CAEN. Caen overcomes Dunkerque 1-0 after B. Brahimi scored just 1 goal (8′). Dunkerque lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

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 Mickaël Leleu with the help of Camille Soriano and Matthieu Bonnetin. The 4th official was Henri Dutech Perez. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 8.83 degrees Celsius or 47.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Dunkerque had a strong ball possession 59% while Caen was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dunkerque was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Caen succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Caen shot 13 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Dunkerque shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Caen received 2 yellow cards (Diedonné Gaucho Debohi and Valentin Henry). On the other side, Dunkerque received 2 yellow cards (Julien Anziani and Ibrahima Sy).

Standings

After playing this match, Caen has 25 points like Saint-Étienne to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Dunkerque will stays with 13 points to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Caen will play away with Amiens SC on the 19th of December with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Caen (5 draws).

Dunkerque will host Bordeaux on the 19th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.

Caen – Formation

Caen adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Nicolas Seube decided to play with the following team: Anthony Mandréa (8.2), Valentin Henry (7.5), Brahim Traoré (7.3), Romain Thomas  (7.0), Ali Abdi (7.0), Godson Kyeremeh (7.0), Diedonné Gaucho Debohi (7.3), Noé Lebreton (7.9), Mathias Autret (8.1), Bilal Brahimi (8.2) and Alexandre Mendy (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Tidiam Gomis, Mickaël Le Bihan, Yannis Clémentia, Mohamed Hafid (6.4), Daylam Meddah (6.7), Djibril Diani and Emmanuel Ntim.

Substitutions

Caen made 4 changes: Bilal Brahimi for Mohamed Hafid (82′), Alexandre Mendy for Mickaël Le Bihan (89′), Godson Kyeremeh for Tidiam Gomis (89′) and Noé Lebreton for Daylam Meddah (70′).

Player of the match: Anthony Mandréa​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Caen was the goalkeeper: Anthony Mandréa. His rating is 8.16. He performed 4 saves.

Dunkerque – Formation

Also Dunkerque adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro played with: Arnaud Balijon (8.2), Benjaloud Youssouf (7.3), Opa Sangante (6.4), Nehemiah Fernandez (6.4), Achraf Laâziri (6.8), Ibrahima Sy (6.7), Rémy Boissier (7.0), Hugo Gambor (7.0), Julien Anziani (7.3), Enzo Bardeli (7.3) and Elhadj Bah (7.1).

They had on the bench: Lucas Lavallée, Tidiane Keita (6.3), Samy Baghdadi (6.4), Junior Senneville, Moussa Guel (6.3), Alain Ipiélé and Ángel Orelien.

Substitutions

Dunkerque made 4 changes: Elhadj Bah for Samy Baghdadi (61′), Ibrahima Sy for Ángel Orelien (90′), Julien Anziani for Moussa Guel (82′) and Hugo Gambor for Tidiane Keita (82′).

Player of the match: Arnaud Balijon​

The most impressive player for Dunkerque was the goalkeeper: Arnaud Balijon. His rating is 8.16. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Troyes – Angers SCO – 1-4
• Valenciennes – Paris – 0-1
• Bordeaux – Saint-Étienne – 0-0
• Rodez – Amiens SC – 2-2
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Annecy – 1-0
• Guingamp – Concarneau – 0-1
• Laval – Pau – 1-1
• Caen – Dunkerque – 1-0
• Auxerre – Ajaccio – 2-0
• Bastia – Quevilly Rouen – 0-0