France - Ligue 2StarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Caen and Valenciennes, taking place on Saturday, 18 March 2023, at Stade Michel D’Ornano in Caen.
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Caen, Recent FormThe Caen players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Rodez recently, that ended in a 3-2 defeat.
Stéphane Moulin will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 9 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 6 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. Finding the net regularly has been an issue for them in their home stadium, with zero goals scored in 3 of their last 6 matches. When playing at home this season, Caen has notched up a tally of 6 clean sheets, highlighting the struggle some of their opponents have had to break through on goal.
They have been performing well at Stade Michel D’Ornano recently and are unbeaten in their last 8 home games.
Alexandre Mendy will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Caen.
Valenciennes, Recent FormAn important point secured against Bastia will have left Valenciennes quite happy with their 2-2 draw.
Manager Nicolas Rabuel will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, with them having managed to score 9 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 9 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. When it comes to attacking performances, they can consider themselves in a good and consistent form, having chalked up goals in 5 of their last 6 matches. They have not been performing well at all defensively, not delivering a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 matches.
There will be mixed feelings from Les Athéniens, while they've been undefeated in their last 4 league games, they've only manage a drawn in 4 of them.
Having scored 5 goals in his last 6 league games for Valenciennes, Adrian Grbić will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
In the last match between these two, goals were scored on both sides, with the game ending in a 1-1 draw.
The Caen defence has struggled against Les Athéniens in past meetings, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 5 games.
The last 2 league meetings between these sides ended in a share of the points, but VAFC might consider themselves in a better position, having a run of form in this fixture that has seen them unbeaten in their last 7 encounters.
With no real injury worries, Caen manager Stéphane Moulin will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
There is only really one injury concern for the VAFC manager Nicolas Rabuel ahead of this clash, with Quentin Lecoeuche (Broken collarbone) missing out, which gives Rabuel a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Caen Playing at home | Valenciennes Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 0.5 |
| 0.6 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 45' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 34' | Time first goal conceded | 53' |
| 2.2 | Yellow cards | 1.6 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.4 | Subs used | 4 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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