Caen and Nantes meet at Stade Michel d’Ornano, in a match for the 24 th round of League 1. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 09-16-2017, Nantes won at home by ( 1-0). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 4 victories in the last 4 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 22-04-2017, for the League 1, which ended with the victory of Nantes by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by Y. Bammou (27 ‘and 35′) for Nantes.

Caen:

After 8 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses, the home team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 27 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Saint-Étienne by (2-1), after in the previous match they have lost (0-2) at home, against Olympique Marseille. For the championship, Caen won 14 points out of 30 possible, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 12 matches). In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 10 of the last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 23 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and never got the comeback. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 12 home matches for this competition: they scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘); He suffered 4 of his 10 goals between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).

The Caen enters this unmotivated game, after a foreign snub, by 2-1, in the visit to the arena of Saint-Étienne. The home team usually acts in a tactical system in 5-3-2, populating the midfield area, with the aim of disguising some of its defensive lagoons. The most offensive reference of the Caen is the Croatian Ivan Santini, eximio in the air game. It should be noted that the Caen is a team that is very easy to create dangerous situations and to specify them. The coach Patrice Garande should have all the players at his disposal.

Nantes:

After 11 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, the away team is currently in the 5 th position, with 37 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Guingamp by (0-3), after in the previous match they have lost at home, in a match against Bordeaux, by (0-1). In the last 10 away league matches Nantes has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 15 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 12 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 9 matches they suffered the first goal. In the last 12 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Nantes come to this game motivated, after a foreign victory, by 0-3, in the visit to the field of Guingamp: N’Gom, Sala and Thomasson scored the goals of the victory. The foreign team may act in a tactical scheme different from its rival, being that it must adopt a more offensive position, in 4-3-3. It should be noted that in this scheme, the three most advanced players will be Thomasson, Sala and Bammou. The foreign trainer should not be able to count on Coulibaly and Kayembe, because they are injured.

PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.49