Le Havre vs Lorient

LE HAVRE, France (Interstat) — Le Havre will host Lorient on Sunday at Stade Océane in a Ligue 1 match that sends a struggling home side against a Lorient team seeking consistency across all competitions.

Le Havre is 1-7-2 this season across all competitions. Its most recent result was a 5-1 home loss to PSG. Josh Maja was one of Le Havre’s most productive players in that game, playing 90 minutes and scoring one goal. Rayan Fofana supplied an assist in 79 minutes, and Ayumu Seko played the full match. Le Havre’s other previous results include a 4-3 loss at Marseille, a 3-1 home loss to Auxerre, a 1-0 loss at Lille, a 6-1 home win over Boulogne, a 3-2 loss at Toulouse, a 0-0 home draw with Angers, a 2-1 home loss to Brest, a 1-1 draw at Lyon and a 1-0 home loss to Monaco. Maja is the player to watch for Le Havre after his full-match goal against PSG.

Lorient is 3-3-3 across all competitions. Its most recent result was a 2-0 home loss to Brest. Arthur Avom, goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo and Nathaniel Adjei each played 90 minutes in that game. Mvogo is the player to watch for Lorient after another full match in goal. Lorient’s other previous results include a 0-0 draw at Angers, a 1-0 home win over Monaco, a 1-0 home win over Paris FC, a 2-1 loss at Le Mans, a 2-2 home draw with Toulouse, a 1-0 win at Racing Club de Lens, a 2-1 home loss to Troyes and a 0-0 draw at Nice. Lorient has kept clean sheets in five of its previous matches this season, including wins over Monaco and Paris FC and draws with Angers and Nice.

The match gives Le Havre a chance to build on its lone win of the season and improve a difficult home run. Le Havre’s most recent home results include the loss to PSG, the loss to Auxerre, the win over Boulogne, the loss to Brest and the loss to Monaco. Lorient will look to steady itself after a mixed sequence of results and lean on Mvogo’s experience in goal. Le Havre’s attack will center on Maja, who scored in the recent loss to PSG and is listed among the home side’s key players. Lorient will need a stronger defensive performance after conceding twice at home to Brest. The teams will meet at Stade Océane in Le Havre.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Le Havre 1, Lorient 1. Interstat’s ELO system projects Le Havre with a 66.2 percent probability to win.