CAEN. Caen managed to reverse the score against Grenoble Foot 38 to win 2-1. It was Grenoble Foot 38 to strike first with a goal of M. Phaëton at the 24′. Then it was a goal in the 65′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, N. Bassette gave the win to Caen in the 90′ minute. Caen was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Michel d’Ornano stadium in Caen on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard who was helped by Bertrand Corcuff and Djemel Zitouni. The 4th official was Maxime Jamet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 16 Total 6
- 6 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 170 Attack 120
- 135 Dangerous attack 43
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Caen was in firm control of the ball 65% while Grenoble Foot 38 was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Caen had a more offensive attitude with 135 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Caen won the match.
Caen shot 16 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Grenoble Foot 38 shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Caen received 1 yellow card (Quentin Daubin). Talking about the opposition, Grenoble Foot 38 received 1 yellow card (Franck Bambock).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Caen will have 36 points to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Grenoble Foot 38 will stay with 37 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Caen will host Valenciennes on the 18th of March with a 9-4 head to head statistic in favor of Valenciennes (5 draws).
Grenoble Foot 38 will play away agasint Sochaux on the 18th of March with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Sochaux (3 draws).
Caen – Formation
Caen
46'
26'
65'
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 , Quentin Daubin , Hianga’a M’Bock , Anton Saletros , Bilal Brahimi , Alexandre Mendy and Godson Kyeremeh .
The home team had on the bench: Yannis Clementia, Mohamed Hafid , Norman Bassette, Hugo Vandermersch , Djibril Diani , Samuel Essende and Yoann Court .
Substitutions
Caen made 4 changes: E. Ntim for Hugo Vandermersch (46′), Quentin Daubin for Yoann Court (46′), H. Mbock for Djibril Diani (77′) and Bilal Brahimi for Norman Bassette (89′).
Best player: Yoann Court
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Caen was Yoann Court even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 17 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 8 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Grenoble Foot 38 – Formation
Grenoble Foot 38
Grenoble Foot 38 started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Vincent Hognon played with: Brice Maubleu , Mamadou Diarra , Adrien Monfray , Loïc Nestor , Loris Néry , Franck Bambock , Jordan Tell , Saikou Touray , Jessy Benet , Matthias Phaeton and Pape Meissa Ba .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Allan Tchaptchet, Abdoulie Sanyang , Philip Okardi, Esteban Salles, Mohamed Amine Sbai, Joris Correa and Axel Ngando.
Substitutions
Grenoble Foot 38 made 2 changes: Jordan Tell for Abdulia Sanyang (77′) and Saikou Touray for Axel Ngando (84′).
Best player: Jessy Benet
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Grenoble Foot 38 was Jessy Benet.
His rating is with 40 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Bordeaux – Paris – 2-1
- Annecy – Amiens SC – 2-0
- Caen – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-1
- Le Havre – Niort – 1-0
- Pau – Laval – 0-1
- Dijon – Metz – 0-0
- Bastia – Guingamp – 1-1
- Valenciennes – Rodez – 0-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Sochaux – 0-0
