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

Stade Michel-d'Ornano, Caen

Home advantage makes a difference in the Ligue 2, and Michel Der Zakarian’s Caen will have the blessing of it on Friday evening. Grégory Poirier’s Red Star FC are their opponents at the Stade Michel-d'Ornano. For every Ligue 2 fixture, KickOff explores the statistics for multiple markets. Key stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then published alongside odds.

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The last French Ligue 2 meeting between Caen and Red Star was on Friday 2nd May 2025

French Ligue 2

May 2nd 2025

Caen 1	1 Red Star

I. Najim 72'	31' A. Badji

	CAE RED
Shots On	4 3
Shots Off	5 5
Corners	4 2
Possession	45% 55%
Fouls	13 13
Yellow/red cards	2/0

Caen	Red Star

A. Mandrea R. Verhaeghe J. Gaudin H. Tavares Correia (L. Milliner 55') B. Traoré N. Lebreton Y. Benrahou (I. Najim 55') Y. M'Vila K. Coulibaly (A. Mendy 55') G. Kyeremeh (B. Brahimi 64') S. Grandsir	R. Risser L. Kouagba D. Durivaux R. Hachem B. Mendy M. Ifnaoui (S. Renel 70') J. Eickmayer (H. Mananga Mbock 70') J. Dembi (P. Lemonnier 79') K. Cissé (A. Fall 80') A. Badji (J. Escartin 88') D. Durand

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.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Caen 33%	9/5 40%	-
Draw 26%	9/4 7%	-
Red Star 41%	29/20 30%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2 7%	-
Red Star 1-0 10%	15/2 29%	-
Caen 1-0 9%	17/2 19%	-
Red Star 2-1 9%	9/1 17%	-
Caen 2-1 8%	10/1 22%	-
Draw 0-0 7%	9/1 9%	-
Red Star 2-0 7%	11/1 37%	-
Caen 2-0 5%	14/1 50%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	-
Red Star 3-1 4%	20/1 28%	-
Red Star 3-0 3%	22/1 44%	-
Caen 3-1 3%	22/1 53%	-
Red Star 3-2 3%	28/1 15%	-
Caen 3-0 2%	28/1 71%	-
Caen 3-2 2%	28/1 26%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	1/1 8%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	4/5 8%	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	6/5 36%	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	5/6 27%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	9/1 9%	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	8/11	-
BTTS - No 46%	1/1	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	9/2 38%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 4%	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	4/1 23%	-
Home/draw 59%	8/15 19%	-
Away/draw 67%	2/5 22%	-
Home/away 74%	1/3 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	3/10 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	12/5 9%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	12/5 13%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	3/10 4%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	6/1 17%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/10 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	14/1 15%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/33 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/16 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	9/1 9%	-
Home DNB 51%	1/1 39%	-
Away DNB 59%	8/11 34%	-
Caen win to nil 17%	4/1 43%	-
Red Star win to nil 22%	10/3 33%	-
Caen / Caen 17%	7/2 41%	-
Caen / Red Star 4%	25/1 10%	-
Caen / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	-
Draw / Caen 12%	11/2 30%	-
Draw / Red Star 15%	5/1 25%	-
Draw / Draw 15%	4/1 9%	-
Red Star / Caen 3%	28/1 26%	-
Red Star / Red Star 23%	3/1 33%	-
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	34	22	5	7	37	71	l 1-2F	l 4-0A	l 1-2A	l 2-1A
2	Paris FC	34	21	6	7	22	69	l 0-2A	l 4-2A	l 1-3A	l 4-1A
3	Metz	34	18	11	5	30	65	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	d 2-2A
4	Dunkerque	34	17	5	12	7	56	l 0-2A	l 3-1A	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
5	Guingamp	34	17	4	13	12	55	l 0-1A	l 3-1A	w 3-1A	w 3-4F
6	Annecy	34	14	9	11	-1	51	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
7	Lavallois	34	14	8	12	6	50	l 0-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-3A	d 1-1A
8	Bastia	34	11	15	8	6	48	w 2-0F	l 2-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
9	Grenoble	34	13	7	14	-1	46	l 0-1A	l 3-1F	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0
10	Troyes	34	13	5	16	2	44	l 0-1A	l 3-0A	l 0-3A	d 2-2A
11	Amiens	34	13	4	17	-12	43	w 2-1F	l 2-1A	w 2-0F	l 3-0A
12	Ajaccio	34	12	6	16	-12	42	w 1-0F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	l 2-1F
13	Pau	34	10	12	12	-14	42	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	l 1-3A	l 4-1A
14	Rodez	34	9	12	13	2	39	d 3-3A	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
15	Red Star Away	34	9	11	14	-14	38	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	-	-
16	Clermont	34	7	12	15	-16	33	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
17	Martigues	34	9	5	20	-27	32	l 0-3A	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
18	Caen Home	34	5	7	22	-27	22	-	-	d 2-2A	d 1-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

