Lille vs Le Havre 1-0

Lille beat Le Havre 1-0 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy after Dilane Bakwa’s fifth-minute goal settled the match. Le Havre could not find an equaliser, and the only red card went to the visitors.

Bakwa opened the scoring in the fifth minute, finishing from Nianzou Tanguy Kouassi to make it 1-0. That was the only goal before the break, so Lille went in 1-0 up.

Lille changed things twice on 57 minutes, sending on Hákon Arnar Haraldsson for Gaëtan Perrin and Ayase Ueda for Olivier Giroud. Le Havre then lost Ayumu Seko to a red card in the 61st minute, which left them chasing the game with 10 men. They made two changes on 69 minutes, with Junior Mwanga replacing Josh Maja and Rayan Fofana coming on for Sota Nakamura, and Lille made another two on 73 minutes, bringing on Osame Sahraoui and Calvin Verdonk for Ngal'ayel Mukau and Romain Perraud. The visitors kept pressing without a goal, while Lille saw the game out despite late bookings for Maurits Kjaergaard and Maxima Goffi.

Le Havre had more of the ball, with 53% possession to Lille's 47%, and they also had more passes, 448 to 409, more shots, 17 to 5, more shots on target, 2 to 1, more corners, 5 to 4, and a slightly higher xG at 1.36 to 1.27. Lille had two saves to Le Havre's none and committed more fouls, 17 to 12.

Discipline was split 2-2 on yellow cards. Rassoul Ndiaye was booked for Le Havre in the 63rd minute and Djibril Ouziad followed in the 76th, while Maurits Kjaergaard saw yellow for Lille on 85 minutes and Maxima Goffi was booked in the second minute of stoppage time. Ayumu Seko's red card in the 61st minute was the only sending-off.