 home games.[/p]
[p]Nantes aren’t in a great position to extend that sequence considering they had scored the joint-third fewest Ligue 1 goals after the first 11 rounds (G10). Having won just once since the start of September (D3, L4) after losing heavily at home to both Monaco (5-3) and Metz (2-0), La Maison Jaune are also staring down the barrel of three successive defeats for the first time since last November. Manager LuĂs Castro can draw some inspiration this week from the fact that his side have fared better away from home than at the Stade de la Beaujoire this term, averaging one point per game on the road (compared to 0.67ppg at home) after taking points home from each of their last three Ligue 1 away trips (W1, D2).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Le Havre completed a Ligue 1 double over Nantes last season, ending a run of nine H2Hs without a win (D3, L6). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Four of Le Havre’s last six games have been 0-0 at half-time. [/p]
[p]Seven of Le Havre’s last eight matches were drawn or decided by a one-goal margin.[/p]
[p]The away team on the day has not lost any of Nantes’ last seven games. [/p]
[p]Nantes are pursuing their first pair of back-to-back away clean sheets since February 2023.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Former Nantes stalwart Abdoulaye Touré has been victorious in four of his last five goalscoring appearances (L1) for Le Havre, starting with a match-winning double in last season’s corresponding H2H. Mostafa Mohamed could make a late impact, registering eight of his last nine goals for Nantes after half-time after striking against Monaco two rounds back.[/p]
[p]Le Havre do not seem to have any fresh injuries, while Nantes goalkeeper Anthony Lopes was forced off last weekend against Metz with an apparent hip issue. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given both sides’ form, a Le Havre win and clean sheet seems fairly likely here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]