Down To Ten
Le Havre
Le Havre played the closing 43 minutes a man down after a 47′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 47′
- Player
- Junior Mwanga
Ligue 1 · Matchday 3Le Havre
R. Fofana 79'
1 – 2
FT
HT 0–1
Stade Brestois 29
K. Doumbia 12', 51'
Ligue 1
Matchday 3Le Havre1–2Stade Brestois 29
2.02
Expected goals
2.37
12′47′51′79′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: LH 2.02, SB2 2.37.
Match report
Le Havre 1-2 Stade Brestois 29
Stade Brestois 29 edged out Le Havre 2-1 at Stade Oceane in Ligue 1. Doumbia opened the scoring for Stade Brestois 29 on 12' from the penalty spot, Doumbia added his second on 51' and Fofana pulled one back for Le Havre on 79' from the penalty spot.
Expected goals finished Le Havre 2.02, Stade Brestois 29 2.37. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Le Havre held 56.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Mwanga was sent off on 47', leaving Le Havre 43 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Le Havre graded out for box occupation — 13 of 18 shots in the box and 0.11 xg per shot. Le Havre graded out for busy goalkeeper — 8 saves and 2.37 faced xg.
L. Mpasi came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.5 for Le Havre across 89 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 33 fouls between them and 2 yellow cards, with Stade Brestois 29 conceding the most free-kicks (18).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
56%Possession44%
18Shots19
2.02xG2.37
What the numbers say
3 readsBox Occupation
Le Havre
Le Havre kept getting bodies into the area — 72% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 13 of 18
- Share
- 72%
- xG per shot
- 0.11
Busy Goalkeeper
Le Havre
Le Havre leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 8 saves.
- Saves
- 8
- Faced xG
- 2.37
- Conceded
- 2
Timeline
Lionel Mpasi Nzau
Foul
🟨10'
⚽12'
K. Doumbia (Pen)
🔄22'
L. Zogbe ↑ K. Lala ↓
🟨39'
Kamory Doumbia
Handball
Junior Mwanga
Professional foul last man
🟥45+2'
Half-time
S. Nakamura ↑ R. Ndiaye ↓
🔄46'
⚽51'
K. Doumbia — assist: M. Balde
R. Fofana ↑ J. Maja ↓
🔄62'
E. K. Vinette ↑ T. Pembele ↓
🔄62'
🔄67'
N. Edjouma ↑ M. Balde ↓
🔄75'
J. Nonge ↑ H. Magnetti ↓
🔄75'
L. Tousart ↑ K. Doumbia ↓
🔄75'
G. Versini ↑ P. Mboup ↓
D. Ouziad ↑ E. Jelert ↓
🔄79'
R. Fofana (Pen)
⚽79'
G. Gallon ↑ L. Mpasi-Nzau ↓
🔄90+4'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStade Oceane, Le Havre
RefereeMarc Bollengier, France
CompetitionLigue 1
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished