SM Caen will be facing away side FC Martigues at Stade Michel DโOrnano in the Ligue 2 tie on Friday.
All SM Caen v FC Martigues match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
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SM Caen
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SM Caen head into this fixture following on from a 2-2 Ligue 2 drawn match against Rodez.
For SM Caen, the scorers were Noรฉ Lebreton (60') and Godson Kyeremeh (82'). Timothรฉ Nkada (47') and Ibrahima Baldรฉ (90') scored for Rodez.
It has been all too rare in recent games where SM Caen have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that SM Caen have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 11 goals on the way.
Coming into this fixture, SM Caen are without a home win in the past 8 league games. It's been disappointing.
FC Martigues
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Since tasting defeat last time out to FC Metz in Ligue 2 competition, FC Martigues and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
The only name on the scoresheet from FC Martigues was Karim Tlili (13'). Papa Amadou Diallo (2'), Gauthier Hein (16', 35') and Ablie Jallow (81') scored for FC Metz.
Throughout their 6 previous matches, Hakim Malek's FC Martigues have fired home a total of 6 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.
Going into this encounter, FC Martigues havenโt won away from home in the past 2 league matches.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head to head clashes going back to 14/03/1998 tells us that SM Caen have won 3 of these & FC Martigues 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 10 from Caen and 6 netted by Martigues. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The last league contest between these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 11 on 29/10/2024 which ended up with the score at FC Martigues 0-3 SM Caen.
The referee was Eddy Rosier.
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Team News: SM Caen
Bilal Brahimi (Injury to the ankle), Emmanuel Ntim (Dead leg), Quentin Lecoeuche (Adductor pain), Kalifa Coulibaly (Knee injury) and Romain Thomas (Achilles tendon contusion) wonโt be playing for SM Caen boss Michel Der Zakarian.
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Prediction
We envisage that SM Caen look set to create enough chances to score more than one against FC Martigues, who might well find it a difficult task to score themselves.
Our selection here is for a controlled 2-0 winning margin for SM Caen at the conclusion of the game.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the best odds for this match?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds on the WDW market, the win for SM Caen is best priced at 1.57, backing the draw is 3.75 and betting on the winning team to be FC Martigues gets you 5.75. Those are the top market prices available at this very moment.
Peter Guest,
03:07 16/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
SM Caen
Formed: 1913
Stadium: Stade Michel DโOrnano (20,300)
Captain: Romain Thomas
Chairman: Olivier Pickeu
Manager: Michel Der Zakarian
Competitions: Ligue 2 position 18
๐ Key Man: Bilal Brahimi
Usually playing in the Centre Midfield position, Bilal Brahimi was born in Villepinte, France. Having made his senior debut playing for USL Dunkerque in the 2021 - 2022 season, the accomplished Midfielder has hit 3 league goals in the Ligue 2 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 26 appearances.