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Red Star will be at Stade Michel D’Ornano on Friday for the Ligue 2 tie with home team SM Caen.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for SM Caen v Red Star, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.
SM Caen will be wanting a better result here following a 4-0 Ligue 2 defeat last time out to FC Lorient.
Mohamed Bamba (16'), Eli Junior Kroupi (23') and Sambou Soumano (78', 93') scored for FC Lorient.
Fixtures with SM Caen have often been lively affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 games alone, a grand total of 24 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 7 of them belonging to SM Caen.
Looking at their past form shows that SM Caen:
In their last game, Red Star drew 1-1 in the Ligue 2 match with Clermont Foot.
The only scorer from Red Star was Damien Durand (11'). Famara Diédhiou (58') was the scorer for Clermont Foot.
The stats tell the story, and Red Star have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in all. Defensively, Red Star have been far from perfect. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, however.
Taking a look at their past results, Red Star:
Looking at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 31/10/1997 shows that SM Caen have won 2 of these & Red Star 1, with the tally of drawn results being 3.
In all, 12 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 of them for Caen and 5 being from L'Étoile rouge. That’s an average goals per game of 2.
The last league meeting between these sides was Ligue 2 match day 9 on 18/10/2024 when the final score was Red Star 2-2 SM Caen.
The referee was Pierre Gaillouste.
Emmanuel Ntim (Dead leg) and Romain Thomas (Achilles tendon contusion) aren’t available for SM Caen gaffer Michel Der Zakarian.
Red Star manager Grégory Poirier has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Rayane Doucouré (Knee injury) and Bradley Danger (Knock) miss out here.
Our feeling is that Red Star will have to play well to be putting a goal past this SM Caen side who should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re therefore predicting a narrow 1-0 winning score for SM Caen when all is said and done.
Expecting it to be tight.
Looking at the betting prices for the match in the 90 min. result market, a win for SM Caen is available for 2.05, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.4 & staking on the winning team to be Red Star can get you 3.4. Those are the top bets on offer at present.
Victor Martins, 12:02 28/04/2025
⚽️ Team Focus:
SM Caen
Formed: 1913
Stadium: Stade Michel D’Ornano (20,300)
Captain: Romain Thomas
Chairman: Olivier Pickeu
Manager: Michel Der Zakarian
Competitions: Ligue 2 position 18
🔑 Key Player: Bilal Brahimi
Customarily taking up the Centre Midfield position, Bilal Brahimi was born in Villepinte, France. Having made a first senior appearance for USL Dunkerque in the 2021 - 2022 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has netted 3 league goals in the Ligue 2 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in a total of 28 appearances.
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SM Caen |
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SM Caen |
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Red Star |
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SM Caen |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 68 | WWWDW |
| 2 |
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32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 65 | WWWWD |
| 3 |
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32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 61 | WDWDL |
| 4 |
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32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 54 | LWLWL |
| 5 |
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32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 51 | WLLLW |
| 6 |
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32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 49 | LLLWW |
| 7 |
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32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 48 | LDWDW |
| 8 |
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32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 44 | WDWLL |
| 9 |
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32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 43 | LWLLW |
| 10 |
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32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | -10 | 42 | WLDDW |
| 11 |
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32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 41 | LDDWW |
| 12 |
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32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 40 | DLWWL |
| 13 |
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32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 39 | LWDDL |
| 14 |
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32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 37 | DWDLD |
| 15 |
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32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 36 | DDLDD |
| 16 |
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32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | -23 | 31 | WLLWL |
| 17 |
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32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -17 | 29 | DLDLD |
| 18 |
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32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 21 | LDDLL |
| FC Lorient |
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SM Caen |
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FC Martigues |
| Rodez |
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SM Caen |
| SM Caen |
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Metz |
| Paris FC |
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SM Caen |
| Amiens |
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SM Caen |
| Red Star |
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Clermont Foot |
| Metz |
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Red Star |
| Red Star |
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Annecy FC |
| ESTAC |
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Red Star |
| Red Star |
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Rodez |
| AC Ajaccio |
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Red Star |
| SM Caen |
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FC Martigues |
| SM Caen |
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Metz |
| SM Caen |
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Stade Lavallois |
| SM Caen |
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Pau FC |
| SM Caen |
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USL Dunkerque |
| SM Caen |
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EA Guingamp |
| Metz |
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Red Star |
| ESTAC |
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Red Star |
| AC Ajaccio |
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Red Star |
| SC Bastia |
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Red Star |
| Grenoble |
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Red Star |
| Paris FC |
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Red Star |
| Goals scored | 0.9 |
| Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Time first goal scored | 38 |
| Time first goal conceded | 38 |
| Yellow cards | 2.4 |
| Red cards | 0.3 |
| Subs used | 4.4 |
| Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
| Goals scored | 1.1 |
| Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| Time first goal scored | 42 |
| Time first goal conceded | 29 |
| Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 4.4 |
| Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
| Alexandre Mendy | 8 |
| Noé Lebreton | 4 |
| Bilal Brahimi | 3 |
| Kalifa Coulibaly | 2 |
| Tidiam Gomis | 2 |
| Aliou Badji | 6 |
| Hacene Benali | 6 |
| Damien Durand | 6 |
| Kemo Cissé | 4 |
| Joachim Eickmayer | 2 |
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Red Star |
| SC Bastia |
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SM Caen |
| SM Caen |
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Red Star |
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USL Dunkerque |
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