SM Caen vs Valenciennes FC Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

SM Caen

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SM Caen will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-2 Ligue 2 loss in their previous game against Rodez.

The only scorer from SM Caen was Ali Abdi (92'). Sambou Soumano (15'), Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (27'), Éric Vandenabeele (38' Own goal) and Kyllian Corredor (54') scored for Rodez.

Stéphane Moulin's SM Caen have hit the back of the net a sum total of 9 times over their past six outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures is 6.

Their previous form shows that SM Caen:

• are unbeaten in the league by Valenciennes FC in their previous 2 games.
• have not won against Valenciennes FC in their previous 7 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 8 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Valenciennes FC

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In their previous game, Valenciennes FC drew 2-2 in the Ligue 2 match with SC Bastia.

The only scorer from Valenciennes FC was Adrian Grbić (25', 48'). Frank Magri (4', 69') scored for SC Bastia.

Valenciennes FC have seen success in front of goal in their most recent fixtures, scoring 9 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Valenciennes FC have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same games. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.

Their prior results show that Valenciennes FC:

• haven't been beaten by SM Caen when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 18/10/2019 shows us that SM Caen have won 0 of these games and Valenciennes FC 2, with the tally of draws standing at 4.

A combined sum of 10 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 from Caen and 6 created by Les Athéniens. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 14 on 05/11/2022 which ended up with the score at Valenciennes FC 1-1 SM Caen.

The match was refereed by Abdelatif Kherradji.

🗞️ Team News: SM Caen

Johann Obiang (Hamstring Injury) and Lamine Sy (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be playing for SM Caen manager Stéphane Moulin.

🗞️ Team News: Valenciennes FC

Due to a completely healthy group ready to go, the Valenciennes FC boss Nicolas Rabuel doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report coming into this clash.

🔮 Prediction

We believe that Valenciennes FC certainly have the ability to put one past this SM Caen outfit, but that isn’t expected to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 advantage for SM Caen when all is said and done. Should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:32 14/03/2023