Here's every little thing you must be aware of, and some more, going into the Valenciennes - Caen fixture!
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (7) in Ligue 2
- Caen have scored more than double the goals of Valenciennes.
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
Valenciennes form and stats
0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Valenciennes have to build on here at Stade du Hainaut in the Ligue 2.
Valenciennes travelled for their previous game, a trip to Grenoble Foot 38 that ended 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Boutoutaou got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Boutoutaou scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Troyes that ended 1-1.Valenciennes aren't scoring a lot here at Stade du Hainaut in the league, with only {3 goals} from 5 games. Valenciennes have conceded 8 from these games.
Caen form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Caen in their Ligue 2 matches away.
Caen played 1-1 against Auxerre in their previous match. Defender Ntim was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Ntim won 7 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 3-5 loss visiting Rodez's place.Caen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. As for defending, Caen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Valenciennes victories, five draws and two Caen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendy 8 goals |  A. Abdi 5 goals |   A. Boutoutaou 3 goals |
Valenciennes missing players
Caen missing players
| Valenciennes | Caen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 36% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 14.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.8 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 17% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 12.6 | 10.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
- All of Caen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Caen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Caen have scored more than double the goals of Valenciennes.
- Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (7) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have yet to win a 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 | Laval | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Auxerre | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Rodez | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Saint-Etienne | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Ajaccio | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Pau | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Amiens SC | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Caen | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Annecy | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Bastia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Concarneau | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Paris | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Troyes | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | Dunkerque | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
