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- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Annecy form and stats
Overall Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Annecy are 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Parc des Sports after drawing with Pau (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for Annecy in their match versus Pau as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Annecy's goalie Escales played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Pau with a stunning seven saves. Midfield player Demoncy got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Demoncy served one assist, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
In the game before, 1-1 away to Belfort (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) (Coupe de France).
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 16 latest league fixtures shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Annecy are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Saint-Étienne awaits in four days.
Annecy have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Annecy have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Caen form and stats
Caen have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
Caen's last game was the home draw against Laval (0-0). Vandermersch, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Vandermersch hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sochaux with the score of 2-1.Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's last 12 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bastia in just three days.
The attacking power of Caen when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Caen in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Caen - Annecy 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sahi 9 goals |   A. Mendy 8 goals |  G. Kyeremeh 3 goals |
Annecy missing players
Caen missing players
| Annecy | Caen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 60% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.3 | 8 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 10.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 35% | 31% |
| 8.7 | 7.1 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 8.9 | 7.6 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Caen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Le Havre | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Metz | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Bastia | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Caen | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Quevilly Rouen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Paris | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Annecy | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Laval | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Pau | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Dijon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 17 | Rodez | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 18 |
| 20 | Niort | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
