Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Le Havre
Match Time & Date:
24 August 2025
16:15
Prediction: 1-2
Lens
Stade Oceane will host Sunday’s Ligue 1 game between Le Havre and Lens, the two teams that were beaten by Monaco and Lyon respectively on Matchday 1. Le Club Doyen failed to upset les Rouges et Blancs at Stade Louis II and they face yet another uphill task against Lens. Defender Arouna Sangante is rated doubtful for the home team after limping off with injury in the season opener.
Les Sang et Or, on the other hand, failed to turn their dominance into goals against les Gones, but they are surely capable of matching Le Havre in their first away game of the season. In their last encounter at Stade Oceane, Lens defeated Le Havre 2-1 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Summer signing Florian Thauvin is widely expected to make his full Lens debut against Didier Digard’s troops, while Jhoanner Chavez remains in the recovery room.
Highlighted Team (Lens):
Based in the Pas-De-Calais department, Lens is a French club that plays home games at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The Sang et Or are well known for their red shirts with yellow stripes, while black is the dominant colour of their away jersey.
The club was founded back in 1906 and the Sang et Or originally played in green and black shirts. Speaking of their home ground, Stade Bollaert-Delelis can hold up to 38,058 spectators. The venue was opened back in 1933, and renovated during the 2014/15 season. Lens did well to win the Ligue 1 trophy in the 1997/98 season, with the team finishing the process level on points with second-place Metz.
As a result, the Sang et Or represented France in the Champions League group stages the following season. The club’s biggest European success came in the 1999/00 season when they made it to the UEFA Cup semis. Lens have won two Coupe de la Ligue trophies as well.
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