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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charléty (20000 seats)

4th spot in the Ligue 2 table for Paris right now, a potent campaign. The home team followers hope for more excitement as 7th-placed Caen visit Stade Charléty.

Insights:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

It's no vacation for neither Paris nor Caen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Paris form and stats

Paris are steadily winning Ligue 2 games and points here at Stade Charléty. 9 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games. In general it's been a long time since Paris tasted defeat here at Stade Charléty, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

Paris are returning here after visiting Rodez and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Name scored the goal(s). Kanté, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Kanté hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Dijon.

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 Paris have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost three.

Paris are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Bastia awaits in three days.

Paris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Charléty with 26 goals in 16 league matches. Paris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Charléty in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.

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Caen form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Caen have produced an overall stat of 4-8-4 so far. Caen love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Caen's last game was the home draw against Amiens SC (1-1). Oniangué was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.72. The defender Oniangué scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Grenoble Foot 38 at their stadium, the result 2-0.

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 eight relevant matches. Results were zero Caen wins, three draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Auxerre in just four days.

Caen have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Caen have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Caen - Paris 0-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Paris victories, zero draws and one Caen win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
16 goals
ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
11 goals
CaenN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
9 goals

Paris missing players

Caen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Caen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
17 9 3 Won W 2 4 12
9 6 2 Drew D 1 8 10
7 1 1 Lost L 2 4 11
47 26 8 Scored S 11 20 47
31 12 4 Conceded C 11 19 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
70% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 73%
39% 38% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 31% 42%
21% 25% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 31% 27%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 19% 12%
48% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 56% 52%
36% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 27%
15% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 27%
 
4.6 4.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.1 4.6
4.3 4.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.6 4
1.3 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
8.8 8.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.4 9.6
4.2 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.7
34% 37% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 73% 42% 38%
 
7.9 7.2 6 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.2 8
3.3 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 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 Toulouse 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 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.