With 4 goals in 9 Ligue 1 matchdays, Josh Maja is one of the few positives for Le Havre AC, bottom of the table with 2 points. The Normandy club has followed a sacking with resignations.
On 30 October, at the Stade Océane, Josh Maja scored Le Havre’s only goal in the 18th minute of a 5-1 defeat to PSG. A flash amid a black evening, much like Le Havre AC’s season: bottom of Ligue 1 with 2 points after nine matchdays.
The Nigerian international striker has 4 goals in 9 league matchdays, putting him among Ligue 1’s top scorers, according to Footafrica.net and Ligue1.com. An individual return that contrasts with the collective situation of a club that has still not won this season.
Nine goals scored, twenty conceded
Maja’s 4 goals weigh heavily in the Normandy side’s attacking record: Le Havre have scored just 9 times in nine matchdays while conceding 20, according to Le Havre News. The Nigerian striker is level with Boulaye Dia (Rennes), Gessime Yassine (Strasbourg) and Kamory Doumbia (Brest), according to Footafrica.net and Ligue1.com.
That return is not enough to make up for the shortcomings of a team with zero wins, two draws and seven defeats. In this gloom, Maja remains one of the few reliable assets the club can build on.
A club decapitated
The crisis has deepened. Head coach Didier Digard was sacked, while president Jean-Michel Roussier and sporting director Demba Ba resigned, Footafrica.net reports.
On Thursday, Yacine Sossé Alaoui, 37, was appointed chairman and chief executive of Le Havre AC, according to Le Havre News. The club must now restructure, without a permanent head coach and with a squad that has yet to find a way to win.
Maja, the one positive at a club in crisis
In this turbulent context, Josh Maja’s presence looks like an asset for the Normandy club. With 4 goals in 9 matchdays, he is among the league’s top scorers.
Le Havre must now prepare for their next Ligue 1 match, after leadership departures that change nothing about their record: 2 points taken since the start of the season.