FC Metz vs SM Caen, Ligue 2 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Antoine Valnet
17 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/gameStandings
# 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 09 Nov SM Caen H 1–0 W 04 Nov AC Ajaccio A 1–0 W 29 Oct Red Star FC A 0–1 L 25 Oct En Avant Guingamp H 1–0 W 18 Oct Grenoble Foot 38 A 0–2 L 05 Oct Amiens SC H 3–2 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Nov FC Metz A 0–1 L 02 Nov SC Bastia H 2–0 W 29 Oct FC Martigues A 3–0 W 26 Oct ES Troyes AC H 0–1 L 18 Oct Red Star FC A 2–2 D 05 Oct FC Lorient H 1–2 L Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. SM Caen kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ablie Jallow, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Saint Symphorien with 11 goals in the last 10 games.
- 10' SM Caen 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.
- 11' The supporters are chanting for Kevin Van Den Kerkhof. He replaces Maxime Colin on 11 minute.
- 16' It’s high time Nicolas Seube made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 21' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 26' FC Metz is taking the lead after the goal scored by Gauthier Hein on 26.
- 31' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SM Caen that had 399 games and scored 298 goals.
- 41' Alex Mendy has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 45' It’s gonna be a card for Ismael Traore.
- 50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
- 55' SM Caen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 55.
- 60' The referee shows FC Metz player a card on 60.
- 64' SM Caen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Godson Kyeremeh is hanging Lorenzo Rajot on the field on 64 minute.
- 69' SM Caen is showing some good football. However, SM Caen are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 74' It looks like no one’s ball. SM Caen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 79' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 81' The FC Metz manager makes a substitution. Morgan Bokele departs to be replaced by Joel Asoro.
- 82' Ababacar Lo is replacing Jessy Deminguet for the FC Metz side.
- 87' FC Metz is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- The final score is 1-0.
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Lineups
FC Metz Lineups
Starting XI
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20
Jessy Deminguet ↓ Ababacar Lo 82'
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- 36
- 16
- 8
- 21
- 38
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14
Cheikh Sabaly ↓ Simon Elisor 82'
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19
Morgan Bokele ↓ Joel Asoro 81'
Bench
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99
Joel Asoro ↑ 81'
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22
Kevin Van Den Kerkhof ↑ 11'
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31
Simon Elisor ↑ 82'
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15
Ababacar Lo ↑ 82'
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12
Alpha Toure ↑ 64'
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Coach Stephane Le MignanSM Caen Lineups
Starting XI
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- 16
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Mickael Le Bihan ↓ Tidiam Gomis 64'
- 29
- 19
- 28
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14
Lorenzo Rajot ↓ Godson Kyeremeh 64'
- 61
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20
Noe Lebreton ↓ Mathias Autret 82'
- 77
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Bench
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23
Mathias Autret ↑ 82'
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17
Godson Kyeremeh ↑ 64'
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Tidiam Gomis ↑ 64'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Djibril Diani 1 Gauthier Hein 1 Samuel Grandsir 1 Noe Lebreton 1 Kevin Van Den Kerkhof 1 Cheikh Sabaly 1 Head to Head
FC Metz Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.09 FC Metz xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.9 SM Caen xGI would bet for: FC Metz or Draw 74% + Under 2.5 goals 68%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Metz winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.99Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 59% 41% ± 2.5 32% 68% ± 3.5 15% 85% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
FC Metz or Draw 74%Draw or SM Caen 57%FC Metz or SM Caen 69%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Metz win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 16.1%1 – 1 14.4%1 – 0 Actual0 – 1 10.9%2 – 0 7.8%2 – 1 7.1%1 – 2 5.8%0 – 2 5.2%2 – 2 3.4%3 – 0 2.8%3 – 1 2.7%1 – 3 1.8%Asian Handicap — FC Metz
Handicap FC Metz covers Push SM Caen covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 22% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 18% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
FC Metz keeps clean sheet 41% ✗SM Caen keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.