Le Havre vs Lorient 0-2

Lorient left Stade Océane with a 2-0 win after Isaak Touré put them in front in the first half and Jean-Victor Makengo added a second in stoppage time. Le Havre had more of the ball and more chances, but they could not turn that into a goal.

Touré opened the scoring in the 18th minute, turning in Arsène Kouassi's assist for 1-0. Le Havre were forced into a change on 45 minutes, with Mbwana Ally Samatta replaced by Amir Richardson, and they went into half-time a goal behind.

Le Havre thought they had levelled in the 59th minute, but Josh Maja's effort was ruled out by VAR. Lorient then made two changes on 66 minutes, bringing on Mamadou Kone and Souleymane Faye, and Faye was booked a minute later. Jean-Victor Makengo, who came on in the 66th minute, sealed it three minutes into stoppage time with Kone's assist for 2-0. Le Havre also made two changes on 84 minutes after earlier switches on 74 and 80 minutes, but they never found the equaliser.

The numbers backed up a tight contest. Le Havre had 54% of the possession, 495 passes to Lorient's 436, 5 corners to none, 20 shots to 7 and 5 on target to 3. Yet Lorient finished with the higher expected goals figure, 0.83 to 0.77, and Le Havre's only save total was 1 compared with Lorient's 5.

Discipline was mostly light. Lorient's bookings went to Souleymane Faye on 67 minutes, Noah Cadiou on 85 minutes and Jean-Victor Makengo three minutes into stoppage time. Le Havre's only yellow card went to Ahmed Touba six minutes into stoppage time.