Read up on this intriguing game in the Ligue 2. Caen is in the 1st position from playing five fixtures. They welcome Saint-Étienne who are placed 15th from five games.
- Caen have the the best goal difference (+8) in Ligue 2
- Saint-Étienne have yet to win a game away.
Caen and Saint-Étienne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Caen form and stats
As mentioned below, Caen are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 2 games.
No payout for Caen in their previous match, an away game at Laval that ended in defeat 1-2. The first loss after going unbeaten through four league games. The defeat against Laval was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Tchokounté). Defender Abdi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Abdi scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ajaccio in a game that was won 3-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Caen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Early season league goal statistics from Caen's 2 home games: {5 goals}, 0 conceded.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Ligue 2 for Saint-Étienne with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Saint-Étienne's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Valenciennes that finished 0-0. Midfield player Tardieu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.92/10. Tardieu hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 67 successful passes (of 74 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Annecy that ended 1-1.Saint-Étienne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
Saint-Étienne have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Saint-Étienne have won at least one point in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) facing Caen.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendy 5 goals |  A. Abdi 3 goals |   I. Sissoko 3 goals |
Caen missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Caen | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 5 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.4 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.5 | 11.6 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 3.8 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 7.4 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19 | 14 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.2 |
- All of Caen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Saint-Étienne's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Caen have scored in all their matches so far.
- Caen have scored more than double the goals of Saint-Étienne.
- Caen have the the best goal difference (+8) in Ligue 2
- Caen have won all their matches at home so far.
- Caen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Caen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Saint-Étienne have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Saint-Étienne have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Saint-Étienne have yet to win a game away.
| Caen | Last season | Saint-Étienne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 33 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 89% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 53% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 29% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 61% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | ||
| 21% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Caen | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Laval | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Bastia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Pau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Troyes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Annecy | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Rodez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Dunkerque | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Paris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | Concarneau | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
