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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21215 seats)

With the volatile opening match done it’s time for the second Ligue 2 battle of the season. Caen eagerly anticipate Pau in front of their home support.

These teams have little in common geographically as Pau have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Caen and Pau 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

In the previous season, Caen's league stats were 16 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, providing 5th position in the Ligue 2. During these 38 matches they scored {52 goals} and conceded 43. Playing as the home team in the former season Caen delivered 11-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {33 goals} and 17 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Caen, who won 2-0 against Paris (placed 17th). The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Mendy, having found the net in three consecutive games. Midfielder Abdi was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.44 (out of ten) in that game. Abdi scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 43 successful passes (of 50 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Pau (0-1).

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Pau form and stats

Let's have a look at how Pau performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {52 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 20/25 goals scored/conceded.

Pau have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Bingourou Kamara. It's been 196 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.

Impressive finishing from Saivet, George and Boutaïb secured the home win 3-0 against Bordeaux in their previous game. Goalkeeper Kamara was absolutely vital in the Pau victory against Bordeaux, making six saves. Goalkeeper Kamara got the top player rating of the team with 9.25/10. Kamara saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Caen.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Pau when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

Head 2 Head

Pau have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) versus Caen.

The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 3 red cards from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Abdi
A. Abdi
1 goals
CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
1 goals
PauH. Saivet
H. Saivet
1 goals

Caen missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Caen Pau
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
 
2 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 15
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Caen Last season Pau
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
16 11   Won W   6 12
11 6   Drew D   5 11
11 2   Lost L   8 15
52 33   Scored S   20 40
43 17   Conceded C   25 52
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 61%
53% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
29% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
61% 63%   BTTS BTTS   53% 47%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 32%
 
5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4
3.7 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 4.8
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.5 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 9.1
3.9 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
35% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 29%
 
8.7 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.7 11.1
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Pau 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Caen 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Grenoble Foot 38 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Laval 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Troyes 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Rodez 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Bastia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Angers SCO 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Saint-Etienne 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Paris 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Valenciennes 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
19 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 -1
Last season 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 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Etienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nimes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29

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 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Pau 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Caen 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Grenoble Foot 38 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Laval 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Troyes 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Rodez 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Bastia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Angers SCO 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Saint-Etienne 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Paris 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Valenciennes 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
19 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 -1

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