In this 5th week match, on Sat Aug 27th, Paris hosts Caen at Stade Charléty in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. Paris sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Niort. Bilal Boutobba struck first for Niort in the 56th minute on a feed from Amadou Sagna, then Moataz Zemzemi added another in the 61st minute on a feed from Bilal Boutobba. Paris is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Caen, recorded a 4-1 win against Guingamp. Maxime Barthelmé struck first for Guingamp in the 6th minute, then Emmanuel Ntim got the equalizer for Caen in the 18th minute on a feed from Romain Thomas Finally they completed the comback victory in the 19th minute on a goal by Alexandre Mendy to cap off a wild match. Caen is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Paris won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Caen’s most prolific scorer has been Alexandre Mendy. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. Paris hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Mehdi Chahiri and Maxime Bernauer, and they each have 1 goal.