Soccer game guide: Home ticketholders with big hopes before Caen - Niort

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21215 seats)

Most would pick Caen in this game versus Niort, but the away side will resist to the bitter end. Here's the complete Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Niort is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Caen and Niort 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

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Caen have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Caen's attacking players as they have now played 199 minutes without scoring in a league game. Thomas was their last goal scorer.

Caen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Quevilly Rouen (placed 14th). Deminguet (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Deminguet hit one key pass and had 56 successful passes (of 57 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Grenoble Foot 38.

Caen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Michel d'Ornano with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Caen have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Niort form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Boutobba was the last player to score for the away team. Niort haven't scored a league goal in the last 307 minutes.

There were no winners in Niort's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Guingamp (placed 5th). Passi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Passi won 6 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Amiens SC's place.

The Niort manager N'Doh has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Caen wins - draws - Niort wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
5 goals
CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
3 goals
CaenG. Kyeremeh
G. Kyeremeh
2 goals

Caen missing players

Niort missing players

Caen Niort
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 0 5 10
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 3 6
14 9 1 Scored S 0 5 8
10 4 2 Conceded C 0 11 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
60% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 60%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 60%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
60% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
20% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 60%
 
4.9 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.4 4
3.9 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.2
2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 12.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 8.5
4.3 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 3.5
33% 36% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 23%
 
7.9 7.2 3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 10.2
3.7 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.6 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Niort have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Niort have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Ligue 2
  • Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Niort is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Amiens SC 10 6 2 2 13 9 5 4 1 0 9 2 5 2 1 2 4 7 4 20
2 Sochaux 10 6 1 3 18 7 5 3 1 1 10 3 5 3 0 2 8 4 11 19
3 Le Havre 10 5 4 1 16 5 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 3 1 1 10 2 11 19
4 Bordeaux 9 5 2 2 13 5 5 3 1 1 7 2 4 2 1 1 6 3 8 17
5 Guingamp 9 5 2 2 17 11 4 2 1 1 7 3 5 3 1 1 10 8 6 17
6 Valenciennes 10 4 4 2 10 9 5 3 2 0 8 5 5 1 2 2 2 4 1 16
7 Bastia 10 5 1 4 12 13 5 3 0 2 5 4 5 2 1 2 7 9 -1 16
8 Caen 10 4 3 3 14 10 5 3 1 1 9 4 5 1 2 2 5 6 4 15
9 Metz 10 4 2 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 10 8 4 1 1 2 7 6 3 14
10 Paris 10 3 4 3 10 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 2 3 1 5 4 -1 13
11 Grenoble Foot 38 10 3 4 3 8 10 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 0 3 2 2 6 -2 13
12 Dijon 10 3 3 4 9 12 6 2 2 2 6 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 12
13 Laval 9 3 1 5 12 15 4 0 1 3 5 9 5 3 0 2 7 6 -3 10
14 Quevilly Rouen 10 2 4 4 10 16 5 1 3 1 8 9 5 1 1 3 2 7 -6 10
15 Pau 10 2 4 4 7 14 4 1 2 1 3 5 6 1 2 3 4 9 -7 10
16 Annecy 10 2 3 5 6 10 5 1 1 3 2 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 -4 9
17 Rodez 9 2 3 4 8 13 5 0 2 3 4 11 4 2 1 1 4 2 -5 9
18 Saint-Etienne 10 2 5 3 18 19 5 2 2 1 10 9 5 0 3 2 8 10 -1 8
19 Nîmes 10 2 2 6 9 14 5 2 1 2 2 2 5 0 1 4 7 12 -5 8
20 Niort 10 2 2 6 8 18 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 8

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.