Caen vs Angers Prediction & Betting Tips (26 February)

Capable of the best and the worst this season, Caen could still achieve something in the coming months by finishing in the top 5 of this championship, which would be synonymous with qualification for the play-offs. Indeed, Malherbe occupies a promising 7th place in the ranking and is only 2 units behind the 5th, Saint-Etienne, at the start of this day. Inconsistent in recent weeks, Nicolas Seube's players were held to a draw at home by Troyes 0-0 before falling to Grenoble 5-1. Subsequently, the Normans were able to revive by dominating Amiens 2-0 but they missed the opportunity to move into the top 5 last week by losing to Guingamp 1-0. For its part, Angers is still ideally placed to try to return to the elite, just one year after leaving it.

Indeed, Sco occupies a very good 2nd place in the ranking which would allow it to obtain a direct ticket to Ligue 1 at the end of the season. However, Alexandre Dujeux's men have lost quite a lot in recent weeks, losing 3 times in the last 4 days. Beaten on the wire in the clash for 1st place against AJA 1-0, the Angevins experienced a very complicated afternoon last week against Saint-Etienne 0-3. Also, they were relegated to 5 points behind leader Auxerre and they are now only 5 points ahead of 3rd, Grenoble.

In Caen, the replacement Gomis and the young Bolumbu will still have to be patient in the infirmary. Russian defender Molchan could also be a little fair, he who is still in the recovery phase. Furthermore, the relatively little used Zady Sery and Diani and the defender Coeff do not really fit into Nicolas Seube's plans and they could remain sidelined like last weekend.

On the other hand, the Normans will undoubtedly rely on center forward Alexandre Mendy who is still well at the top of the Ligue 2 scorers' rankings with 16 goals. We also find in this team the very good Tunisian full-back Abdi who has 6 goals.