Saint-Étienne - Caen in Ligue 2: Numbers, line-ups, fixtures, trends and reports. Check out our full guide!
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (30) in Ligue 2
- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saint-Étienne and Caen.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Saint-Étienne at their home stadium (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Saint-Étienne to get some points in this home game.
Saint-Étienne are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Annecy. Petrot was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.61 out of 10. The defender Petrot scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 13 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Rodez with the scoreline 0-2.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 Saint-Étienne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Saint-Étienne has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Saint-Étienne defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Caen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Caen so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Mendy was the last player to score for the away team. Caen haven't scored a league goal in the last 247 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Caen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Bastia. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Late heartbreak for Caen in the Bastia match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Midfield player Vandermersch was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Vandermersch hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
Before that, the Coupe de France win away at Vire. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Caen in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Caen, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's last 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.
The attacking power of Caen when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. In the opposite end, Caen have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Saint-Étienne have won all of the 4 latest duels versus this team. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendy 5 goals |   I. Wadji 3 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Caen missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Caen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 56% |
| 69% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 31% |
| 44% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 25% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 62% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 44% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 31% |
| 19% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 31% |
| 5.6 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 10.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.5 | 10 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 29% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 31% |
| 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8 | 7.1 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
- All of Saint-Étienne's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Saint-Étienne have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 2
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (30) in Ligue 2
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Ligue 2
- Saint-Étienne have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
- Saint-Étienne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint-Étienne is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Valenciennes | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Caen | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Paris | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Metz | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Quevilly Rouen | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Pau | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Bastia | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Laval | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Annecy | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Dijon | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 17 | Nîmes | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Rodez | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Niort | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 11 |
