SM Caen vs Toulouse Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

SM Caen

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SM Caen go into this game following on from a 1-1 Ligue 2 drawn game against AJ Auxerre.

The only name on the scoresheet from SM Caen was Benjamin Jeannot (81'). Rémy Dugimont (53') scored for AJ Auxerre.

It has been all too rare in recent games that SM Caen have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Caen have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals along the way. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that SM Caen:

• are unbeaten in the league by Toulouse in their last 3 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league matches. Fans are getting restless.

Toulouse

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Toulouse head into the encounter after a 1-0 Ligue 2 win as they beat Paris FC in their last outing.

The only scorer from Toulouse was Stijn Spierings (66').

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Toulouse, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per match during that spell is 3.67, with the number of goals averaged by Toulouse being 2.67.

Their prior results show that Toulouse:

• have left without a victory over SM Caen when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• have not been beaten in their last 7 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 01/10/2016 tells us that SM Caen have won 3 of these and Toulouse 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

An aggregate of 9 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 for Caen and 4 for Toulouse. That is an average goals per game value of 1.5.

The previous league game featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 26 on 24/02/2019 which finished with the scoreline of Toulouse 1-1 SM Caen.

On that day, Toulouse had 58% possession and 12 shots at goal with 8 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Max-Alain Gradel (91').

SM Caen got 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Enzo Crivelli (45') scored.

The referee was François Letexier.

📰 Team News: SM Caen

SM Caen boss Pascal Dupraz will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match with a completely injury-free group to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Toulouse

Thanks to a largely available group, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Toulouse boss Patrice Garande to be concerned about. Wesley Saïd (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

In our view, SM Caen could well find it tough to register a score against this Toulouse outfit who we think might manage to score & go ahead.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a narrow 0-1 victory for Toulouse at the end of the 90 minutes.

Little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:08 07/01/2021