Le Havre vs Nice prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-08-30 15:15.
[p]Le Havre have lost their opening two Ligue 1 fixtures, so will attempt to pick up their first points of the season against Nice.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Le Havre avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth last season, and the start to the new campaign offers little hope to supporters that 2025/26 will be any different. Didier Digard’s side have lost their opening two Ligue 1 matches for the first time since 1995/96, going down to Monaco (3-1) and Lens (2-1) respectively. Signs of improvement are slim, as since the start of last season, Le Havre have lost more home games (13) and conceded more home goals (43) than any side in Ligue 1.[/p]
[p]Nice responded well to defeat on the opening weekend, beating Auxerre 3-1 on matchday two. That result finally provided some solace for supporters who had seen their team lose three successive games without scoring prior, including a pair of reversals against Benfica in UEFA Champions League qualifying. Franck Haise and his team will now look to continue the strong form they showed on the road last season, when a run of just two defeats from their last seven away league fixtures (W3, D2) helped secure a fourth-place finish.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Le Havre have lost each of the last three H2Hs in Ligue 1, the same amount of defeats as they’d suffered in the previous 24 meetings (W15, D6). On home soil, Le Havre have beaten Nice 12 times in 17 attempts (D3, L2) – their joint-most in the top-flight.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Le Havre have scored in their last 17 Ligue 1 games – just one short of their all-time top-flight record.[/p]
[p]Each of Le Havre’s last eight league matches have seen both teams score.[/p]
[p]Nice have conceded at least once in their last 11 away league games, their longest streak without a clean sheet on the road since April 2012.[/p]
[p]Nice have scored a league-high 13 headers since the start of last season.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Four of Ally Samatta’s last six goals have come before half-time, but he’s yet to score in two appearances for Le Havre and was booked last week. Nice’s Yehvann Diouf has made more saves in Ligue 1 than any other goalkeeper since the start of last season (143), including seven against Auxerre last weekend.[/p]
[p]Le Havre’s new signing Thomas Delaine is still struggling with a hamstring injury and may be missing once again. The absentee list for the visitors is a lengthy one, and looks set to include Dante, Tanguy Ndombele, Moïse Bombito and Mohamed-Ali Cho.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Both teams to score looks a solid selection here, given that neither side have form for keeping a clean sheet.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matt Jones[/i][/p]