In this week 16 match on Dec 26th, Bastia and Caen will play a match in Furiani in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Bastia recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Marnaval. Kevin Schur struck first for Bastia in the 70th minute, then Schur added another in the 72nd minute In the end, Marnaval couldn’t muster any offence and Bastia ran away with the shutout win. Bastia is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed Caen is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Vire. Neither Vire nor Caen could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 0 and 0 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw, In the end, Vire couldn’t muster any offence and Caen ran away with the shutout win. Caen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Caen won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Caen’s most prolific scorer has been Alexandre Mendy. The French attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Benjamin Santelli has been the most prolific scorer on Bastia in his last five matches with three goals.