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Caen v Red Star FC : Ligue 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 2nd May, 19:00 BST, Stade Michel-d'Ornano, Caen

the Stade Michel-d'Ornano is the setting on Friday evening, as Michel Der Zakarian's Caen host Grégory Poirier's Red Star FC in the Ligue 2. Team form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score 2 goals or more between them during 90 mins. Both Caen and Red Star's current form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Caen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.35.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Caen 37%	7/5 20%	-
Draw 25%	13/5 3%	-
Red Star 38%	17/10 23%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	-
Red Star 1-0 9%	11/1	-
Caen 1-0 9%	10/1 38%	-
Red Star 2-1 8%	9/1 17%	-
Caen 2-1 8%	9/1 11%	-
Draw 0-0 6%	14/1 36%	-
Red Star 2-0 6%	14/1 21%	-
Caen 2-0 6%	14/1 50%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1 8%	-
Red Star 3-1 4%	18/1 34%	-
Caen 3-1 4%	16/1 13%	-
Red Star 3-0 3%	28/1 29%	-
Caen 3-0 3%	22/1 35%	-
Red Star 3-2 3%	22/1 32%	-
Caen 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	8/13 12%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	5/4 15%	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	4/5 11%	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	21/20 18%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	14/1 36%	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	8/15 12%	-
BTTS - No 44%	11/8 19%	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	10/3 8%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 4%	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	7/2 31%	-
Home/draw 62%	4/9 12%	-
Away/draw 63%	8/15 15%	-
Home/away 75%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	2/11 6%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	7/2 20%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	6/4 17%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	1/2 10%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	7/2 25%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	2/11 5%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	8/1 31%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/14 3%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/33 2%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	14/1 36%	-
Home DNB 55%	4/5 25%	-
Away DNB 56%	10/11 27%	-
Caen win to nil 18%	4/1 43%	-
Red Star win to nil 19%	9/2 15%	-
Caen / Caen 22%	11/4 17%	-
Caen / Red Star 4%	22/1 21%	-
Caen / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Caen 14%	5/1 20%	-
Draw / Red Star 13%	11/2 19%	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 9%	-
Red Star / Caen 4%	22/1	-
Red Star / Red Star 19%	10/3 28%	-
Red Star / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 2 table

Caen have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 21 games, drawn 6 and won 5. Caen have conceded 55 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 14 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Caen have played 16 games at home, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Red Star lay in 15th place on 36 points in the Ligue 2 league table having played 32 matches. Red Star are unbeaten in 5 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 5 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 6 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Red Star have conceded 4 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Red Star have played 16 away games, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Caen Red Star
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lorient	32	21	5	6	34	68	l 1-2F	l 4-0A	l 1-2A	l 2-1A
2	Paris FC	32	20	5	7	20	65	l 0-2A	l 4-2A	l 1-3A	l 4-1A
3	Metz	32	17	10	5	29	61	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	d 2-2A
4	Dunkerque	32	17	3	12	7	54	l 0-2A	l 3-1A	May 10	l 2-0A
5	Guingamp	32	16	3	13	10	51	l 0-1A	l 3-1A	w 3-1A	w 3-4F
6	Lavallois	32	14	7	11	7	49	l 0-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-3A	d 1-1A
7	Annecy	32	13	9	10	-2	48	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
8	Bastia	32	10	14	8	5	44	w 2-0F	May 10	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
9	Grenoble	32	12	7	13	-1	43	l 0-1A	l 3-1F	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0
10	Pau	32	10	12	10	-10	42	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	l 1-3A	l 4-1A
11	Troyes	32	12	5	15	3	41	l 0-1A	l 3-0A	l 0-3A	d 2-2A
12	Amiens	32	12	4	16	-13	40	w 2-1F	l 2-1A	w 2-0F	l 3-0A
13	Ajaccio	32	11	6	15	-11	39	w 1-0F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	l 2-1F
14	Rodez	32	9	10	13	2	37	d 3-3A	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
15	Red Star Away	32	9	9	14	-14	36	May 2	d 2-2F	-	-
16	Martigues	32	9	4	19	-23	31	l 0-3A	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
17	Clermont	32	6	11	15	-17	29	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
18	Caen Home	32	5	6	21	-26	21	-	-	d 2-2A	May 2

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Win / draw / win form

Caen have not won in 9 consecutive home league games

Red Star have not won in 7 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Caen	0 - 3	Martigues
Caen	2 - 2	Metz
Caen	0 - 1	Lavallois
Caen	2 - 2	Pau
Caen	0 - 2	Dunkerque
Caen	0 - 1	Guingamp
Caen	0 - 1	Grenoble
Caen	0 - 1	Clermont
Caen	3 - 3	Rodez
Caen	2 - 0	Bastia
Caen	0 - 1	Troyes
Caen	1 - 2	Lorient
Caen	2 - 1	Amiens
Caen	1 - 0	Ajaccio
Caen	1 - 1	Annecy
Caen	0 - 2	Paris FC
Caen	3 - 0	Valenciennes
Caen	1 - 0	Lavallois
Caen	2 - 1	Annecy
Caen	1 - 0	Rodez

