In this week 26 match on Feb 26th, Caen plays host to Bastia in a Ligue 2 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Caen is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Pau. Erwin Koffi scored the first goal for Pau in the 59th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Caen couldn’t manage to score, and Pau took the shutout win. Caen is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 15th placed Bastia, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Dijon. Neither Bastia nor Dijon could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 2 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Bastia is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Bastia and Caen last played eachother at the Stade Armand-césari on the 18th of September. Bastia and Caen battled to a 1-1 draw. Santelli struck first for Bastia in the 13th minute, then Alexandre Mendy tied it up for Caen in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Caen.
Bastia is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sebastien Antoine Luc Salles Lamonge and Benjamin Santelli each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Caen is fortunate enough to have Alexandre Mendy in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.