Le Havre vs Brest Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Le Havre are an entertaining team seeking to push away from the bottom two as they welcome a similarly entertaining Stade Brest side to Stade Oceane this weekend.
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Le Havre preview: Fun Le Havre
Le Havre come into this one on the back of a slender but much-needed 1-0 defeat of fellow strugglers Auxerre in their most recent outing at Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps the other day, courtesy of a 47th minute winner scored by Abdoulaye Toure.
Under the management of former Middlesbrough midfielder Didier Digard, Le Havre have again been entertaining to watch down at the bottom end of Ligue 1 with their nine matches consisting of 27 goals thus far.
Brest preview: Chaotic Brest
Coached by former Sunderland player Eric Roy, Stade Brest come into this one on the back of a continued regression in Ligue 1 as they begin the tenth match day of the 2025/26 season sitting in the bottom-half of the table.
Like Le Havre, they are entertainers of France’s top-flight with their nine games boasting a combined total of 31 goals. They head into this one on the back of a 3-0 defeat at home to Paris Saint-Germain the other day.
Le Havre team news: Fully fit
Le Havre head into this one with a fully fit and available squad with no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues and so they will be able to name an unchanged eleven for this one.
Predicted XI (4-2-2-2): Diaw; Nego, Sangante, Kinkoue, Zouaoui; Ndiaye, Seko; Toure, Kechta; Soumare, Samatta
Unavailable:
Questionable:
Brest team news: Couple of doubts
Brest have a couple of fresh injury doubts for this weekend’s trip to the coast as Remy Labeau is potentially sidelined alongside key attacking midfielder Kamory Doumbia.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Majecki; Lala, Diaz, Coulibaly, Locko; Chotard, Magnetti; Dina Ebimbe, Del Castillo, Mboup; Ajorque
Unavailable:
Questionable: Labeau (Injured), Doumbia (Injured)
Le Havre vs Brest prediction
In each of the last couple of seasons, Le Havre have managed to steer themselves just clear of the bottom three and the danger zone by playing quite a proactive and front foot style of football. That is again expected to be the case this time around and they will sense an opportunity to make it back-to-back wins here, although Brest will also fancy their chances of exploiting Le Havre, too, and both teams scoring would seem a good bet for this one.
Le Havre vs Brest tip: Both teams to score
