FC Martigues will visit Stade Michel DโOrnano on Friday for the Ligue 2 game with hosts SM Caen.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for SM Caen v FC Martigues can be found here - as well as up-to-date odds.
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SM Caen
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SM Caen go into this match following on from a 2-2 Ligue 2 drawn game versus Rodez.
For SM Caen, the goals were scored by 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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Following on from being beaten in their last game against FC Metz in Ligue 2 competition, FC Martigues will be aiming to make amends here.
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
A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 14/03/1998 shows that SM Caen have won 3 of these games & FC Martigues 2, with the number of draws being 1.
A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 10 from Caen and 6 coming from Martigues. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 11 on 29/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of FC Martigues 0-3 SM Caen.
The match was refereed by 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) arenโt available for SM Caen manager 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,
09:06 16/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
โฝ๏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.