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Lille vs Le Havre is a French matchup shaped by Lille’s stronger standing and Le Havre’s ability to make the margins matter. Lille have won through clear scorelines in the 2023–24 sequence, yet venue and defensive patience give Le Havre a route to compete. A future meeting will ask whether Lille’s control produces separation or Le Havre keep the contest within one decisive moment.
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Lille
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8M
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24D
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9F
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28F
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22D
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16G
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18D
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4D
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11F
Le Havre Substitutes
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D
32
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M
8
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F
27
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D
6
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G
77
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M
78
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F
33
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F
11
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F
10
Match events
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5'Lucas Gourna-Douath Yellow Card
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29'⚽Hakon Arnar Haraldsson Normal Goal (Asst: Romain Perraud)
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33'⚽I. Soumare Normal Goal (Asst: F. Doucoure)
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35'Ayumu Seko Yellow Card
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43'Thomas Meunier Yellow Card
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59'Aïssa Mandi Yellow Card
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64'Timothee Pembele Fodé Doucouré
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65'Y. Kechta S. Boufal
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65'T. Pembele F. Doucoure
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65'Yassine Kechta Sofiane Boufal
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66'Ethan Mbappé Ngal'ayel Mukau
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74'Issa Soumaré Yellow Card
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74'C. Verdonk R. Perraud
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74'O. Giroud F. Correia
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74'Olivier Giroud Félix Correia
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74'Calvin Verdonk Romain Perraud
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75'Enzo Koffi Yanis Zouaoui
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84'Gaëtan Perrin Ayyoub Bouaddi
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85'G. Perrin A. Bouaddi
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85'Tiago Santos Thomas Meunier
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88'Étienne Youte Kinkoue Ally Samatta
Stats for this game
Matchup Lille VS Le Havre
Lille have made the clearest statement
Lille beat Le Havre 3–0 at home in February 2024, then repeated the score away in September that year. The sequence gives Lille a strong reference point: they created a wide margin at both venues during a fixed period. Those results support a status advantage, but they do not establish that the fixture must always follow a one-sided script.
Le Havre’s challenge is about the margin
Le Havre’s most credible route is to keep the game compact and prevent Lille’s higher ceiling from turning into an early cushion. This matchup can change consistently through venue, patience and one isolated error, even when the stronger club has clearer resources. The evidence therefore supports a Lille edge with a live challenger beneath it. That distinction matters. A future meeting will test whether Le Havre compress the difference or Lille again turn pressure into a decisive scoreline.