In the match of the third round of the French championship Le Havre will host Auxerre at home. Both teams are perceived by the level of performers and quality of resources as strugglers for survival. At the same time, the start of the season for them can not be called unambiguously bad. They started the championship at the level of the mid-table. Le Havre lost to PSG in the first round, but resisted, although they lost with a score of 1:4. But in the second round Le Havre managed to defeat away Saint-Etienne (2:0), which may become in the future its competitor in the fight for survival. So it is hardly worth writing off Le Havre now, even though this team has few top-class performers even by the standards of Ligue 1.

Auxerre have had a similar start. But in the first round Burgundy beat Nice 2-1, which was a surprise for many. And it was a willful victory, and Auxerre scored the decisive goal in the final seconds of the meeting. But in the second round Auxerre lost away to Nantes (0:2). From the beginning of the second half Burgundians had to play in the minority, so the meeting could have turned out differently. In general, both teams have some potential, the more interesting it will be to follow their confrontation.

Interestingly, they haven't met in Ligue 1 for a long time. All matches between them in recent years have been played in Ligue 2. The last time they met was in the 2021/22 season. Then they exchanged away wins, producing some efficient football. Le Havre won 3-2 away, while Auxerre won 2-1. So they can remember the past.