Soccer game news: Home fans with big expectations before Caen - Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21215 seats)

Caen welcome Nîmes with faith in taking all three points. Can they? Read our match preview!

Insights:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Nîmes have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Ligue 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Nîmes, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!

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Caen form and stats

35 points is a decent return from 17 Ligue 2 games here at Stade Michel d'Ornano for Caen. The data says 10 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses.

No payout for Caen in their previous match, an away game at Bordeaux that ended in defeat 0-1. Midfielder Abdi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.7 (out of ten) in that game. Abdi hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Le Havre with the scoreline 1-2.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 11 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.

Caen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Michel d'Ornano with 27 goals in 17 league matches. Caen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Michel d'Ornano in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 17 matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nîmes so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-12 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Nîmes, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Nîmes played 3-3 against Valenciennes in their previous match. As you can tell from the result, the match against Valenciennes was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? As mentioned above, Nîmes drew the match against Valenciennes. Manager Bompard brought on Benezet to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Defender Poulain was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Poulain scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Before that, Nîmes secured a home win against Pau with the score 3-2.

The attacking power of Nîmes when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Nîmes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 33 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other already this season, with the result Nîmes - Caen 0-1 written in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Caen won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Nîmes managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
15 goals
NîmesM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
11 goals
NîmesR. Said Ahamada
R. Said Ahamada
6 goals

Caen missing players

Nîmes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Caen Nîmes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
14 10 3 Won W 0 1 9
10 5 3 Drew D 0 4 6
10 2 0 Lost L 5 12 19
43 27 6 Scored S 4 15 38
37 13 3 Conceded C 13 33 53
88% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
68% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 68%
50% 53% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 47%
24% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 35% 32%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 21%
59% 59% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 50%
24% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 24%
29% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 32%
 
5 5.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.4 3.5 3.5
3.8 3.6 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.1 4.8
1.9 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 12.9 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.5 10.2
3.9 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.3 3.9
33% 34% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 27% 29%
 
8.4 7.6 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 12.2 11.5
3.1 2.8 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nîmes have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have the fewest points (7) away in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have the most conceded goals (33) away in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have the the worst goal difference (-18) away 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 34 19 8 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 22 65
3 Metz 34 17 11 6 55 30 17 8 7 2 24 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 25 62
4 Bastia 34 15 8 11 41 38 17 10 3 4 23 13 17 5 5 7 18 25 3 53
5 Sochaux 34 15 7 12 52 34 17 9 4 4 31 16 17 6 3 8 21 18 18 52
6 Caen 34 14 10 10 43 37 17 10 5 2 27 13 17 4 5 8 16 24 6 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 34 14 8 12 32 31 17 9 4 4 18 13 17 5 4 8 14 18 1 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 34 12 12 10 41 39 17 6 8 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 48
9 Paris 34 13 8 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 0 47
10 Saint-Étienne 34 13 10 11 54 51 17 8 4 5 28 25 17 5 6 6 26 26 3 46
11 Guingamp 34 12 9 13 45 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 17 6 6 5 22 22 0 45
12 Amiens SC 34 12 8 14 35 43 17 8 3 6 18 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -8 44
13 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
14 Pau 34 10 10 14 33 43 17 5 6 6 17 21 17 5 4 8 16 22 -10 40
15 Valenciennes 34 8 14 12 38 46 17 5 10 2 25 22 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 38
16 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
17 Laval 34 11 4 19 38 51 17 7 2 8 23 23 17 4 2 11 15 28 -13 37
18 Dijon 34 8 11 15 32 40 17 6 6 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -8 35
19 Nîmes 34 9 6 19 38 53 17 8 2 7 23 20 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 33
20 Niort 34 7 6 21 29 58 17 5 2 10 19 31 17 2 4 11 10 27 -29 27

Nîmes:
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 34 19 8 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 22 65
3 Metz 34 17 11 6 55 30 17 8 7 2 24 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 25 62
4 Bastia 34 15 8 11 41 38 17 10 3 4 23 13 17 5 5 7 18 25 3 53
5 Sochaux 34 15 7 12 52 34 17 9 4 4 31 16 17 6 3 8 21 18 18 52
6 Caen 34 14 10 10 43 37 17 10 5 2 27 13 17 4 5 8 16 24 6 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 34 14 8 12 32 31 17 9 4 4 18 13 17 5 4 8 14 18 1 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 34 12 12 10 41 39 17 6 8 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 48
9 Paris 34 13 8 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 0 47
10 Saint-Étienne 34 13 10 11 54 51 17 8 4 5 28 25 17 5 6 6 26 26 3 46
11 Guingamp 34 12 9 13 45 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 17 6 6 5 22 22 0 45
12 Amiens SC 34 12 8 14 35 43 17 8 3 6 18 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -8 44
13 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
14 Pau 34 10 10 14 33 43 17 5 6 6 17 21 17 5 4 8 16 22 -10 40
15 Valenciennes 34 8 14 12 38 46 17 5 10 2 25 22 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 38
16 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
17 Laval 34 11 4 19 38 51 17 7 2 8 23 23 17 4 2 11 15 28 -13 37
18 Dijon 34 8 11 15 32 40 17 6 6 5 17 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -8 35
19 Nîmes 34 9 6 19 38 53 17 8 2 7 23 20 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 33
20 Niort 34 7 6 21 29 58 17 5 2 10 19 31 17 2 4 11 10 27 -29 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.