AS Monaco begins its French Ligue 1 season on Sunday morning against Le Havre, a first-day trip that sends the club to Stade Océane in Angers, France, for a 11:05 a.m. ET kickoff. It is the kind of opener that gives the new campaign an immediate measure: points, broadcast time and the first real test of where each side stands after last season’s climb and scramble.
For fans in Canada, the match is scheduled for beIN SPORTS DRM and beIN SPORTS En Español DRM, with streaming available through Fubo. That makes Le Havre Vs Monaco one of the first clearly timed league fixtures on the calendar and a simple one to find for viewers looking for a Sunday morning match with nothing left to guess about the window or the platform.
Monaco reached this point by finishing No. 7 in the 2025-2026 table with 54 points from a 16-6-12 record over 34 games. That left the club 26 points behind champion Paris Saint-Germain and five points short of Rennes for the last Europa League place, yet it will still appear in the Europa Conference League qualifying section. The finish explains why this opener matters beyond the usual first-week energy: Monaco is starting league play with Europe still hanging over it, just not at the level it wanted.
Le Havre arrives with a different kind of pressure. The club finished No. 14 last season with 35 points, 11 points clear of relegation and one point ahead of Auxerre, but also one point behind Angers. It lost leading scorer Issa Soumaré during the offseason, a setback that makes every early chance harder to replace as the team tries to stay above the bottom line again.
That is the friction inside a straightforward opening weekend fixture. Monaco is expected to carry the weight of a club that missed the Europa League by five points but still has continental qualifying ahead, while Le Havre is trying to turn a narrow escape into something sturdier after finishing two places above the relegation zone. The numbers say both sides have reasons to treat Sunday as more than a routine start.
The calendar leaves little time to settle in. Le Havre will play Olympique Lyonnais at Groupama Stadium on August 29, and Monaco will meet Marseille next Sunday afternoon at Stade Louis II. For both clubs, the first result of the season arrives fast, and the next one comes even faster.
