CAEN. Caen beats Bastia 3-1. Caen was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Anton Salétros (50′), Alexandre Mendy (69′) and Alexandre Mendy (82′). Bastia reduced the distance with a goal (88′) by Yohan Baï, but there was not much to do for them.
The match was played at the Stade Michel d’Ornano stadium in Caen on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Faouzi Benchabane assisted by Bertrand Jouannaud and Stephan Pignatelli. The 4th official was Félicien Gazon. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.1 degrees Celsius or 48.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Caen was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Bastia that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Caen had a more offensive attitude with 78 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Caen won the match.
Caen shot 12 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bastia shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Caen received 2 yellow cards (Bilal Brahimi and E. Ntim). On the other side, Bastia received 3 yellow cards (Tom Ducrocq, Joris Sainati and Sébastien Salles-Lamonge).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Caen will have 32 points to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Bastia will stay with 34 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Caen will play away with Guingamp on the 25th of February with a 8-8 head to head stats.
Bastia will play away agasint Rodez on the 25th of February with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Rodez (1 draw).
Caen – Formation
Caen
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Caen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Stéphane Moulin decided to play with the following team: Anthony Mandrea , Emmanuel Ntim , Ibrahim Cissé , Romain Thomas , Ali Abdi , Anton Saletros , Hianga’a M’Bock , Quentin Daubin , Bilal Brahimi , Godson Kyeremeh and Alexandre Mendy .
The home team had on the bench: Samuel Essende , Mohamed Hafid, Djibril Diani, Hugo Vandermersch, Yoann Court , Yannis Clementia and Norman Bassette.
Substitutions
Caen made 4 changes: Bilal Brahimi for Yoann Court (72′), Quentin Daubin for Samuel Essende (77′), E. Ntim for Hugo Vandermersch (81′) and Godson Kyeremeh for Norman Bassette (81′).
Best player: Alexandre Mendy
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Caen was Alexandre Mendy.
His rating is with 2 goals, 29 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.
Bastia – Formation
Bastia
Bastia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Régis Brouard played with: Johny Placide , Joris Sainati , Abdoulaye Niakhate Ndiaye , Kylian Kaiboue , Kevin Van Den Kerkhof , Tom Ducrocq , Sébastien Salles-Lamonge , Dylan Tavares , Kevin Schur , Benjamin Santelli and Migouel Alfarela .
These were the players on the bench: Zacharie Boucher, Kapitbafan Djoco , Frank Magri , Yohan Bai , Florian Bohnert , Anthony Roncaglia and Christophe Vincent .
Substitutions
Bastia made 5 changes: Benjamin Santelli for Kapitbafan Djoco (57′), Tom Ducrocq for Christophe Vincent (58′), Dylan Tavares for Frank Magri (58′), Migouel Alfarela for Florian Bohnert (70′) and Kévin Schur for Yohan Bai (70′).
Best player: Dylan Tavares
The most impressive player for Bastia was Dylan Tavares.
His rating is with 14 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Le Havre – Paris – 0-0
- Pau – Bordeaux – 0-2
- Caen – Bastia – 3-1
- Dijon – Niort – 0-1
- Valenciennes – Laval – 3-1
- Rodez – Sochaux – 1-2
- Quevilly Rouen – Guingamp – 2-0
- Nîmes – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-2
