Lens vs Le Havre prediction and preview
Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 December 2026, 19:45 UTC
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Lens vs Le Havre
Ligue 1 · Saturday 5 December 2026, 19:45 UTC · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
Lens vs Le Havre preview
Lens welcome Le Havre at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens on Saturday 5 December 2026 (19:45 UTC) in Ligue 1. Lens are 9th in the table with 13 points from 9, while Le Havre sit 18th on 2 points after 9 matches.
Lens come into the game with a L-W-L-W-L run in the league (2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5), while Le Havre's recent sequence reads L-L-L-L-L. Over their last 6, Lens have scored 1.2 and conceded 1.5 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Le Havre average 1.2 scored and 2.7 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Lens won 3, 4 games were drawn and Le Havre won 3. Those games averaged 2.3 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 6. The most recent meeting, on 30 Jan 2026, ended Lens 1-0 Le Havre.
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Lens expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Robin Risser, Ruben Aguilar, Samson Baidoo, Jean-Clair Todibo, Matthieu Udol, Saud Abdulhamid, Michaël Cuisance, Amadou Haidara, Florian Thauvin, Florian Sotoca
Le Havre expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ahmed Touba, Ayumu Seko, Junior Mwanga, Simon Ebonog, Djibril Ouziad, Amir Richardson, Josh Maja, Rayan Fofana
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