Caen vs Paris match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Michel d'Ornano

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21215 seats)

Caen will aim to utilise their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The host team are currently 7 points behind Paris.

Insights:
  • Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Caen form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Caen have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here at Stade Michel d'Ornano.

Caen haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 208 minutes ago. M. Chahiri scored that one.

Caen drew their last game, 1-1 away at Dinan Lehon (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties).

A 0-0 draw away in the Ligue 2 before that, with Amiens SC the opponent.

Caen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Caen have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Paris form and stats

The visitors are W4-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

185 minutes! That's how long the Paris goalkeeper Vincent De Marconnay and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Paris has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sedan (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) for a Coupe de France game that ended a draw (2-2).

Before that, Paris secured a home win against Rodez with the score 1-0.

Paris have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Paris have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Caen victory, zero draws and three Paris wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
7 goals
ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
4 goals
CaenM. Chahiri
M. Chahiri
3 goals

Caen missing players

Paris missing players

Caen Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 8 15
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 7
5 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 5 1 Lost L 2 4 5
16 10 3 Scored S 5 9 18
16 10 4 Conceded C 5 9 15
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 60%
40% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 33%
20% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 25% 20%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 7%
47% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 40%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 33%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 27%
 
4 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 5.6 5.7
4.3 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.1 4.2
1.3 0.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.4 1.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.3 11.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.9 9.2
3.3 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.7
33% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 26% 26%
 
8.6 9.1 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.7 8 7.5
3.2 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.6
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.
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 8 6 1 32 13 7 4 2 1 18 8 8 4 4 0 14 5 19 30
2 Auxerre 15 8 5 2 25 15 8 5 2 1 16 5 7 3 3 1 9 10 10 29
3 Ajaccio 15 8 4 3 17 8 8 6 1 1 10 2 7 2 3 2 7 6 9 28
4 Sochaux 15 8 4 3 14 8 8 4 2 2 6 4 7 4 2 1 8 4 6 28
5 Le Havre 15 6 7 2 14 8 8 4 3 1 8 4 7 2 4 1 6 4 6 25
6 Paris 15 7 3 5 18 15 7 3 3 1 9 6 8 4 0 4 9 9 3 24
7 Niort 15 6 3 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 8 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 0 21
8 Pau 15 6 3 6 15 16 8 5 1 2 10 5 7 1 2 4 5 11 -1 21
9 Grenoble Foot 38 15 6 3 6 15 18 8 5 1 2 12 8 7 1 2 4 3 10 -3 21
10 Rodez 15 5 4 6 16 16 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 3 1 4 9 10 0 19
11 Guingamp 15 4 6 5 18 20 7 2 2 3 10 11 8 2 4 2 8 9 -2 18
12 Caen 15 4 5 6 16 16 8 2 1 5 10 10 7 2 4 1 6 6 0 17
13 Nimes 15 4 5 6 17 19 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 3 2 3 11 10 -2 17
14 Quevilly Rouen 15 4 5 6 13 19 7 1 3 3 5 9 8 3 2 3 8 10 -6 17
15 Dunkerque 15 4 4 7 14 18 8 2 3 3 6 8 7 2 1 4 8 10 -4 16
16 Dijon 15 5 1 9 14 21 8 3 1 4 9 11 7 2 0 5 5 10 -7 16
17 Valenciennes 15 4 4 7 12 22 7 1 1 5 6 15 8 3 3 2 6 7 -10 16
18 Bastia 15 3 6 6 12 16 7 1 6 0 5 3 8 2 0 6 7 13 -4 15
19 Amiens SC 15 2 8 5 14 16 8 1 4 3 7 8 7 1 4 2 7 8 -2 14
20 Nancy 15 2 6 7 12 24 7 1 3 3 5 12 8 1 3 4 7 12 -12 12

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.