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Caen	0 - 4	Lorient
H	Caen	0 - 3	Martigues
A	Caen	2 - 2	Rodez
H	Caen	2 - 2	Metz
A	Caen	2 - 4	Paris FC
A	Caen	1 - 2	Amiens
H	Caen	0 - 1	Lavallois
A	Caen	1 - 0	Clermont
H	Caen	2 - 2	Pau
A	Caen	0 - 1	Annecy
H	Caen	0 - 2	Dunkerque
A	Caen	0 - 3	Troyes
H	Caen	0 - 1	Guingamp
A	Caen	1 - 2	Ajaccio
H	Caen	0 - 1	Grenoble
H	Caen	0 - 1	Clermont
A	Caen	1 - 3	Dunkerque
A	Caen	0 - 1	Lavallois
H	Caen	3 - 3	Rodez
A	Caen	0 - 1	Metz

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Metz	2 - 2	Red Star
Troyes	2 - 2	Red Star
Ajaccio	2 - 1	Red Star
Bastia	1 - 0	Red Star
Grenoble	0 - 0	Red Star
Paris FC	4 - 1	Red Star
Lavallois	1 - 1	Red Star
Rodez	0 - 2	Red Star
Pau	4 - 1	Red Star
Martigues	0 - 1	Red Star
Dunkerque	2 - 0	Red Star
Annecy	1 - 0	Red Star
Clermont	1 - 1	Red Star
Lorient	2 - 1	Red Star
Guingamp	3 - 4	Red Star
Amiens	3 - 0	Red Star
Niort	1 - 0	Red Star
Sochaux	1 - 2	Red Star
Troyes	2 - 0	Red Star
Beziers	1 - 3	Red Star

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Red Star	1 - 1	Clermont
A	Red Star	2 - 2	Metz
H	Red Star	0 - 1	Annecy
A	Red Star	2 - 2	Troyes
H	Red Star	1 - 1	Rodez
A	Red Star	1 - 2	Ajaccio
H	Red Star	2 - 0	Amiens
H	Red Star	3 - 1	Guingamp
A	Red Star	0 - 1	Bastia
H	Red Star	1 - 0	Martigues
A	Red Star	0 - 0	Grenoble
H	Red Star	1 - 2	Lorient
A	Red Star	1 - 4	Paris FC
H	Red Star	1 - 3	Pau
A	Red Star	1 - 1	Lavallois
A	Red Star	2 - 0	Rodez
H	Red Star	3 - 1	Grenoble
H	Red Star	0 - 0	Bastia
A	Red Star	1 - 4	Pau
H	Red Star	0 - 3	Troyes

Goal Statistics

	Caen 18th	Red Star 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Caen will score no more than 1 goal	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Red Star will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-20 Caen have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted	+2 Red Star’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 2 - 2024/2025 season

CAE

RED

17%

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Games scored	18		23
Failed to score	14		9
Scored first	9		11
Goals scored	29		35
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	9		8
Conversion rate for	11		13
Avg. XG for	1.3		0.9
KickOff rating		+17%

CAE

RED

16%

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Games conceded	28		24
Clean sheets	4		8
Conceded first	23		19
Goals conceded	55		49
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	19%		16%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.4
KickOff rating		+16%

Caen v Red Star Ligue 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Caen Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	8	3	7
A Mendy	A Mendy	B Brahimi	Q Lecoeuche

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Lebreton MID	30	4		6 -
G Kyeremeh FWD	30	2	2	2 -
A Mendy FWD	29	8	2	4 -
B Brahimi MID	28	4	3	2 1
A Mandréa GLK	25			-
L Rajot MID	25	1		4 -
M Bihan FWD	24		1	1 2
B Traoré DEF	23		1	3 -
R Thomas DEF	23	2		1 1
Q Lecoeuche DEF	21		1	7 -
V Henry DEF	19			5 1
Y M'Vila MID	17	1	1	7 -
K Coulibaly FWD	17	2		2 1
D Debohi MID	16			5 -
L Sy DEF	15			-
D Bolumbu DEF	13			2 -
M Autret MID	11			-
I Najim FWD	11		1	-
J Gaudin DEF	10		1	4 -
A Moucketou-Moussounda DEF	9			1 -
Y Clementia GLK	7			2 -
E Ntim DEF	7			-
S Grandsir FWD	7	1		-
Y Benrahou MID	6		1	-
A Loua FWD	5		1	-
M Hafid MID	3			-
G. Tomé MID	3			-
H. Tavares Correia DEF	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	31	3	28
A Mendy	A Mendy	B Brahimi	B Brahimi

