Match preview Ligue 1: Caen - Saint-Étienne at Stade Michel d'Ornano

Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: lø 16.mars
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano

The visiting Saint-Étienne side should be favourites in this visit to Caen, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Caen form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season, with Caen only managing 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses so far. Caen has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager F. Mercadal and the players.

Caen lost their last game at Rennes after a 1-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against PSG that was lost 1-2.

Caen have scored 12 goals here in 28 matches, not a lot. Caen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Saint-Étienne as they have only collected 14 points from their 14 away games. Saint-Étienne only has 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

The manager J. Gasset was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade Michel d'Ornano. Saint-Étienne suffered a 0-1 loss to Lille. A 0-2 defeat away at Olympique Marseille before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Saint-Étienne as they have only managed to score 12 times from 28 away games. Saint-Étienne have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Saint-Étienne - Caen 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Caen victories, 0 draws and 6 Saint-Étienne wins.

Top Goalscorers

W. Khazri
12 goals / 2 assists
E. Crivelli
5 goals / 1 assists

Caen missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Over Caen (28 played) Saint-Étienne (28 played)
Over 0.5 89% 93%
Over 1.5 68% 75%
Over 2.5 43% 46%
Over 3.5 21% 18%
Over 4.5 0% 11%
Stat Caen (28 played) Saint-Étienne (28 played)
BTTS 54% 50%
CS 18% 29%
FTS 39% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 27 24 2 1 83 15 14 14 0 0 50 5 13 10 2 1 33 10 68 74
2 Lille 28 17 6 5 45 23 14 9 4 1 26 9 14 8 2 4 19 14 22 57
3 Olympique Lyonnais 28 14 8 6 47 33 14 9 3 2 26 11 14 5 5 4 21 22 14 50
4 Olympique Marseille 28 14 5 9 44 35 14 9 3 2 25 9 14 5 2 7 19 26 9 47
5 Reims 28 10 13 5 30 27 14 6 6 2 16 11 14 4 7 3 14 16 3 43
6 Saint-Étienne 28 12 7 9 36 34 14 9 2 3 24 12 14 3 5 6 12 22 2 43
7 Montpellier 28 10 12 6 38 31 14 5 6 3 22 15 14 5 6 3 16 16 7 42
8 Rennes 27 11 7 9 38 35 14 7 4 3 21 13 13 4 3 6 17 22 3 40
9 Nice 28 11 7 10 20 28 13 7 2 4 11 11 15 4 5 6 9 17 -8 40
10 Strasbourg 28 9 11 8 43 33 14 5 6 3 22 16 14 4 5 5 21 17 10 38
11 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 38 40 13 5 4 4 18 13 14 5 2 7 20 27 -2 36
12 Angers SCO 28 8 11 9 33 33 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 3 6 5 15 18 0 35
13 Bordeaux 28 8 9 11 27 30 14 6 5 3 19 15 14 2 4 8 8 15 -3 33
14 Nantes 27 8 7 12 31 34 13 5 4 4 22 15 14 3 3 8 9 19 -3 31
15 Toulouse 28 7 10 11 27 42 14 3 7 4 15 18 14 4 3 7 12 24 -15 31
16 Amiens SC 28 8 4 16 24 43 14 6 1 7 16 19 14 2 3 9 8 24 -19 28
17 Monaco 28 6 9 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 15 25 13 3 4 6 14 19 -15 27
18 Dijon 28 5 6 17 21 45 14 3 3 8 11 24 14 2 3 9 10 21 -24 21
19 Caen 28 3 11 14 23 39 14 2 5 7 12 18 14 1 6 7 11 21 -16 20
20 Guingamp 28 4 7 17 18 51 14 2 4 8 11 21 14 2 3 9 7 30 -33 19

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