Grenoble Foot 38 vs SM Caen, Ligue 2 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2023-24

Grenoble Foot 38

5 – 1

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SM Caen

Sat 3 Feb 2024 · 18:00 UTC Stade des Alpes HT 45' · FT 45'

Dante Rigo 59' Y

R 85' Alexandre Coeff

Overview

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Grenoble Foot 38 vs SM Caen — Ligue 2 at Stade des Alpes.

Grenoble Foot 38 7 games · 8 pts (2026/27)
SM Caen 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Guillaume Paradis

3 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 9.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	AS Saint-Étienne	7	16
2	Red Star FC	7	14
3	Stade de Reims	7	13
4	Montpellier HSC	7	12
5	FC Metz	7	10
6	AS Nancy-Lorraine	7	10
7	FC Annecy	7	10
8	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	7	10
9	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	7	9
10	Pau FC	7	8
11	USL Dunkerque	7	8
12	En Avant Guingamp	7	8
13	Grenoble Foot 38	7	8
14	Rodez Aveyron Football	7	7
15	FC Nantes	7	7
16	Clermont Foot 63	7	6
17	US Boulogne Côte d'Opale	7	5
18	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC	7	5

Head-to-Head

Grenoble Foot 38 20 games · Avg 2.6 goals SM Caen

Last 5 meetings

2024-02-03 Grenoble Foot 38 5–1 SM Caen 2023-09-26 SM Caen 1–2 Grenoble Foot 38 2023-02-18 SM Caen 2–1 Grenoble Foot 38 2022-09-17 Grenoble Foot 38 1–0 SM Caen 2022-04-09 Grenoble Foot 38 0–2 SM Caen

Recent Form

Grenoble Foot 38

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Feb	SM Caen	H	5–1	W
27 Jan	US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole	A	1–1	D
23 Jan	AJ Auxerre	H	1–1	D
13 Jan	USL Dunkerque	H	2–2	D
19 Dec	US Concarneau	A	3–0	W
16 Dec	FC Annecy	H	1–0	W

SM Caen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Feb	Grenoble Foot 38	A	1–5	L
27 Jan	ES Troyes AC	H	0–0	D
23 Jan	SC Bastia	A	2–1	W
13 Jan	US Concarneau	H	1–0	W
19 Dec	Amiens SC	A	0–0	D
16 Dec	USL Dunkerque	H	1–0	W

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Grenoble Foot 38 this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Grenoble Foot 38

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

2/1

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/2

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Grenoble Foot 38

Yadaly Diaby	2 G
Samba Diba	2 G
Baptiste Mouazan	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Grenoble Foot 38 and SM Caen is underway.
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' SM Caen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' Grenoble Foot 38 are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against SM Caen's shape.
20' Grenoble Foot 38 is showing some good football. However, Grenoble Foot 38 are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
25' SM Caen fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' Bilal Brahimi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
35' Grenoble Foot 38 have won 316 goals from 438 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
36' A stunning finish from Loic Nestor — that came from absolutely nowhere!
41' With 0 assists to his name this season, Caleb Zady Sery is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Grenoble Foot 38.
46' The 25-year-old Lenny Joseph has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
47' Pape Ba makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Grenoble Foot 38 are in front.
52' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Grenoble Foot 38 side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
55' Goal! Pape Ba scores his 27 goal in 447 matches.
59' The referee has no hesitation. Dante Rigo is booked for Grenoble Foot 38 — card on 59.
60' The whistle greets Hianga Mananga Mbock as he departs to be replaced by Quentin Daubin.
64' Virgiliu Postolachi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pape Ba at the 64 minute mark.
65' Nolan Mbemba has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dante Rigo on 65 minute.
66' The France Amine Sbai breaks the deadlock on 66 minutes. 4-0!
68' The whistle greets Ali El Abdi as he departs to be replaced by Daylam Meddah.
71' The whistle greets Noe Lebreton as he departs to be replaced by Alexandre Coeff.
76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
81' Grenoble Foot 38 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.
85' Alexandre Coeff was booked on 85.
86' The whistle greets Eddy Sylvestre as he departs to be replaced by Saikou Touray.
87' The whistle greets Gaetan Paquiez as he departs to be replaced by Mattheo Xantippe.
89' The deadlock is broken! Alex Mendy gets on the scoresheet on 89 minutes.
With this win, Grenoble Foot 38 is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Grenoble Foot 38 Lineups

