Preview: Auxerre likely to defeat Caen at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

The Ligue 2 match summary, better known as a league table, tells a tale about these participants so far, with Auxerre ahead of Caen by 12 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most points from losing position (7) in Ligue 2
  • Caen is in the worst form (0-3-3)

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Auxerre form and stats

Auxerre have performed here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps this season with 5 wins from 8 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Auxerre has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A strong away win for Auxerre against Chambery the last match. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

A Ligue 2 defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Dijon.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Auxerre matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, three draws and zero defeats (from eight games).

The Auxerre manager J. Furlan has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. From these home matches, Auxerre have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Caen form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Caen have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far. Visiting Caen has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Caen are looking to quickly end their 298 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 2.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 2 home defeat versus Paris with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Jessy Deminguet got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, top player of the team. Deminguet hit two key passes.

Before that, Caen travelled to Dinan Lehon and returned home with a draw after the Coupe de France game finished 1-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Caen when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Caen as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Auxerre, three draws and five wins for Caen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
9 goals
CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
7 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
4 goals

Auxerre missing players

Caen missing players

Auxerre Caen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
8 5 1 Won W 1 2 4
5 2 0 Drew D 0 4 5
3 1 1 Lost L 1 1 7
26 16 2 Scored S 3 6 16
18 5 2 Conceded C 4 6 17
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 88%
69% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 56%
62% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 14% 38%
38% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 19%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 6%
50% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 44%
44% 62% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 31%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 38%
 
4.7 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 4.1
4 2.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 4.1
1.5 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.7 10.4 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.7 9.3
5.3 5.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.1 3.2
31% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 40% 31%
 
9 7.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 8 8.8
4.4 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3 3.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Caen have scored away.
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most points from losing position (7) in Ligue 2
  • Caen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Caen is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 16 9 6 1 36 14 8 5 2 1 22 9 8 4 4 0 14 5 22 33
2 Ajaccio 16 9 4 3 18 8 8 6 1 1 10 2 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 31
3 Auxerre 16 8 5 3 26 18 8 5 2 1 16 5 8 3 3 2 10 13 8 29
4 Sochaux 16 8 4 4 15 12 8 4 2 2 6 4 8 4 2 2 9 8 3 28
5 Paris 16 8 3 5 19 15 7 3 3 1 9 6 9 5 0 4 10 9 4 27
6 Le Havre 16 6 8 2 15 9 9 4 4 1 9 5 7 2 4 1 6 4 6 26
7 Pau 16 7 3 6 17 16 9 6 1 2 12 5 7 1 2 4 5 11 1 24
8 Rodez 16 6 4 6 18 16 7 2 3 2 7 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 2 22
9 Niort 16 6 3 7 16 18 7 3 1 3 8 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 -2 21
10 Grenoble Foot 38 16 6 3 7 15 19 8 5 1 2 12 8 8 1 2 5 3 11 -4 21
11 Nimes 16 5 5 6 19 20 8 2 3 3 8 10 8 3 2 3 11 10 -1 20
12 Dijon 16 6 1 9 17 22 9 4 1 4 12 12 7 2 0 5 5 10 -5 19
13 Valenciennes 16 5 4 7 13 22 8 2 1 5 7 15 8 3 3 2 6 7 -9 19
14 Bastia 16 4 6 6 14 16 8 2 6 0 7 3 8 2 0 6 7 13 -2 18
15 Guingamp 16 4 6 6 18 22 7 2 2 3 10 11 9 2 4 3 8 11 -4 18
16 Caen 16 4 5 7 16 17 9 2 1 6 10 11 7 2 4 1 6 6 -1 17
17 Quevilly Rouen 16 4 5 7 14 21 7 1 3 3 5 9 9 3 2 4 9 12 -7 17
18 Dunkerque 16 4 4 8 14 19 9 2 3 4 6 9 7 2 1 4 8 10 -5 16
19 Amiens SC 16 2 9 5 15 17 8 1 4 3 7 8 8 1 5 2 8 9 -2 15
20 Nancy 16 2 6 8 12 26 8 1 3 4 5 14 8 1 3 4 7 12 -14 12

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.