Balanced ball game between Nancy and Caen expected

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Ligue 2: We're looking at an interesting and key fight featuring Nancy and Caen at Stade Marcel-Picot. They both need to win this!

Insights:
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (44) in Ligue 2
  • Caen have won significantly less corners away then at home.

The hosts Nancy saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ligue 2. That game was an away game at Valenciennes, so at least Nancy are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Nancy form and stats

Nancy's struggle is real here at Stade Marcel-Picot with only 9 points collected from 10 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5. When Nancy hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Bastia, Grenoble Foot 38 and Quevilly Rouen), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

No payout for Nancy in their previous match, an away game at Valenciennes that ended in defeat 1-6. Midfield player Bobichon got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Bobichon hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nancy here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Caen form and stats

Playing away, Caen have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Caen in their previous game as they lost hosting Niort, 0-2. Deminguet got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Deminguet hit four key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Ajaccio.

Caen have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Caen have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Caen - Nancy 1-0 was the product when these two sides formerly met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these squads: Nancy won five, Caen were winners in four and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
10 goals
NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
4 goals
NancyM. Thiam
M. Thiam
3 goals

Nancy missing players

Caen missing players

Nancy Caen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 3 10 22
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 6
6 3 0 Drew D 3 6 7
13 5 1 Lost L 0 2 9
17 7 2 Scored S 4 12 26
44 18 2 Conceded C 4 13 26
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
82% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 68%
55% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 41%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 27%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
59% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 45%
9% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 32%
41% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 32%
 
4.7 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 4.5
4.4 4.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4 4
1.9 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.9 1.5
9 3 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
9.7 11.3 6 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.1 8.7
3.5 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 3
22% 18% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 55% 39%
 
10.2 9.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 8.4 8.5
5.1 5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.7 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest points (9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (44) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have won significantly more corners at 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 22 11 9 2 45 19 11 6 4 1 28 11 11 5 5 1 17 8 26 42
2 Ajaccio 22 12 6 4 21 10 11 7 3 1 11 2 11 5 3 3 10 8 11 42
3 Paris 22 12 5 5 30 20 10 5 4 1 13 8 12 7 1 4 17 12 10 41
4 Sochaux 22 11 7 4 24 18 11 6 3 2 12 8 11 5 4 2 12 10 6 40
5 Auxerre 22 10 7 5 34 25 11 5 3 3 21 12 11 5 4 2 13 13 9 37
6 Niort 21 10 4 7 27 21 10 6 1 3 15 8 11 4 3 4 12 13 6 34
7 Le Havre 22 8 10 4 22 16 12 4 5 3 9 7 10 4 5 1 13 9 6 34
8 Nîmes 22 9 5 8 29 26 11 4 3 4 13 14 11 5 2 4 16 12 3 32
9 Dijon 22 9 2 11 28 29 12 5 2 5 16 16 10 4 0 6 12 13 -1 29
10 Pau 22 8 4 10 24 27 12 7 1 4 17 10 10 1 3 6 7 17 -3 28
11 Rodez 22 7 7 8 20 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 12 4 3 5 12 15 -3 28
12 Guingamp 22 6 8 8 24 31 10 4 3 3 15 14 12 2 5 5 9 17 -7 26
13 Amiens SC 22 5 10 7 26 21 12 4 4 4 17 10 10 1 6 3 9 11 5 25
14 Caen 22 6 7 9 26 26 12 4 1 7 14 13 10 2 6 2 12 13 0 25
15 Valenciennes 22 6 7 9 23 31 11 3 2 6 15 21 11 3 5 3 8 10 -8 25
16 Quevilly Rouen 22 6 7 9 21 30 10 2 5 3 10 13 12 4 2 6 11 17 -9 25
17 Bastia 22 5 9 8 20 21 11 3 8 0 12 5 11 2 1 8 8 16 -1 24
18 Grenoble Foot 38 21 6 4 11 17 27 10 5 1 4 13 11 11 1 3 7 4 16 -10 22
19 Dunkerque 22 4 6 12 16 29 12 2 5 5 7 12 10 2 1 7 9 17 -13 18
20 Nancy 22 3 6 13 17 44 10 2 3 5 7 18 12 1 3 8 10 26 -27 15

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.