SM Caen journey to Stade Armand-Cesari on Saturday for the Ligue 2 showdown with home team SC Bastia.
View all of the SC Bastia v SM Caen predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
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SC Bastia
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SC Bastia enter this match following a 2-2 Ligue 2 tied result vs EA Guingamp.
For SC Bastia, the goalscorers were Félix Tomi (40') and Lamine Cissé (53'). Rayan Ghrieb (27') and Donatien Gomis (83') scored for EA Guingamp.
Matches featuring SC Bastia have tended to be lively affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past six clashes, the sum of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of these accredited to SC Bastia. Still, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall be replicated in this match.
Heading into this fixture, SC Bastia have not registered a win against SM Caen in their previous 4 matches in the league.
SM Caen
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In their previous game, SM Caen drew 1-1 in the Ligue 2 tie with Red Star.
The only scorer from SM Caen was Ilyes Najim (72'). Aliou Badji (31') scored for Red Star.
Demonstrating their involvement in fruitful encounters, goals have been scored 23 times in the last 6 games in which SM Caen have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.83 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have managed 16 from this total.
Going into this encounter, SM Caen are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 26/02/2022 tells us that SC Bastia have won 1 of them and SM Caen 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.
A combined sum of 14 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 for Bastia and 10 being from Caen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.
The previous league meeting featuring the two was Ligue 2 match day 12 on 02/11/2024 which ended up with the score at SM Caen 2-0 SC Bastia.
The referee was Ahmed Taleb.
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Team News: SM Caen
SM Caen boss Michel Der Zakarian has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Emmanuel Ntim (Dead leg) and Romain Thomas (Achilles tendon contusion) can’t be considered.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that SC Bastia will most probably score a couple of goals when they face SM Caen, who won’t find it easy scoring.
We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 2-0 win for SC Bastia after 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds on the 90 minute result market, putting your money on SC Bastia can be had for 1.55, a wager on a draw is 4 & selecting the winner to be SM Caen gets 5.5. They are the best market prices on offer at present.
Renata Leite,
10:03 06/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
SC Bastia
Formed: 1905
Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari (16,048)
Captain: Christophe Vincent
Chairman: Claude Ferrandi
Manager: Benoît Tavenot
Competitions: Ligue 2 position 9
🔑 Key Player: Amine Boutrah
Customarily used in the Striker position, Amine Boutrah was born in Porto-Vecchio, France. Having made a first senior appearance for US Concarneau in the 2021 - 2022 season, the skilful Forward has got 6 league goals in this Ligue 2 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in 32 appearances.