Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Monaco welcomes Caen

Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis II

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, Monaco holding 16th place and Caen lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Monaco and Caen 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.

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Monaco form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season, with Monaco, who have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Ligue 1, only managing 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses so far from their games here at Stade Louis II.

Happy days for Monaco in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Lille (placed 2nd) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the match before that, Monaco hosted Bordeaux and drew the game 1-1.

Monaco are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 15 goals in 15 matches. Monaco have conceded 25 from these games.

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Caen form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Caen as they have only collected 9 points from their 14 away games. Caen only has 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. Caen are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Viry Chatillon fixture. Caen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Caen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Saint-Étienne (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-5. Prior to that match, the Caen manager F. Mercadal faced defeat in their match when travelling to Rennes and losing 1-3.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Caen as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games. Caen have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Caen - Monaco 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Monaco victories, 3 draws and 0 Caen wins.

Top Goalscorers

R. Falcao
12 goals / 2 assists
E. Crivelli
5 goals / 1 assists

Monaco missing players

Caen missing players

Monaco Caen
Total Home Statistic Away Total
29 15 Played 15 29
97% 93% Over 0.5 87% 90%
79% 80% Over 1.5 60% 69%
45% 47% Over 2.5 53% 45%
24% 27% Over 3.5 27% 24%
7% 13% Over 4.5 7% 3%
55% 60% Both teams to score 53% 52%
21% 20% Clean Sheet 20% 17%
28% 27% Failed To Score 40% 41%

  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 28 25 2 1 86 16 15 15 0 0 53 6 13 10 2 1 33 10 70 77
2 Lille 29 17 6 6 45 24 15 9 4 2 26 10 14 8 2 4 19 14 21 57
3 Olympique Lyonnais 29 15 8 6 50 35 15 10 3 2 29 13 14 5 5 4 21 22 15 53
4 Olympique Marseille 29 14 5 10 45 38 14 9 3 2 25 9 15 5 2 8 20 29 7 47
5 Saint-Étienne 29 13 7 9 41 34 14 9 2 3 24 12 15 4 5 6 17 22 7 46
6 Reims 29 11 13 5 31 27 15 7 6 2 17 11 14 4 7 3 14 16 4 46
7 Montpellier 29 10 12 7 40 34 14 5 6 3 22 15 15 5 6 4 18 19 6 42
8 Rennes 28 11 8 9 39 36 14 7 4 3 21 13 14 4 4 6 18 23 3 41
9 Nice 29 11 8 10 21 29 14 7 3 4 12 12 15 4 5 6 9 17 -8 41
10 Strasbourg 29 9 12 8 45 35 14 5 6 3 22 16 15 4 6 5 23 19 10 39
11 Nîmes 28 10 7 11 40 42 14 5 5 4 20 15 14 5 2 7 20 27 -2 37
12 Angers SCO 29 8 12 9 33 33 15 5 6 4 18 15 14 3 6 5 15 18 0 36
13 Bordeaux 29 8 10 11 28 31 15 6 6 3 20 16 14 2 4 8 8 15 -3 34
14 Toulouse 29 7 11 11 28 43 14 3 7 4 15 18 15 4 4 7 13 25 -15 32
15 Nantes 28 8 7 13 31 35 13 5 4 4 22 15 15 3 3 9 9 20 -4 31
16 Monaco 29 7 9 13 30 44 15 3 5 7 15 25 14 4 4 6 15 19 -14 30
17 Amiens SC 29 8 5 16 24 43 14 6 1 7 16 19 15 2 4 9 8 24 -19 29
18 Guingamp 29 5 7 17 19 51 15 3 4 8 12 21 14 2 3 9 7 30 -32 22
19 Dijon 29 5 6 18 21 46 14 3 3 8 11 24 15 2 3 10 10 22 -25 21
20 Caen 29 3 11 15 23 44 15 2 5 8 12 23 14 1 6 7 11 21 -21 20

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