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Mendy FWD	8	31	2	14
N Lebreton MID	4	9		4
B Brahimi MID	4	15	3	28
K Coulibaly FWD	2	4		2
G Kyeremeh FWD	2	10	2	6
R Thomas DEF	2	4		1
S Grandsir FWD	1	4
Y M'Vila MID	1	2	1	3
L Rajot MID	1	4		11
A Loua FWD		2	1
J Gaudin DEF			1	3
Y Benrahou MID		1	1	2
E Ntim DEF				3
G. Tomé MID		1
A Moucketou-Moussounda DEF		3		1
L Sy DEF				5
I Najim FWD		1	1	4
M Autret MID		3		1
D Bolumbu DEF				3
D Debohi MID		1		1
V Henry DEF				10
Q Lecoeuche DEF		2	1	8
B Traoré DEF			1	2
M Bihan FWD		2	1	5
A Mandréa GLK				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1332	71	155
R Thomas	N Lebreton	A Mendy

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Thomas DEF	1332	18	81
B Traoré DEF	1123	27	84
Y M'Vila MID	1061	35	82
N Lebreton MID	913	71	151
B Brahimi MID	880	25	119
L Rajot MID	812	25	76
D Debohi MID	782	29	77
Q Lecoeuche DEF	676	21	65
A Mandréa GLK	671		13
V Henry DEF	617	22	52
A Moucketou-Moussounda DEF	520	12	34
A Mendy FWD	471	13	155
M Bihan FWD	462	24	69
J Gaudin DEF	442	16	48
L Sy DEF	409	17	42
G Kyeremeh FWD	345	17	72
D Bolumbu DEF	342	14	49
E Ntim DEF	229	9	17
S Grandsir FWD	196	13	26
Y Clementia GLK	182		4
Y Benrahou MID	138	7	14
M Autret MID	130	7	11
K Coulibaly FWD	109	3	53
I Najim FWD	105	2	11
G. Tomé MID	48		3
A Loua FWD	48	6	13
H. Tavares Correia DEF	24	2	5
M Hafid MID	20	1	1

Red Star Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
31	6	5	6
L Kouagba	D. Durand	M. Ifnaoui	R. Hachem

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M. Ifnaoui MID	32	2	5	3 -
D. Durand FWD	32	6	3	4 -
L Kouagba DEF	31	1		3 -
R. Hachem DEF	31	1	2	6 -
S Renel MID	29	1	3	1 -
F Dembi MID	29			2 -
H. Benali FWD	29	6	2	4 -
J Escartin DEF	28			4 -
A Badji FWD	28	6	3	6 -
D Durivaux DEF	26		1	2 -
H Mbock MID	25	1		5 1
K. Cissé FWD	24	4	1	1 -
F Doucouré DEF	22	1		2 -
J Eickmayer MID	22	2	1	2 -
R Risser GLK	18			3 -
Q Beunardeau GLK	14			-
B Danger DEF	14	1		2 -
A. Fall FWD	13			-
M Fongain DEF	12			1 -
B Mendy DEF	11			4 -
P Lemonnier DEF	7	1		1 -
V. Kany DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	20	5	23
D. Durand	D. Durand	M. Ifnaoui	M. Ifnaoui

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H. Benali FWD	6	16	2	9
D. Durand FWD	6	20	3	15
A Badji FWD	6	19	3	10
K. Cissé FWD	4	9	1	6
J Eickmayer MID	2	4	1	7
M. Ifnaoui MID	2	4	5	23
S Renel MID	1	6	3	13
H Mbock MID	1	5		2
R. Hachem DEF	1	8	2	20
F Doucouré DEF	1	4		4
L Kouagba DEF	1	6		1
B Danger DEF	1	2
P Lemonnier DEF	1	1
F Dembi MID		1		6
J Escartin DEF		2
D Durivaux DEF			1	5
A. Fall FWD				1
M Fongain DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1709	59	152
L Kouagba	R. Hachem	R. Hachem

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Kouagba DEF	1709	27	129
R. Hachem DEF	1202	59	152
M. Ifnaoui MID	1184	35	130
D Durivaux DEF	1085	51	119
S Renel MID	1007	31	64
F Doucouré DEF	793	48	86
J Escartin DEF	754	22	84
R Risser GLK	729	3	13
F Dembi MID	671	44	79
D. Durand FWD	599	11	75
H Mbock MID	555	31	105
M Fongain DEF	535	13	45
B Mendy DEF	522	10	43
B Danger DEF	486	15	52
J Eickmayer MID	477	10	45
P Lemonnier DEF	373	5	46
Q Beunardeau GLK	365		7
H. Benali FWD	354	25	90
A Badji FWD	331	17	109
K. Cissé FWD	313	11	49
A. Fall FWD	70	5	17
V. Kany DEF	1	1	1

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Caen have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Red Star lay in 15th place on 36 points in the Ligue 2 league table having played 32 matches. Red Star are unbeaten in 5 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 5 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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