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	1.2 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Caen will score no more than 1 goal	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 58% 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

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		%

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	4	7
A Mendy	A Mendy	B Brahimi	N Lebreton

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Mandréa GLK	26			-
H. Tavares Correia DEF	3			1 -
Y Benrahou DEF	7		1	-
B Traoré DEF	25		1	3 -
J Gaudin DEF	11		1	4 -
R. Verhaeghe MID	3			-
N Lebreton MID	32	4	1	7 -
Y M'Vila MID	19	1	1	7 -
S Grandsir MID	9	1		-
G Kyeremeh FWD	31	2	2	2 -
K Coulibaly FWD	18	2		2 1
Subs
Y Clementia GLK	8			2 -
A Moucketou-Moussounda DEF	9			1 -
B Brahimi MID	30	4	4	2 1
L. Milliner MID	7			1 -
G. Tomé MID	4			-
A Mendy FWD	30	8	2	4 -
I Najim FWD	13	2	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	31	4	29
A Mendy	A Mendy	B Brahimi	B Brahimi

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
N Lebreton MID	4	9	1	4
G Kyeremeh FWD	2	10	2	6
K Coulibaly FWD	2	5		2
Y M'Vila MID	1	4	1	3
S Grandsir MID	1	5
A Mandréa GLK				1
Y Benrahou DEF		1	1	2
B Traoré DEF			1	2
J Gaudin DEF			1	3
Subs
A Mendy FWD	8	31	2	14
B Brahimi MID	4	15	4	29
I Najim FWD	2	3	1	4
A Moucketou-Moussounda DEF		3		1
L. Milliner MID				1
G. Tomé MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1199	75	158
B Traoré	N Lebreton	N Lebreton

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
B Traoré DEF	1199	30	89
Y M'Vila MID	1183	41	92
N Lebreton MID	990	75	158
A Mandréa GLK	700		13
J Gaudin DEF	495	19	54
G Kyeremeh FWD	352	17	72
S Grandsir MID	258	15	30
Y Benrahou DEF	157	8	16
K Coulibaly FWD	114	3	59
R. Verhaeghe MID	84	6	7
H. Tavares Correia DEF	35	3	10
Subs
B Brahimi MID	922	27	125
A Moucketou-Moussounda DEF	520	12	34
A Mendy FWD	475	13	156
Y Clementia GLK	221		4
I Najim FWD	136	3	15
L. Milliner MID	91	3	9
G. Tomé MID	54		3

Red Star Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	7	5	6
L Kouagba	A Badji	M. Ifnaoui	R. Hachem

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Risser GLK	19			3 -
D Durivaux DEF	27		2	3 -
B Mendy DEF	12			4 -
L Kouagba DEF	32	1		3 -
K. Cissé MID	26	4	1	1 -
J Eickmayer MID	23	2	1	3 -
F Dembi MID	30			2 -
R. Hachem MID	32	1	3	6 -
A Badji FWD	29	7	3	6 -
M. Ifnaoui FWD	33	2	5	3 -
D. Durand FWD	33	7	3	4 -
Subs
Q Beunardeau GLK	14			-
M Fongain DEF	12			1 -
J Escartin DEF	29			5 -
P Lemonnier DEF	9	1		2 -
H Mbock MID	27	1		5 1
S Renel MID	30	1	3	1 -
A. Fall FWD	15			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	5	24
A Badji	D. Durand	M. Ifnaoui	M. Ifnaoui

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D. Durand FWD	7	21	3	15
A Badji FWD	7	20	3	10
K. Cissé MID	4	10	1	6
J Eickmayer MID	2	4	1	7
M. Ifnaoui FWD	2	6	5	24
L Kouagba DEF	1	6		1
R. Hachem MID	1	9	3	21
D Durivaux DEF		1	2	6
F Dembi MID		1		6
Subs
P Lemonnier DEF	1	1
H Mbock MID	1	5		2
S Renel MID	1	5	3	13
M Fongain DEF		1
J Escartin DEF		2
A. Fall FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1757	60	154
L Kouagba	R. Hachem	R. Hachem

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Kouagba DEF	1757	29	133
R. Hachem MID	1257	60	154
M. Ifnaoui FWD	1232	35	134
D Durivaux DEF	1185	53	124
R Risser GLK	784	3	13
F Dembi MID	727	51	88
D. Durand FWD	631	15	82
B Mendy DEF	559	10	44
J Eickmayer MID	534	10	50
K. Cissé MID	344	13	53
A Badji FWD	341	16	111
Subs
S Renel MID	998	31	64
J Escartin DEF	810	23	92
H Mbock MID	568	38	113
M Fongain DEF	535	13	45
P Lemonnier DEF	442	6	55
Q Beunardeau GLK	372		6
A. Fall FWD	77	5	19

French Ligue 2 match betting previews, predictions and odds

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

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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