CAEN. Caen crushes Nîmes 4-0 with goals of J. Da Costa (9′), A. Mendy (18′), A. Mendy (45′ pen) and A. Abdi (56′). Caen made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).

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 Olivier Thual with the support of Bertrand Jouannaud and François Boudikian. The 4th official was Pierre Retail. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.2 degrees Celsius or 39.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Caen was in firm control of the ball 58% while Nîmes was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Caen had a more offensive attitude with 82 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Caen won the match​.

Caen shot 17 times, 11 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Nîmes shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Caen received 1 yellow card (B. Traore). On the other side, Nîmes received 1 yellow card (M. Kone).

Also, Nîmes didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Mbow (Nîmes) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (45′).

Standings

After playing this match, Caen will have 29 points like Amiens SC, Dijon and Rodez to remain in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Nîmes will stay with 32 points like Pau to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Caen will host Bastia on the 26th of February with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Caen (7 draws).

Nîmes will host Grenoble Foot 38 on the 19th of February with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Grenoble Foot 38 (0 draws).

Caen – Formation

Caen started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Stéphane Moulin decided to play with the following team: Sullivan Péan, Hugo Vandermersch, Ibrahim Cissé, Prince Oniangué, Johann Lepenant, Nuno Da Costa, Djibril Diani, Jessy Deminguet, Ali Abdi, Caleb Zady Sery and Alexandre Mendy.

The home team had on the bench: Brahim Traore, Yannis Clementia, Anthony Gonçalves, Andreas Hountondji, Jonathan Rivierez, Steve Shamal and Yoel Armougom.

Substitutions

Caen made 5 changes: J. Deminguet for B. Traore (59′), J. Da Costa for A. Hountondji (66′), C. Zady for S. Shamal (66′), A. Mendy for A. Goncalves (76′) and H. Vandermersch for Y. Armougom (77′).

Nîmes – Formation

Nîmes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Nicolas Usaï played with: Per Kristian Bråtveit, Gaëtan Paquiez, Kelyan Guessoum, Mamadou Moustapha Mbow, Theo Sainte Luce, Lamine Fomba, Sidy Sarr, Julien Ponceau, Niclas Eliasson, Moussa Koné and Yassine Benrahou.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Patrick Burner, Naomichi Ueda, Zinedine Ferhat, Leon Delpech, Scotty Sadzoute, Antoine Valerio and Lucas Dias.

Substitutions

Nîmes made 5 changes: J. Ponceau for N. Ueda (46′), Y. Benrahou for Z. Ferhat (56′), S. Sarr for A. Valerio (65′), T. Sainte-Luce for S. Sadzoute (65′) and L. Fomba for L. Delpech (73′).

Results of the day

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

• Paris – Quevilly Rouen – 3-0
• Dunkerque – Rodez – 2-0
• Ajaccio – Guingamp – 0-1
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Sochaux – 1-3
• Caen – Nîmes – 4-0
• Valenciennes – Toulouse – 1-3
• Dijon – Pau – 0-1
• Auxerre – Nancy – 1-1
• Amiens SC – Niort – 3-1