On the 8th of January, in this week 20 match, Le Havre hosts Sochaux at Stade Océane in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 6th placed Le Havre, recorded a 3-2 win against Auxerre. Ismaël Boura struck first for Le Havre in the 3rd minute on a feed from Amir Richardson, then Gaëtan Charbonnier tied it up for Auxerre in the 17th minute , but luckily for Le Havre it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Le Havre should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while sochaux sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Valenciennes. Floyd Ayité scored the first goal for Valenciennes in the 11th minute, but Tony Mauricio got the equalizer for Sochaux in the 63rd minute earning them at least the one point. Sochaux is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Jul 31st, Sochaux hosted Le Havre in their last match together. Le Havre won by a score of 2 to 0. Khalid Boutaïb scored the first goal for Le Havre in the 7th minute, then Khalid Boutaïb added another in the 27th minute In the end, Sochaux was frustrated by Le Havre’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Le Havre ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Yann Kitala and Adama Niane have been the hottest scorers for Sochaux in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Nabil Alioui has been the most effective weapon for Le Havre lately. The French attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.