Ligue 2 statistics and data: Caen small favourite to overpower Laval

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21215 seats)

Caen have won 18 of their 28 in total here at their home ground. How will they do versus Laval?

Insights:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Laval have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Ligue 2

Caen and Laval 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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Caen form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Michel d'Ornano as Caen have scored 14 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Caen are returning here after visiting Sochaux and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Mendy and Brahimi scored the goal(s). Finally, a league victory after five games without. Mendy has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Outstanding! Midfielder Brahimi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.51 (out of ten) in that game. Brahimi scored one goal and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that, Caen drew at home versus Bordeaux.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Caen 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 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The manager Moulin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Annecy in only three days.

Caen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Michel d'Ornano with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Caen have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Laval form and stats

3-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Laval in their Ligue 2 matches away. Laval has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Laval won their last game, 3-1 versus Rodez played at home. That victory felt good as this side had gone three league matches without winning. Attacker Durbant got a player rating of 8.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Durbant scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Saint-Étienne's place.

We have checked recent matches where Laval have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

After this away game Laval return home for a Ligue 2 game against Dijon. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Laval have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Laval - Caen 4-0 was the product when these two participants previously played each other, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Caen five wins, two draws and Laval three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
8 goals
LavalJ. Maggiotti
J. Maggiotti
7 goals
LavalZ. Naidji
Z. Naidji
4 goals

Caen missing players

Laval missing players

Caen Laval
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 9 19
7 5 2 Won W 3 3 7
7 3 1 Drew D 1 1 2
5 1 0 Lost L 0 5 10
23 14 4 Scored S 6 9 25
20 6 1 Conceded C 1 15 31
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 95%
63% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 68%
37% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 63%
26% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 42%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 21%
53% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 47%
26% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 75% 33% 26%
26% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 32%
 
4.8 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.7
3.6 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.1 4.4
2.2 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
10.2 12 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7 8.1
3.7 4.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 4
33% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 28% 33%
 
7.8 6.6 4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.3 9.6
3.3 2.9 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Caen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Laval have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have the most matches over the total-line (12) 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 19 12 6 1 29 7 10 7 3 0 16 4 9 5 3 1 13 3 22 42
2 Bordeaux 19 9 6 4 25 14 10 6 3 1 14 5 9 3 3 3 11 9 11 33
3 Metz 19 9 4 6 31 22 10 5 3 2 15 10 9 4 1 4 16 12 9 31
4 Sochaux 19 9 3 7 27 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 3 1 5 10 9 10 30
5 Grenoble Foot 38 19 8 6 5 20 17 9 5 2 2 10 7 10 3 4 3 10 10 3 30
6 Amiens SC 19 8 5 6 22 20 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 29
7 Caen 19 7 7 5 23 20 9 5 3 1 14 6 10 2 4 4 9 14 3 28
8 Bastia 19 8 4 7 18 21 10 6 1 3 9 6 9 2 3 4 9 15 -3 28
9 Paris 19 7 6 6 17 19 9 2 3 4 8 13 10 5 3 2 9 6 -2 27
10 Quevilly Rouen 19 6 7 6 22 23 9 3 4 2 14 12 10 3 3 4 8 11 -1 25
11 Valenciennes 19 6 7 6 17 18 9 4 5 0 13 9 10 2 2 6 4 9 -1 25
12 Annecy 19 6 6 7 18 17 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 10 8 1 24
13 Guingamp 19 6 6 7 24 27 10 2 3 5 10 15 9 4 3 2 14 12 -3 24
14 Laval 19 7 2 10 25 31 10 4 1 5 16 16 9 3 1 5 9 15 -6 23
15 Pau 19 5 7 7 16 22 9 3 4 2 8 9 10 2 3 5 8 13 -6 22
16 Dijon 19 5 6 8 21 22 10 4 4 2 14 10 9 1 2 6 7 12 -1 21
17 Rodez 19 4 7 8 17 25 9 1 4 4 8 15 10 3 3 4 9 10 -8 19
18 Saint-Étienne 19 5 6 8 26 31 9 3 3 3 12 14 10 2 3 5 14 17 -5 18
19 Niort 19 4 5 10 15 29 10 3 2 5 8 14 9 1 3 5 7 15 -14 17
20 Nimes 19 4 4 11 17 28 9 4 1 4 7 8 10 0 3 7 10 20 -11 16

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.