(Ligue 1 2023/2024): Highlights LOSC LILLE - HAVRE AC

Lille entered the weekend on the back of successive defeats. This is as Le Havre also aim to snap their own winless run. Pain on the road at Lyon and Piaget but at home Lille with just one loss in the past 18 months. There was a less of a threat from the Normans. Mosk Aloni, Mohamed Payou unavailable for Luke Elsner who was happy to see it on Zagrova on the sidelines. But it was Alexandro as he was at the park who had his pocket picked. This time the Brazilian was let off the hook by Lucas Chevalier. After Nice's defeat he could join Arsene Bunker on 13 clean sheets. It was certainly going the right way. Lenny Yoro's header saved but Jonathan David on the mark. He only scored two goals in the first part of the season. Now the Canadian international in red hot form. Angel Gomez pulling the strings. Adam Unas finding Artur Desmas who got very lucky. David unable to turn it in. Scoring five straight home games and then he was at the double just as it was against Clermont. Angel Gomez and the striker combining but it was the initial work from Ismaili that set things on track. The Englishman with three assists in his last five appearances. David a grateful recipient. Well La Havre looking back to the chance for Samuel Gronzer. Luca Elner knowing how costly that was. It wasn't going to get much better. At the start of the second half for the visitors. Adam Unas dropped down by Christophe Aupery. In the match La Havre had their own penalty claims turned down. Lille got theirs and David may have been denied but not on the follow-up. A second hat-trick for Lille in Ligue 1 Uber Eats. And he after a slow start to the season now with nine goals and 10 outings but it could have been even better. Even he couldn't believe he didn't tap it into the empty net. The northern rain. Lille kept pushing for more. Gomez to substitute Youssef Yezidje who scored at the Parc des Princes before eventually lost 3-1. David now just a spectator. Zoukhe Chavali made just the second save of the match. Benjamin André just one shy of 400 Ligue 1 Uber Eats appearances. A little sloppy and then Lenny Joro won the ball, drove forward and then was the auxiliary striker. A chance to lay it for the defender to tap in but instead Thiago Moraes went himself past the post. It wasn't to matter though. Dominant at home. Lille on the charge and up to fourth in the table. Just two points off second. David with a treble and the match ball. The real trouble is for Lave. Just two points from the bottom three.