On the 2nd of April, Caen will play host to Dunkerque in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Caen is fresh off their 4-2 win against Le Havre. Nuno Da Costa struck first for Caen in the 38th minute, but Jamal Thiare got the equalizer for Le Havre in the 71st minute , but fortunately for Caen it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Caen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 19th placed Dunkerque is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Valenciennes. Linguet scored the first goal for Valenciennes in the 9th minute, then in the 81st minute, Mohamed Ouadah sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Adama Niane. Dunkerque is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Oct 23rd, Dunkerque and Caen battled to a 1-1 draw. Mehdi Chahiri struck first for Caen in the 62nd minute, then in the 85th minute, Brahimi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Malik Tchokounte squeezing out at least the one point for Dunkerque.
Dunkerque’s most prolific scorer has been Adama Niane. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Caen is glad to have Nuno Da Costa in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.