Pau FC vs SM Caen, Ligue 2 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Match Details
- Referee Mickael Leleu
16 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 3.0 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 23 Aug SM Caen H 1–0 W 16 Aug Clermont Foot 63 A 2–2 D 17 May FC Girondins de Bordeaux A 2–3 L 10 May SC Bastia H 1–2 L 03 May Angers SCO A 1–2 L 27 Apr En Avant Guingamp H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Aug Pau FC A 0–1 L 17 Aug Paris FC H 0–2 L 17 May Valenciennes FC H 3–0 W 10 May USL Dunkerque A 2–2 D 03 May Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC H 1–0 W 27 Apr AS Saint-Etienne A 0–1 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Pau FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Pau FC0-153/–16-302/331-45–/446-601/361-75–/376+3/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Pau FC gets underway.
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 9' Goal! Khalid Boutaib scores his 30 goal in 11 matches.
- 14' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 19' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Therence Koudou suffering a number of foals already.
- 24' Noe Lebreton has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 29' Pau FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 32' It’s gonna be a card for Oumar Ngom.
- 37' It’s high time Nicolas Seube made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 42' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 42 minutes.
- 47' Mohamed Hafid needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 52' 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.
- 55' SM Caen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tidiam Gomis is hanging Mathias Autret on the field on 55 minute.
- 56' That looks like a foul for a card for Khalid Boutaib.
- 59' It is a substitution in SM Caen team. Dieudonne Gaucho Debohi is replaced by Daylam Meddah on 59 minute.
- 64' Another change for Pau FC made on 64 minute. Tairyk Arconte leaves to be changed by Ousmane Kante.
- 65' Xavier Kouassi is replacing Antoine Mille for the Pau FC side.
- 70' 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.
- 73' It is a substitution in Pau FC team. Pathe Mboup is replaced by Yonis Njoh on 73 minute.
- 75' SM Caen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mohamed Hafid is hanging Noe Lebreton on the field on 75 minute.
- 80' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tidiam Gomis made 399 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 85' It looks like no one’s ball. SM Caen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Godson Kyeremeh.
- With this win, Pau FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Pau FC Lineups
Starting XI
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7
Tairyk Arconte ↓ Ousmane Kante 64'
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- 6
- 22
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2
Therence Koudou ↓ Joseph Kalulu 73'
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17
Antoine Mille ↓ Xavier Kouassi 65'
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9
Pathe Mboup ↓ Yonis Njoh 73'
Bench
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19
Ousmane Kante ↑ 64'
- 40
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4
Xavier Kouassi ↑ 65'
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3
Yonis Njoh ↑ 73'
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- 99
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33
Joseph Kalulu ↑ 73'
Coach Nicolas UsaiSM Caen Lineups
Starting XI
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- 8
- 1
- 29
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23
Mathias Autret ↓ Tidiam Gomis 55'
- 14
- 2
- 17
- 24
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20
Noe Lebreton ↓ Mohamed Hafid 75'
- 77
Bench
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27
Daylam Meddah ↑ 59'
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22
Mohamed Hafid ↑ 75'
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Tidiam Gomis ↑ 55'
- 99
- 98
- 78
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alex Mendy 4 Erwin Koffi 2 Romain Armand 2 Yann M'Vila 1 Antoine Mille 1 Ali El Abdi 1 Pathe Mboup 1 Henri Saivet 1 Head to Head
Pau FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.22 Pau FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.03 SM Caen xGI would bet for: Pau FC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Pau FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.25Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
Pau FC or Draw 71%Draw or SM Caen 58%Pau FC or SM Caen 70%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Pau FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.2%0 – 0 12.8%1 – 0 Actual0 – 1 9.7%2 – 1 7.8%2 – 0 7.5%1 – 2 6.6%0 – 2 5.4%2 – 2 4.1%3 – 1 3.2%3 – 0 3%1 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Pau FC
Handicap Pau FC covers Push SM Caen covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 21% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 18% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Pau FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✗SM Caen keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

