Olympique Lyon - Le Havre AC live - Football

Olympique Lyon host Le Havre AC on Saturday, 29 August 2026, with kick-off at 7:45 PM BST at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu. Lyon arrive off the back of a commanding 2-0 away win at Toulouse on opening matchday, while Le Havre started the season with a 0-1 defeat to Monaco. In six head-to-head meetings, Lyon have won 3, Le Havre 1, and 2 have ended in draws - with Lyon yet to lose a home fixture in the current run of encounters.

Match Info: Olympique Lyon vs Le Havre AC

The Ligue 1 2026/27 clash between Olympique Lyon and Le Havre AC takes place on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 7:45 PM local time (BST) at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais - also known as Groupama Stadium - in Décines-Charpieu; the arena holds more than 59,000 spectators.

Where to Watch Olympique Lyon vs Le Havre AC?

Viewers in England and Ireland can catch the match on Ligue1+ online. Television coverage is also available through TV5Monde Europe, which broadcasts across the UK and several European territories. Both options deliver reliable access to French top-flight football without requiring multiple subscriptions.

Across continental Europe, French audiences are served by DAZN France and Molotov.tv (streaming) as well as LIGUE 1+ 3 on television. German, Austrian, and Swiss viewers tune in to DAZN, while Spain has DAZN España, Belgium offers DAZN Belgium, and Italy receives coverage through Ligue1+ alongside TV5Monde Europe. The Nordic region is covered by Viaplay (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) and Elisa Viihde Viaplay in Finland, with Norway also carrying the match on TV2 Play.

North American viewers in the United States can watch via beIN SPORTS CONNECT U.S.A. and Fubo TV (streaming), and on beIN Sports USA and beIN SPORTS en Español (television). In Canada, fans have access through beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada, fuboTV Canada, beIN Sports Canada, and beIN SPORTS en Español. South America is covered mainly by Disney+ and TV5MONDE Amérique Latine, while the Middle East and North Africa region is served by beIN SPORTS CONNECT Arabia online and beIN Sports Arabia 4 HD on television. Sub-Saharan African audiences access the match through DStv Now.

Match between Olympique Lyon and Le Havre AC - Preview

Lyon take on Le Havre in a matchday-2 fixture where the form book points firmly toward the hosts - but Le Havre's upset potential, demonstrated so vividly with a 3-1 win at the Stade Océane in January 2024, makes this more than a procession.

Under Paulo Fonseca, Olympique Lyon have opened the 2026/27 campaign with genuine authority. The 2-0 win at Toulouse - where Noah Nartey broke the deadlock in the 68th minute before Malick Fofana sealed it - showed the squad's ability to be patient and clinical away from home. Simultaneously, Lyon have been navigating a demanding UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign: after surviving against Sparta Prague - losing 1-2 in Prague on 4 August before responding with a composed 3-0 home win on 11 August (4-2 on aggregate) - they faced Fenerbahçe in the play-off, drawing 1-1 in Istanbul on 18 August through a Loïs Openda goal. The clash against Le Havre arrives at a moment when Fonseca's squad is in full competitive rhythm across multiple fronts.

Le Havre, managed by Didier Digard, come into this game still searching for their first points of the new campaign after a 0-1 home defeat to Monaco. The club finished 15th in Ligue 1 2025/26 with 7 wins, 14 draws, and 11 defeats, averaging just 0.80 points per game on the road. Away from the Stade Océane, Le Havre scored only 0.73 goals per match last season - numbers that make the trip to Lyon's Groupama Stadium, where the hosts average 2.13 points per home game over the past 12 months, a formidable challenge.

Head-to-Head: Olympique Lyon vs Le Havre AC

Since Le Havre's return to Ligue 1 in 2023/24, the two sides have met six times, with Lyon asserting a clear dominance - 3 wins to 1, with 2 draws. In those 6 encounters, Lyon scored 10 goals and conceded just 5, maintaining a perfect home record with 3 wins from 3 fixtures played at the Groupama Stadium.

Here are the five most recent head-to-head results between these two sides:

• 15 March 2026 - Ligue 1 - Le Havre AC 0:0 Olympique Lyon
• 14 December 2025 - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyon 1:0 Le Havre AC
• 16 March 2025 - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyon 4:2 Le Havre AC
• 20 October 2024 - Ligue 1 - Le Havre AC 0:4 Olympique Lyon
• 14 January 2024 - Ligue 1 - Le Havre AC 3:1 Olympique Lyon

Olympique Lyon - Recent Form

Lyon kicked off the 2026/27 Ligue 1 season with a polished 2-0 away win at Toulouse on 22 August, with Noah Nartey and Malick Fofana on target - the perfect way to launch a campaign that carries European ambitions.

The broader August picture is one of relentless competitive action. Lyon navigated the Champions League third qualifying round against Sparta Prague by recovering from a 1-2 defeat in the Czech capital on 4 August with a controlled 3-0 home win on 11 August - advancing 4-2 on aggregate. They then drew 1-1 at Fenerbahçe on 18 August in the playoff first leg, with Loïs Openda scoring at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. Managing a full fixture list across Ligue 1 and European qualifying this early in the season tests depth and concentration, and Fonseca's squad has demonstrated both. Last season, Lyon finished in a position good enough to return to the Champions League, building the platform for the current campaign.

Le Havre AC - Recent Form

Le Havre began the new Ligue 1 campaign on the wrong foot, conceding a solitary Monaco goal on 23 August for a 0-1 home defeat that left the Normandy club pointless after matchday 1.

Placing that result in the context of the 2025/26 season - in which Le Havre finished 15th with 7 wins, 14 draws, and 11 defeats - it is clear that the club continues to face an annual battle to stay in the top flight. On the road last season, the team averaged just 0.80 points per game, with an away goal return of only 0.73 per match, among the lower figures in the division. Striker Mbwana Samatta remained the standout attacking threat, but the team's over-reliance on the Tanzanian forward exposes a lack of collective goal production. Travelling to Lyon's fortress - where Les Gones averaged 2.13 home points per game over the past 12 months - is a steep but not impossible test for Le Havre.

Facts and Statistics

Olympique Lyon and Le Havre AC share a long if interrupted history in French football - Le Havre's prolonged absence from Ligue 1 froze the fixture for many years, and its revival since 2023/24 has already produced a memorable range of results that keeps the rivalry worth watching despite the gap between the clubs.

• Across all 6 meetings since Le Havre's return to Ligue 1, Lyon have scored 10 goals and conceded just 5 - an average of 2.5 goals per match.
• Le Havre's only victory in this current run came on 14 January 2024: a 3-1 win at the Stade Océane that stands as the biggest upset in the recent head-to-head series.
• Lyon have won all 3 home fixtures against Le Havre in the modern era of this rivalry (2024-2026), keeping a clean sheet in 2 of those 3 encounters.
• The highest-scoring encounter was the Lyon 4-2 Le Havre match on 16 March 2025, producing 6 goals across 90 minutes.
• According to WhoScored, across a broader historical view Lyon have won 12 of the last 21 meetings between the clubs, and Le Havre have not won a match in Lyon since 1997.