Starting XI

6
Dante Rigo ↓ Nolan Mbemba 65'
14
Loic Nestor
5
Adrien Monfray
25
Theo Valls
29
Gaetan Paquiez ↓ Mattheo Xantippe 87'
1
Brice Maubleu
10
Eddy Sylvestre ↓ Saikou Touray 86'
7
Pape Ba ↓ Virgiliu Postolachi 64'
19
Lenny Joseph
11
Amine Sbai ↓ Abdoulie Sanyang 86'
39
Mathys Tourraine

Bench

16
Bobby Allain
–
Nolan Mbemba ↑ 65'
17
Virgiliu Postolachi ↑ 64'
70
Saikou Touray ↑ 86'
2
Abdoulie Sanyang ↑ 86'
27
Mattheo Xantippe ↑ 87'
4
Mamadou Diarra

Coach Vincent Hognon

SM Caen Lineups

Starting XI

21
Bilal Brahimi ↓ Amine Salama 60'
11
Mickael Le Bihan
1
Anthony Mandrea
29
Romain Thomas
19
Alex Mendy
10
Caleb Zady Sery ↓ Godson Kyeremeh 60'
4
Valentin Henry
2
Ali El Abdi ↓ Daylam Meddah 68'
18
Hianga Mananga Mbock ↓ Quentin Daubin 60'
61
Brahim Traore
20
Noe Lebreton ↓ Alexandre Coeff 71'

Bench

92
Alexandre Coeff ↑ 71'
16
Yannis Clementia
5
Syam Ben Youssef
17
Godson Kyeremeh ↑ 60'
6
Quentin Daubin ↑ 60'
27
Daylam Meddah ↑ 68'
–
Amine Salama ↑ 60'

Coach Patrice Sauvaget

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Pape Ba	6
Alex Mendy	5
Yoric Ravet	2
Brice Maubleu	1
Matthias Phaeton	1
Yoann Court	1
Ali El Abdi	1
Andreas Hountondji	1

Head to Head

Grenoble Foot 38 Form

2024-02-03 Grenoble Foot 38 5–1 SM Caen W 2024-01-27 US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole 1–1 Grenoble Foot 38 D 2024-01-23 Grenoble Foot 38 1–1 AJ Auxerre D 2024-01-13 Grenoble Foot 38 2–2 USL Dunkerque D 2023-12-19 US Concarneau 0–3 Grenoble Foot 38 W 2023-12-16 Grenoble Foot 38 1–0 FC Annecy W

SM Caen Form

2024-02-03 Grenoble Foot 38 5–1 SM Caen L 2024-01-27 SM Caen 0–0 ES Troyes AC D 2024-01-23 SC Bastia 1–2 SM Caen W 2024-01-13 SM Caen 1–0 US Concarneau W 2023-12-19 Amiens SC 0–0 SM Caen D 2023-12-16 SM Caen 1–0 USL Dunkerque W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.83 Grenoble Foot 38 xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.11 SM Caen xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Grenoble Foot 3853% Draw25% SM Caen22%

Actual: Grenoble Foot 38 win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.94

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Grenoble Foot 38 or Draw

78%

Draw or SM Caen

47%

Grenoble Foot 38 or SM Caen

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Grenoble Foot 3838% Draw44% SM Caen18%

Actual: Grenoble Foot 38 win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted

5 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

8.9%

2 – 0

8.7%

0 – 0

3 – 1

5.8%

1 – 2

5.7%

2 – 2

5.3%

3 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

3 – 2

3.3%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Grenoble Foot 38

Handicap	Grenoble Foot 38 covers	Push	SM Caen covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Grenoble Foot 38 keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

SM Caen keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.