Le Puy Foot vs Caen Prediction

How each side has been playing

Caen's recent run has been up and down rather than a straight line of good results. They've beaten Rouen, Gobelins and Aubagne at home, won away at Bourg-en-Bresse, but also lost to Concarneau on the road and slipped up at home to Bastia. That's four wins from their last six in Ligue 3, so there's more good than bad in there.

Le Puy Foot: 20 completed matches; Caen: 20 completed matches.

Le Puy Foot

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

29

Difference

-3

Caen

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

41

Conceded

25

Difference

+16

Le Puy Foot's last six have gone the other way. They've lost at Valenciennes, Quevilly and Cannes, drawn at home with Orleans, and only beaten Villefranche and Amiens at home. Two wins, a draw and three defeats isn't a confidence-boosting stretch heading into this one.

Caen look the steadier of the two sides over recent weeks.

Comparative Team Statistics: Le Puy Foot vs Caen

The head-to-head record

These two have only met twice in the sample we've got, and honours are even. Le Puy Foot won 1-0 at home back in March, while Caen returned the favour with a 2-0 win on their own ground the previous October.

It's a small sample, but it does suggest home advantage has counted for something in both previous meetings rather than one side simply dominating the fixture.

Where they sit in the table

Caen are third with 15 points from eight games, built on five wins and just three defeats. Le Puy Foot are down in tenth with 10 points from the same number of matches, having won three, drawn one and lost four.

That's a fair gap after only eight rounds, and it lines up with the shape of each side's recent form rather than contradicting it.

Caen's league position backs up the stronger recent form.

Putting it together

Caen arrive with the better table position and the tidier recent record, and the head-to-head doesn't give Le Puy Foot any extra reassurance beyond their one home win in the series. On the numbers alone, this leans towards Caen having the edge.

That said, Le Puy Foot have shown they can beat decent opposition at home, including Caen themselves back in March, so writing them off completely on home soil would be a stretch given what we've got here.