Football tips: Nancy vs Caen - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 02.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Nancy hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 31 points and a 15th position in the Ligue 2 table. Visiting Caen holds 9th place with 34 pts.

Insights:
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2
  • Caen have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Ligue 2

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Nancy form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Nancy, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2, have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

A good away victory last time out for Nancy, who won 4-1 against Chateauroux (placed 20th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Grenoble Foot 38 (1-2).

What a game it was for Mickael Biron when beating Chateauroux, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

The Nancy fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Caen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Caen so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Caen, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Caen in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 2-match, hosting Paris, 0-2. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Guingamp.

The visiting Caen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. Caen have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nancy and Caen have met before this season: Caen - Nancy 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nancy won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Caen has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
12 goals
CaenY. Bammou
Y. Bammou
6 goals
NancyA. Bassi
A. Bassi
4 goals

Nancy missing players

Caen missing players

Nancy Caen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 13 27
7 3 0 Won W 1 3 8
10 6 2 Drew D 1 4 10
10 4 1 Lost L 3 6 9
36 21 4 Scored S 7 14 27
38 23 5 Conceded C 10 19 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 85%
74% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 59%
52% 77% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 54% 41%
33% 54% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 31% 22%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 15% 11%
67% 85% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 46% 48%
11% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 33%
26% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 46% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 2.1
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7.3 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 7.2 7.4
2.9 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.3
46% 54% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 34% 30%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Caen have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Troyes 27 16 7 4 40 22 14 11 3 0 24 9 13 5 4 4 16 13 18 55
2 Clermont 27 15 7 5 42 16 14 10 3 1 28 6 13 5 4 4 14 10 26 52
3 Toulouse 27 15 7 5 51 30 14 9 3 2 30 15 13 6 4 3 21 15 21 52
4 Grenoble Foot 38 27 14 7 6 36 22 13 9 4 0 25 8 14 5 3 6 11 14 14 49
5 Auxerre 27 12 8 7 47 30 14 8 3 3 31 13 13 4 5 4 16 17 17 44
6 Paris 27 12 8 7 38 30 13 7 4 2 21 15 14 5 4 5 17 15 8 44
7 Sochaux 27 9 12 6 34 24 14 5 5 4 19 16 13 4 7 2 15 8 10 39
8 Valenciennes 27 9 9 9 34 35 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 4 5 5 19 22 -1 36
9 Caen 27 8 10 9 27 33 14 5 6 3 13 14 13 3 4 6 14 19 -6 34
10 Le Havre 27 8 10 9 22 30 13 3 7 3 10 11 14 5 3 6 12 19 -8 34
11 Niort 27 8 10 9 30 39 13 5 5 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 16 27 -9 34
12 Amiens SC 27 8 9 10 21 24 13 4 6 3 7 6 14 4 3 7 14 18 -3 33
13 Rodez 27 7 12 8 26 32 14 5 5 4 14 14 13 2 7 4 12 18 -6 33
14 Ajaccio 27 8 8 11 22 33 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 3 4 7 11 21 -11 32
15 Nancy 27 7 10 10 36 38 13 3 6 4 21 23 14 4 4 6 15 15 -2 31
16 Dunkerque 27 7 7 13 21 32 14 4 5 5 14 13 13 3 2 8 7 19 -11 28
17 Guingamp 27 4 14 9 28 35 13 2 7 4 14 16 14 2 7 5 14 19 -7 26
18 Pau 27 6 6 15 24 38 13 4 4 5 13 14 14 2 2 10 11 24 -14 24
19 Chambly 27 5 9 13 28 45 14 4 2 8 15 22 13 1 7 5 13 23 -17 24
20 Chateauroux 27 4 6 17 24 43 14 3 2 9 16 24 13 1 4 8 8 19 -19 18

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.