FC Lorient vs SM Caen, Ligue 2 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Lorient vs SM Caen — Ligue 2 at Stade du Moustoir.
- FC Lorient 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- SM Caen 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Guillaume Paradis
18 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 4.2 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Etienne 34 60 4 Red Star FC 34 58 5 Rodez Aveyron Football 34 58 6 Stade de Reims 34 56 7 FC Annecy 34 52 8 Montpellier HSC 34 51 9 Pau FC 34 45 10 USL Dunkerque 34 43 11 En Avant Guingamp 34 40 12 Grenoble Foot 38 34 39 13 Clermont Foot 63 34 37 14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 34 37 15 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 34 36 16 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 34 32 17 SC Bastia 34 28 18 Amiens SC 34 24 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr SM Caen H 4–0 W 21 Apr FC Annecy A 0–0 D 12 Apr En Avant Guingamp A 2–1 W 05 Apr Pau FC H 5–0 W 29 Mar Grenoble Foot 38 A 2–1 W 15 Mar SC Bastia H 4–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr FC Lorient A 0–4 L 18 Apr FC Martigues H 0–3 L 11 Apr Rodez Aveyron Football A 2–2 D 05 Apr FC Metz H 2–2 D 31 Mar Paris FC A 2–4 L 14 Mar Amiens SC A 1–2 L Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stade du Moustoir will turn into a battlefield for FC Lorient and SM Caen.
- 5' Robin Verhaeghe is replacing Dieudonne Gaucho Debohi for the SM Caen side.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 13' A meaty challenge results in booking for Julien Laporte on 13.
- 17' GOAL! Mohamed Bamba scores on 17. Assisted by Julien Ponceau
- 22' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 22 minutes.
- 24' GOAL! Eli Kroupi scores on 24. Assisted by Julien Ponceau
- 29' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brahim Traore, as he is very good at scoring at Stade du Moustoir with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 34' FC Lorient seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 39' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SM Caen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 43' The referee shows SM Caen player a card on 43.
- 46' The whistle greets Bilal Brahimi as he departs to be replaced by Ilyes Najim.
- 51' Joel Mvuka has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 56' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 61' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 65' Igor Silva is replacing Gedeon Kalulu for the FC Lorient side.
- 70' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Lorient is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 73' The FC Lorient manager makes a substitution. Eli Kroupi departs to be replaced by Aiyegun Tosin.
- 77' Jules Gaudin is replacing Quentin Lecoeuche for the SM Caen side.
- 78' Goal! Sambou Soumano scores his 26 goal in 213 matches.
- 83' It’s high time Michel Der Zakarian made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 86' Time for substitution for FC Lorient. Joel Mvuka is replaced by Stephane Diarra.
- The final score is 4-0.
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Lineups
FC Lorient Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
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24
Gedeon Kalulu ↓ Igor Silva 65'
- 15
- 21
- 38
- 44
- 3
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22
Eli Kroupi ↓ Aiyegun Tosin 73'
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93
Joel Mvuka ↓ Stephane Diarra 86'
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9
Mohamed Bamba ↓ Sambou Soumano 73'
- 62
Bench
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17
Jean-Victor Makengo ↑ 86'
- 1
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27
Aiyegun Tosin ↑ 73'
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7
Stephane Diarra ↑ 86'
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28
Sambou Soumano ↑ 73'
- 5
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2
Igor Silva ↑ 65'
Coach Olivier PantaloniSM Caen Lineups
Starting XI
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10
Bilal Brahimi ↓ Ilyes Najim 46'
- 21
- 6
- 1
- 19
- 28
- 17
- 61
- 25
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20
Noe Lebreton ↓ Gabin Tome 65'
- 77
Bench
- 16
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18
Kalifa Coulibaly ↑ 77'
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50
Ilyes Najim ↑ 46'
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27
Jules Gaudin ↑ 77'
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20
Robin Verhaeghe ↑ 5'
- 37
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39
Gabin Tome ↑ 65'
Coach Michel Der Zakarian -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mohamed Bamba 2 Sambou Soumano 2 Pierre-Yves Hamel 2 Yoane Wissa 2 Jessy Pi 1 Tidiam Gomis 1 Julien Ponceau 1 Eli Kroupi 1 Head to Head
FC Lorient Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.34 FC Lorient xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.85 SM Caen xGI would bet for: FC Lorient to win 70% + Over 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Lorient winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.19Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
FC Lorient or Draw 88%Draw or SM Caen 30%FC Lorient or SM Caen 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Lorient win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 11.2%2 – 1 9.3%1 – 0 9.3%1 – 1 9%3 – 0 8.4%3 – 1 7.2%0 – 0 5.6%4 – 0 Actual4 – 1 4.3%2 – 2 3.9%1 – 2 3.4%3 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — FC Lorient
Handicap FC Lorient covers Push SM Caen covers -2.5 26% — 74% -2 26% 21% 53% -1.5 47% — 53% -1 47% 22% 31% -0.5 69% — 31% +0.5 89% — 11% +1 89% 8% 4% +1.5 96% — 4% +2 96% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
FC Lorient keeps clean sheet 43% ✗SM Caen keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.