Caen favourites for feisty fight facing Niort

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

Who will get all the points when Niort go to play Caen? In this game guide you'll learn all the relevant information and statistics necessary to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Caen saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ligue 2. This match was also played here at Stade Michel d'Ornano. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Niort have had more rest.

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Caen form and stats

Caen have collected 13 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 4-1-6. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Michel d'Ornano.

The Caen club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Ajaccio and win 2-0. Deminguet (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. Deminguet scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Sochaux.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Caen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost two.

Caen has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches.

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Niort form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

The club members enjoyed Niort's previous game versus Pau (placed 9th), a 3-0 win played at home. Attacker Sissoko got a player rating of 8.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Sissoko scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that, Niort travelled to Dijon and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

We have checked recent matches where Niort have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were five victories, five draws and six defeats.

After this away game Niort return home for a Ligue 2 game against Dunkerque. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Goals are few and far between in Niort's away league games. Only 10 goals from 10 travels. Niort have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also faced each other previously this season: Niort - Caen 0-1. Caen-Niort H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Caen five wins, Niort three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
10 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
4 goals
CaenJ. Deminguet
J. Deminguet
3 goals

Caen missing players

Niort missing players

Caen Niort
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 2 10 19
6 4 2 Won W 1 3 8
7 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
8 6 2 Lost L 0 4 7
26 14 7 Scored S 4 10 23
24 11 3 Conceded C 3 13 21
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 84%
67% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 68%
43% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 53%
29% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 21%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
48% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 37%
33% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 37%
29% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 42%
 
4.1 4.5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.9 3.5
4.2 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 5.7 5.6
1.5 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 10.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.5 8.6
3 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.5
41% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 31% 34%
 
8.7 9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.4 8.9
3.5 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.7 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Niort have won significantly less corners away then 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 22 11 9 2 45 19 11 6 4 1 28 11 11 5 5 1 17 8 26 42
2 Ajaccio 21 12 5 4 21 10 10 7 2 1 11 2 11 5 3 3 10 8 11 41
3 Sochaux 22 11 7 4 24 18 11 6 3 2 12 8 11 5 4 2 12 10 6 40
4 Paris 20 11 4 5 27 18 10 5 4 1 13 8 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 37
5 Auxerre 20 10 6 4 33 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 36
6 Le Havre 22 8 10 4 22 16 12 4 5 3 9 7 10 4 5 1 13 9 6 34
7 Dijon 22 9 2 11 28 29 12 5 2 5 16 16 10 4 0 6 12 13 -1 29
8 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
9 Pau 21 8 4 9 24 24 11 7 1 3 17 7 10 1 3 6 7 17 0 28
10 Rodez 22 7 7 8 20 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 12 4 3 5 12 15 -3 28
11 Nimes 20 7 5 8 24 25 10 3 3 4 11 13 10 4 2 4 13 12 -1 26
12 Guingamp 22 6 8 8 24 31 10 4 3 3 15 14 12 2 5 5 9 17 -7 26
13 Caen 21 6 7 8 26 24 11 4 1 6 14 11 10 2 6 2 12 13 2 25
14 Amiens SC 21 5 9 7 25 20 12 4 4 4 17 10 9 1 5 3 8 10 5 24
15 Bastia 22 5 9 8 20 21 11 3 8 0 12 5 11 2 1 8 8 16 -1 24
16 Quevilly Rouen 21 6 6 9 20 29 9 2 4 3 9 12 12 4 2 6 11 17 -9 24
17 Grenoble Foot 38 21 6 4 11 17 27 10 5 1 4 13 11 11 1 3 7 4 16 -10 22
18 Valenciennes 20 5 7 8 16 28 10 2 2 6 9 20 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 22
19 Dunkerque 20 4 5 11 15 26 11 2 4 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 17
20 Nancy 21 3 6 12 16 38 10 2 3 5 7 18 11 1 3 7 9 20 -22 15

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.