SM Caen vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 2 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2023-24

SM Caen

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AS Saint-Etienne

Sat 16 Sep 2023 · 13:00 UTC Michel-d'Ornano HT 45' · FT 45'

Valentin Henry 35' Y

Ali El Abdi 67' Y

Y 76' Lamine Fomba

Anthony Mandrea 76' Y

Overview

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SM Caen vs AS Saint-Etienne — Ligue 2 at Michel-d'Ornano.

SM Caen 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
AS Saint-Etienne 7 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Abdelatif Kherradji

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	AS Saint-Etienne	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-Montbeliard	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 Cote d'Opale	7	5
18	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC	7	5

Head-to-Head

SM Caen 6 games · Avg 3.0 goals AS Saint-Etienne

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-16 SM Caen 1–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2023-05-26 SM Caen 2–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2022-12-30 AS Saint-Etienne 1–1 SM Caen 2019-03-16 SM Caen 0–5 AS Saint-Etienne 2018-09-22 AS Saint-Etienne 2–1 SM Caen

Recent Form

SM Caen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	AS Saint-Etienne	H	1–2	L
02 Sep	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC	A	1–2	L
26 Aug	AC Ajaccio	H	3–0	W
19 Aug	US Concarneau	A	2–0	W
12 Aug	Pau FC	H	2–0	W
05 Aug	Paris FC	A	2–0	W

AS Saint-Etienne

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	SM Caen	A	2–1	W
02 Sep	Valenciennes FC	H	0–0	D
28 Aug	FC Annecy	A	1–1	D
19 Aug	US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole	H	2–1	W
12 Aug	Rodez Aveyron Football	A	1–2	L
05 Aug	Grenoble Foot 38	H	0–1	L

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AS Saint-Etienne

0-15

1/–

16-30

5/–

31-45

4/2

46-60

2/3

61-75

5/–

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AS Saint-Etienne

Irvin Cardona	4 G	3 A
Thierno Ballo	4 G	2 A
Augustine Boakye	4 G	2 A
Jakob Breum	2 G	2 A
Zuriko Davitashvili	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: AS Saint-Etienne gets underway.
5' 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.
10' SM Caen currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
20' Anthony Briancon needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
25' AS Saint-Etienne come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
30' Florian Tardieu has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 30 minutes.
35' It’s gonna be a card for Valentin Henry.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. SM Caen must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' It is a substitution in SM Caen team. Emmanuel Ntim is replaced by Alexandre Coeff on 45 minute.
46' The supporters are chanting for Mickael Le Bihan. He replaces Diabe Bolumbu on 46 minute.
51' Over 51 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
56' It looks like no one’s ball. AS Saint-Etienne is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
61' Gaetan Charbonnier has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
62' Godson Kyeremeh gets the nod from SM Caen. He replaces Caleb Zady Sery and will look to change the dynamic.
67' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Ali El Abdi on 67 minutes.
68' The AS Saint-Etienne manager makes a substitution. Benjamin Bouchouari departs to be replaced by Aimen Moueffek.
73' SM Caen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
76' That is a card for AS Saint-Etienne. Lamine Fomba will be fuming at that decision.
76' The supporters are chanting for Hianga Mananga Mbock. He replaces Brahim Traore on 76 minute.
79' Another change for AS Saint-Etienne made on 79 minute. Mathieu Cafaro leaves to be changed by Victor Lobry.
84' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
88' GOAL! Ibrahim Sissoko fires home to make it 0-2!
It finishes all square. SM Caen and AS Saint-Etienne share the spoils 1-2.

Lineups

SM Caen Lineups

Starting XI

1
Anthony Mandrea
29
Romain Thomas
19
Alex Mendy
10
Caleb Zady Sery ↓ Godson Kyeremeh 62'
91
Emmanuel Ntim ↓ Alexandre Coeff 45'
4
Valentin Henry
23
Mathias Autret ↓ Tidiam Gomis 76'
2
Ali El Abdi
6
Quentin Daubin
61
Brahim Traore ↓ Hianga Mananga Mbock 76'
3
Diabe Bolumbu ↓ Mickael Le Bihan 46'

Bench

92
Alexandre Coeff ↑ 45'
16
Yannis Clementia
–
Mickael Le Bihan ↑ 46'
17
Godson Kyeremeh ↑ 62'
–
Hianga Mananga Mbock ↑ 76'
28
Djibril Diani
7
Tidiam Gomis ↑ 76'

Coach Jean-Marc Furlan

AS Saint-Etienne Lineups

Starting XI

23
Anthony Briancon
18
Mathieu Cafaro ↓ Victor Lobry 79'
30
Gautier Larsonneur
10
Gaetan Charbonnier ↓ Ibrahim Sissoko 68'
26
Lamine Fomba ↓ Maxence Rivera 79'
5
Florian Tardieu
8
Dennis Appiah
21
Dylan Batubinsika
19
Leo Petrot
–
Stephane Diarra ↓ Mahmoud Bentayg 68'
6
Benjamin Bouchouari ↓ Aimen Moueffek 68'

Bench

22
Victor Lobry ↑ 79'
9
Ibrahim Sissoko ↑ 68'
17
Maxence Rivera ↑ 79'
29
Aimen Moueffek ↑ 68'
42
Etienne Green
32
Karim Cisse
–
Mahmoud Bentayg ↑ 68'

Coach Laurent Batlles

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alex Mendy	4
Ibrahima Wadji	4
Timothee Kolodziejczak	1
Ibrahim Sissoko	1
Arnaud Nordin	1
Aimen Moueffek	1
Romain Hamouma	1
Robert Beric	1

Head to Head

SM Caen Form

2023-09-16 SM Caen 1–2 AS Saint-Etienne L 2023-09-02 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 2–1 SM Caen L 2023-08-26 SM Caen 3–0 AC Ajaccio W 2023-08-19 US Concarneau 0–2 SM Caen W 2023-08-12 SM Caen 2–0 Pau FC W 2023-08-05 Paris FC 0–2 SM Caen W

AS Saint-Etienne Form

2023-09-16 SM Caen 1–2 AS Saint-Etienne W 2023-09-02 AS Saint-Etienne 0–0 Valenciennes FC D 2023-08-28 FC Annecy 1–1 AS Saint-Etienne D 2023-08-19 AS Saint-Etienne 2–1 US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole W 2023-08-12 Rodez Aveyron Football 2–1 AS Saint-Etienne L 2023-08-05 AS Saint-Etienne 0–1 Grenoble Foot 38 L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.35 SM Caen xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 AS Saint-Etienne xG

I would bet for: SM Caen or AS Saint-Etienne 71% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

SM Caen35% Draw29% AS Saint-Etienne36%

Actual: AS Saint-Etienne win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.73

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

SM Caen or Draw

64%

Draw or AS Saint-Etienne

65%

SM Caen or AS Saint-Etienne

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

SM Caen26% Draw47% AS Saint-Etienne27%

Actual: AS Saint-Etienne win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

0 – 0

8.5%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

2 – 1

7.9%

1 – 0

7.8%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — SM Caen

Handicap	SM Caen covers	Push	AS Saint-Etienne covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	19%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	19%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

SM Caen keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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