Havre vs Monaco Prediction 23 August 2026
🔊 Le Havre are beginning their fourth season in Ligue 1 with the same manager: Didier Digard is in his third year in Normandy, and the club have never finished higher than 14th under him. Monaco have taken a different approach - Filipe Luís, a Brazilian, was appointed in the summer, and the match in Le Havre will be his first in the French top flight. The timing is far from ideal: three days after a European away fixture and four days before the return leg. The two sides open the first round on 23 August at the Océan.
Head-to-Head
📊 Le Havre last beat Monaco on 31 August 2012. The two sides have met six times in Ligue 1 since then, and all three matches at the Océan have ended in draws - twice with no goals scored at all. Monaco's only wins have come at home: 3-1 last August, and the same scoreline in September the year before. Goals have been hard to come by in this fixture - four of the six meetings have produced fewer than three between them.
Head-to-head statistics Havre - Monaco
Havre Team Overview
Le Havre finished last season 14th with 35 points, retaining their Ligue 1 status without a playoff. Didier Digard has been in charge since the summer of 2024, when he replaced Luka Elsner, who left for Reims.
Draws were what kept the Normans up: 14 across the season, more than any other club in the division, and eight of them came at the Océane. In attack, Le Havre were modest - 32 goals for the season, with only Angers and Nantes scoring fewer. They did at least finish on a positive note, picking up three points at Lorient on the final day.
Match Results: Havre
Monaco Team Overview
Monaco finished last season in seventh place, which earned them a Conference League spot. Their attack was the fourth most prolific in Ligue 1, with 60 goals scored, but the defence let them down - 54 conceded, the worst record in the top half of the table.
The away form gap is particularly striking: 22 points from 17 road games compared to 32 at home. That trend extends to goals: Monaco's last seven away matches in Ligue 1 all produced at least three goals combined.
Match Results: Monaco
Latest news
Havre
❌ Le Havre made no changes to the coaching staff, though there has been movement upstairs: on 19 June, former Chelsea and Senegal striker Demba Ba was appointed sporting director. The main departure of the summer is Issa Soumaré, a winger who scored in the final two rounds of last season and has since joined Rennes. Pre-season was unconvincing - defeats to Ipswich and Real Oviedo, a draw with Laval, and only in their final friendly did Le Havre manage a win, against Le Mans.
Monaco
❓ Filipe Luís was appointed Monaco manager on 6 July, signing a contract until 2028. Until March he had been in charge of Flamengo, where he won the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian championship. He has inherited a difficult situation: Maghnes Akliouche, the key figure of last season, left for PSG for €50 million, while the club terminated Paul Pogba's contract. In response, Monaco spent €25 million on striker Matthis Abline from relegated Nantes. The injury list is lengthy: Salisu and Minamino are both out for an extended period, and Ansu Fati is dealing with a calf problem. On Thursday, Monaco beat Górnik in Zabrze 3-2, with the Conference League play-off second leg at home on 27 August. Aleksandr Golovin missed that match due to a European suspension, which does not carry over to Ligue 1.
📋 Predicted Lineups
📋 Predicted starting XI for Le Havre: Diaw - Sanganté, Sekou, Sasso, Zouaoui - Richardson, Mwanga - Ndiaye, Ebonog, Doukouré - Maja
📋 Predicted starting XI for Monaco: Hradecky - Teze, Dayer, Sané, Caio Henrique - Zakaria, Camara - Golovin, Abline, Nažinho - Biereth
⚽️ Goals Prediction
Le Havre have a clear ceiling in this fixture: they have not scored more than one goal in any of their last six Ligue 1 matches against Monaco. At home the pattern is the same - last season they exceeded that mark in only 6 of 17 league games. Their attack also weakened over the summer with Soumaré's departure to Rennes. So we are not expecting the hosts to score more than once. The bet is Le Havre Team Total - Under 1.5 at 1.42*.
🚩 Corners Prediction
The corner advantage in this match lies with the visitors. Over their last 20 official matches, Monaco have averaged 5.05 corners, while Le Havre's opponents have averaged 5.15. The numbers are almost identical. Averaging those out gives an expectation of around 5.1 corners per 90 minutes for Monaco. Le Havre themselves win few corners - 4.2 per game - and will likely cede territory to the visitors. The pick is Monaco Team Total Corners - Over 4.5.
🟨 Yellow Cards Prediction
Over their last 20 official matches, Le Havre have averaged 3.8 bookings per game combined, while Monaco average 3.7. Both clubs pick up roughly the same number of cards themselves - around 2.05 per match - with the difference coming from their opponents: Le Havre's opponents average 1.75 yellows, Monaco's 1.65. At those numbers, the 3.5 threshold clears, but without much margin. The bet is Total Yellow Cards - Over 3.5.
📌 Editor's Pick
At home last season, Le Havre lost four times - and every one of those defeats came against top-five sides: PSG, Lens, Lille and Marseille. Monaco finished seventh in that same table. The Normans picked up points in six of their last seven league rounds. Monaco, meanwhile, arrive sandwiched between two European knockout-stage matches, and Filipe Luís will be without his best available squad. So we're not expecting the Monégasques to leave Le Havre with a win. The bet is Le Havre not to lose. Predicted score: 1-1.
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