CAEN. Caen tops Rodez 1-0 after D. Sylla scored an own goal 45min.

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 assisted by Vianney Rozand and Youssef El Hamzaoui. The 4th official was Timothe Bonnot. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.8 degrees Celsius or 71.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Caen was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Rodez that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rodez was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Caen managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Caen shot 8 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Rodez shot 14 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Caen received 2 yellow cards (Valentin Henry and Brahim Traoré). Regarding the opposition, Rodez didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Caen has 48 points to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Rodez will stays with 47 points like Guingamp and Pau to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Caen will play away with Ajaccio on the 20th of April with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of Caen (4 draws).

Rodez will host Auxerre on the 20th of April with a 3-3 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 (7.3), Valentin Henry (7.0), Brahim Traoré (7.5), Romain Thomas  (7.5), Ali Abdi (7.3), Bilal Brahimi (6.7), H. Mbock (7.0), N. Lebreton (7.3), Amine Salama (6.7), Alexandre Mendy (7.1) and Mathias Autret (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Syam Ben Youssef, T. Gomis (6.8), Mickaël Le Bihan (6.8), Yannis Clémentia, D. Meddah, Alexandre Coeff (7.0) and D. Debohi (7.0).

Substitutions

Caen made 4 changes: Mathias Autret for Mickaël Le Bihan (68′), H. Mbock for D. Debohi (68′), Amine Salama for Alexandre Coeff (68′) and Bilal Brahimi for T. Gomis (86′).

Player of the match: Romain Thomas ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Caen was Romain Thomas  even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.5 with 38 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3.

Rodez – Formation

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

Didier Santini played with: Enzo Crombez (6.8), Bradley Danger  (7.3), Serge-Philippe Raux Yao (7.0), Stone Mambo (7.5), Dembo Sylla (6.8), Lorenzo Rajot (7.3), Giovanni Haag (7.5), Waniss Taïbi (7.1), Akim Abdallah (7.1), K. Corredor (7.0) and Taïryk Arconte (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Raphaël Lipinski, Ahmad Ngouyamsa (6.6), W. Younoussa, Antoine Valério, C. Dépres (6.7), Yannis Verdier and C. Krzesinski.

Rodez could not rely on the presence of W. Younoussa (injured).

Substitutions

Rodez made 4 changes: Dembo Sylla for Ahmad Ngouyamsa (77′), Lorenzo Rajot for C. Dépres (77′), Waniss Taïbi for Yannis Verdier (89′) and Giovanni Haag for W. Younoussa (89′).

Player of the match: Stone Mambo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rodez was Stone Mambo.

His rating is 7.5 with 56 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Troyes – Paris – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Saint-Étienne – 2-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Auxerre – 4-3
• Dunkerque – Guingamp – 0-1
• Laval – Annecy – 0-3
• Valenciennes – Pau – 1-4
• Caen – Rodez – 1-0
• Bordeaux – Bastia – 2-3
• Concarneau – Amiens SC – 0-0