Guingamp - Caen: Small difference between teams in Ligue 2 clash

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Ligue 2: The mid-table spots illustrates the road Guingamp and Caen have undertaken uptil now. Both contenders are set to play; bring it on!

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

Guingamp and Caen 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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Guingamp form and stats

Guingamp have collected 27 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 7-6-4.

Guingamp shared the glory with Dijon in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Dijon as Muyumba's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Defender Sivis got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Sivis scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Pau.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Guingamp have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost three.

A decent goal production from Guingamp in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Caen form and stats

The visitors are W4-D8-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Caen's last game was the home draw against Auxerre (1-1). Midfielder Deminguet was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.93. Deminguet scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Paris's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Caen playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were zero Caen wins, three draws and six defeats.

Caen find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Caen have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Guingamp and Caen have faced off previously this season: Caen - Guingamp 2-0. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Guingamp won one game, six matches ended with a draw and Caen managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
16 goals
GuingampF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
13 goals
CaenN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
9 goals

Guingamp missing players

Caen missing players

Guingamp Caen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
12 7 3 Won W 1 4 12
13 6 0 Drew D 3 8 11
10 4 2 Lost L 1 5 12
45 27 9 Scored S 2 20 48
45 22 8 Conceded C 2 20 38
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 88% 94%
80% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 65% 71%
46% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 40%
23% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 26%
11% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 11%
60% 76% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 53% 51%
23% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 60% 24% 26%
26% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 35% 29%
 
5.4 6.4 8.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.2 4.7
4.3 3.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4
2.3 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.7
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10.3 10.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 8.3 9.7
3.9 4.4 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.7
33% 36% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 39% 37%
 
8.5 6.9 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 5.6 7.9 7.8
3.3 2.6 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 34 21 10 3 78 30 17 12 4 1 48 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 48 73
2 Ajaccio 35 20 8 7 35 17 17 11 3 3 18 7 18 9 5 4 17 10 18 68
3 Auxerre 35 18 11 6 56 37 17 9 4 4 30 18 18 9 7 2 26 19 19 65
4 Sochaux 35 18 10 7 43 30 17 9 5 3 18 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 13 64
5 Paris 35 18 9 8 49 33 17 10 6 1 27 12 18 8 3 7 22 21 16 63
6 Le Havre 35 13 11 11 35 35 18 6 5 7 16 18 17 7 6 4 19 17 0 50
7 Guingamp 35 12 13 10 45 45 17 7 6 4 27 22 18 5 7 6 18 23 0 49
8 Caen 35 12 11 12 48 38 18 8 3 7 28 18 17 4 8 5 20 20 10 47
9 Nîmes 35 13 7 15 40 46 18 6 4 8 22 26 17 7 3 7 18 20 -6 46
10 Niort 34 12 9 13 35 33 17 7 5 5 19 12 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 45
11 Amiens SC 35 9 16 10 40 36 18 7 6 5 25 14 17 2 10 5 15 22 4 43
12 Bastia 35 9 16 10 35 33 18 5 12 1 19 11 17 4 4 9 16 22 2 43
13 Dijon 35 12 7 16 41 47 18 8 3 7 23 23 17 4 4 9 18 24 -6 43
14 Pau 35 12 6 17 34 44 18 10 1 7 23 18 17 2 5 10 11 26 -10 42
15 Grenoble Foot 38 35 12 6 17 30 40 17 7 3 7 19 19 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 42
16 Valenciennes 35 8 13 14 30 45 18 4 5 9 18 28 17 4 8 5 12 17 -15 37
17 Rodez 35 7 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 13 16 18 4 4 10 15 26 -14 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 34 8 10 16 26 45 17 4 7 6 14 19 17 4 3 10 12 26 -19 34
19 Dunkerque 35 8 7 20 26 46 18 5 6 7 13 18 17 3 1 13 13 28 -20 31
20 Nancy 34 5 9 20 26 58 16 4 4 8 13 24 18 1 5 12 13 34 -32 24

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.