Bordeaux vs Caen: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Matmut-Atlantique (42115 seats)

This pair of teams are delivering a fine season so far and match dates like this one could be momentous. Get the info on Bordeaux - Caen!

Insights:
  • Bordeaux is in the best form (5-0-1) in Ligue 2

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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Bordeaux form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 16 Ligue 2 games here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique for Bordeaux. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique after three straight home wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rafal Straczek not having conceded a league goal in 198 minutes.

Bordeaux are returning here after visiting Valenciennes and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Barbet and Maja scored the goal(s). Barbet, defender, was given a rating of 8.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Barbet scored one goal and won 4 of 4 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Grenoble Foot 38 in a game that was won 3-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bordeaux handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

A betting fact: This team have played 5 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

Bordeaux have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Bordeaux are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Caen form and stats

Playing away, Caen have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Caen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Le Havre (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Niort with the score of 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Caen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

As opposed to that, Caen have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also faced each other previously this season: Caen - Bordeaux 2-2. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Bordeaux won three, Caen triumphed in four and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BordeauxJ. Maja
J. Maja
16 goals
CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
15 goals

Bordeaux missing players

Caen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bordeaux Caen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
18 10 3 Won W 1 4 14
8 4 0 Drew D 1 5 10
7 2 1 Lost L 2 7 9
47 24 7 Scored S 3 16 43
26 9 3 Conceded C 4 23 36
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 88%
73% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 70%
42% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 52%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
42% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 61%
42% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 24%
21% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 27%
 
4.1 4.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.2 5
3.8 3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.1 3.8
1.8 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.9 1.9
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.1 12.4 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.4 11.2
4.1 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 3.9
35% 28% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 33%
 
9.4 8.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.4 8.5
3 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bordeaux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Bordeaux is in the best form (5-0-1) in Ligue 2

  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 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

Bordeaux:
Table
  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 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

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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.