Match preview: Home fans have high expectations when Caen receive Valenciennes

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

Ligue 2: The mid-table positions highlight the path Caen and Valenciennes have taken so far. Both contenders are set to play; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Ligue 2

This could be an engrossing game with lots of action and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Caen form and stats

Caen are steadily winning Ligue 2 games and points here at Stade Michel d'Ornano. 7 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games.

The regulars are hoping that Caen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Rodez (placed 17th). The first defeat after going unbeaten through five league games. The attacker Court was named "man of the match" for Caen with a rating of 7.83/10. Court scored one goal and hit one key pass.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sochaux.

The Caen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Caen have conceded only 8 goals.

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Valenciennes form and stats

There's been little loot from Valenciennes's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Ligue 2. Valenciennes only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. Sharing is caring, but Valenciennes are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.

Valenciennes played 2-2 against Bastia in their previous match. Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Grbić and that is quite the accomplishment! Grbić, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.21. Grbić scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Quevilly Rouen.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Valenciennes playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 0 home wins.

Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.

Goals are few and far between in Valenciennes's away league games. Only {6 goals} from 13 travels. 17 goals have been conceded by Valenciennes in these games.

Head 2 Head

Valenciennes have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (3-4-0) when facing Caen.

Caen and Valenciennes have faced each other before this season: Valenciennes - Caen 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
11 goals
ValenciennesA. Grbic
A. Grbic
5 goals
CaenG. Kyeremeh
G. Kyeremeh
4 goals

Caen missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Caen Valenciennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
10 7 2 Won W 1 2 7
10 5 0 Drew D 1 3 12
7 1 1 Lost L 1 8 8
32 19 7 Scored S 3 6 27
28 8 3 Conceded C 4 17 32
85% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
63% 54% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 46% 59%
41% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 23% 37%
26% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 30%
7% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
52% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 31% 52%
30% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 26%
33% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 54% 33%
 
4.8 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.5 3.1
3.4 2.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5 5.1
2 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.7 12.9 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.2 8
3.7 5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.5
32% 29% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 16% 28%
 
8.1 6.5 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 11.6 11.9
3.1 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Caen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
  • Caen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (6) 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 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 27 13 8 6 38 23 13 7 4 2 18 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 15 47
3 Sochaux 27 13 7 7 43 23 14 8 4 2 28 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 46
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 27 12 6 9 31 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 13 4 4 5 15 20 1 42
6 Grenoble Foot 38 27 11 8 8 27 23 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 4 5 13 13 4 41
7 Caen 27 10 10 7 32 28 13 7 5 1 19 8 14 3 5 6 13 20 4 40
8 Quevilly Rouen 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 5 6 2 20 14 14 5 3 6 10 14 2 39
9 Amiens SC 26 10 7 9 29 29 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 14 17 0 37
10 Guingamp 27 10 7 10 35 36 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -1 37
11 Paris 26 9 7 10 25 28 12 3 3 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 13 12 -3 34
12 Valenciennes 27 7 12 8 27 32 14 5 9 0 21 15 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 33
13 Saint-Etienne 27 9 8 10 39 41 14 6 4 4 22 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 32
14 Annecy 27 8 8 11 29 33 13 6 2 5 12 12 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 32
15 Laval 27 9 4 14 31 40 14 5 2 7 19 20 13 4 2 7 12 20 -9 31
16 Pau 27 7 9 11 21 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -10 30
17 Rodez 27 6 10 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 13 23 13 4 5 4 13 13 -10 28
18 Dijon 27 6 8 13 24 33 14 5 5 4 15 14 13 1 3 9 9 19 -9 26
19 Nîmes 27 7 5 15 28 42 13 6 1 6 13 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -14 26
20 Niort 27 6 5 16 24 44 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 2 3 9 10 23 -20 23

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 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 27 13 8 6 38 23 13 7 4 2 18 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 15 47
3 Sochaux 27 13 7 7 43 23 14 8 4 2 28 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 46
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 27 12 6 9 31 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 13 4 4 5 15 20 1 42
6 Grenoble Foot 38 27 11 8 8 27 23 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 4 5 13 13 4 41
7 Caen 27 10 10 7 32 28 13 7 5 1 19 8 14 3 5 6 13 20 4 40
8 Quevilly Rouen 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 5 6 2 20 14 14 5 3 6 10 14 2 39
9 Amiens SC 26 10 7 9 29 29 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 14 17 0 37
10 Guingamp 27 10 7 10 35 36 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -1 37
11 Paris 26 9 7 10 25 28 12 3 3 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 13 12 -3 34
12 Valenciennes 27 7 12 8 27 32 14 5 9 0 21 15 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 33
13 Saint-Etienne 27 9 8 10 39 41 14 6 4 4 22 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 32
14 Annecy 27 8 8 11 29 33 13 6 2 5 12 12 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 32
15 Laval 27 9 4 14 31 40 14 5 2 7 19 20 13 4 2 7 12 20 -9 31
16 Pau 27 7 9 11 21 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -10 30
17 Rodez 27 6 10 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 13 23 13 4 5 4 13 13 -10 28
18 Dijon 27 6 8 13 24 33 14 5 5 4 15 14 13 1 3 9 9 19 -9 26
19 Nîmes 27 7 5 15 28 42 13 6 1 6 13 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -14 26
20 Niort 27 6 5 16 24 44 13 4 2 7 14 21 14 2 3 9 10 23 -20 23

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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.