Caen are aching to add to their points total at their own ground in the upcoming match hosting Bastia.
- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Bastia have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!
Caen form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Caen at their home stadium (Stade Michel d'Ornano) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Caen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pau (0-1). Midfielder Sery was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Sery hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that, Caen had a home game versus Nîmes which ended with a victory 4-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Caen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost five.
The Caen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Caen has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Bastia form and stats
There's been little loot from Bastia's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Ligue 2. Bastia only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.
Bastia played 0-0 against Dijon in their previous match. Goalkeeper Placide got the top player rating of the team with 7.44/10. Placide topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Le Havre at their stadium, the result 4-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Bastia in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Bastia, one draw and three defeats.
Bastia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips. When Bastia is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Bastia, Grenoble Foot 38 and Quevilly Rouen.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought earlier this season: Bastia - Caen 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - six - two (Caen wins - draws - Bastia wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendy 13 goals |   B. Santelli 8 goals |  N. da Costa Jóia 4 goals |
Caen missing players
Bastia missing players
| Caen | Bastia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 31 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 24 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 76% |
| 68% | 69% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 40% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 32% |
| 28% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 44% | 31% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 44% |
| 32% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 36% |
| 32% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 44% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 10.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 37% | 33% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | 29% |
| 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 31 | 48 |
| 2 | Paris | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 48 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 45 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 44 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Niort | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Nîmes | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Pau | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Amiens SC | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 12 | Dijon | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Rodez | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Caen | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 15 | Bastia | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 29 |
| 16 | Quevilly Rouen | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 29 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | -14 | 25 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 20 | Nancy | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -25 | 20 |
