March 18th features a match where Caen hosts Valenciennes at Stade Michel D’ornano in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 7th placed Caen is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Rodez. Sambou Soumano struck first for Rodez in the 15th minute, then Serge Raux Yao added another in the 27th minute. Caen is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while valenciennes is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Bastia. Frank Magri struck first for Bastia in the 4th minute on a feed from Kevin Van Den Kerkhof, then Adrian Grbić got the equalizer for Valenciennes in the 25th minute on a feed from Boutoutaou . Valenciennes looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
Valenciennes and Caen last played eachother at the Stade Du Hainaut on Nov 5th. Valenciennes and Caen battled to a 1-1 draw. Alexandre Mendy scored the first goal for Caen in the 23rd minute, but Cuffaut got the equalizer for Valenciennes in the 39th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Valenciennes.
Valenciennes is fortunate enough to have Adrian Grbić in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Caen’s most prolific scorer has been Yoann Court. The French midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.