Held in check by Laval (0-0) at Ornano, SM Caen faces this Tuesday evening another promoted, Annecy. If Caen remains undefeated for four days, its too many draws (Five out of the last seven games) prevents it from rising in the standings for the moment.

The return to the Bench of Stéphane Moulin

He had stepped back to be with his sick wife and children. After the death of his wife Armelle, stéphane Moulin will resume his place on the Caen bench. “I don’t know if it’s fun, in any case it’s a real breath of fresh air. We’re going to take a little bit, more than a little taste of life. . It’s a small patch of blue sky in this great greyness.” His last league game corresponds to the first leg where Caen had not found the fault against Annecy (0-0). During his absence, his assistant Patrice Sauvaget will have pocketed six pts (one win, three draws and one defeat).

Changes in the Caen eleven?

This is what the weed coach suggests in a team which will reinstate Yoann Court back from suspension and which has played three games in six days. “We know we have a week with three games so it won’t be the same team. However, they had a good game even if they didn’t win, but it won’t be the same team because there are players not to lose, to restart, who are chomping at the bit. And you have to bring freshness. It’s just to be able to find the right balance to be able to claim to obtain a good result.

Stade Malherbe is not effective enough offensively

Like the match against Laval (0-0) where they failed to materialize their highlight at the start of the second half, SM Caen struggled to score. He has only scored nine goals in the last ten games and four times out of ten he has finished without a scorer.

Annecy, a solid promoted

Annecy returned to Ligue 2 this summer after 29 years of absence. After a delicate reunion (five games without a win), the Savoyard club is taking its ease and has just had a string of seven games without defeats in Ligue 2 (three wins and four draws). Annecy is taking advantage of the form of its striker Moise Sahi Dion. On loan from Strasbourg, he brought his total to nine but struck four times in the last three days.

The ancient weeders

Annecy had revealed last season on loan Godson Kyeremeh. This year, the Savoyard formation includes two former Malherbistes. Midfielder Steve Shamal failed to win in Normandy (one goal and one assist in 28 appearances). Goalkeeper Thomas Callens had not had the opportunity to play with the pros.
On the way to Caen, Steve Shamal had missed the winning ball but Thomas Callens for his 2nd tenure had blocked all Caen’s attempts to open the scoring.

The workforce of SM Caen

Midfielder Jessy Deminguet (adductor) and secondary Johann Obiang (Ischio) and Lamine Sy (knee) will be absent. Midfielder Yoann Court is due to return to the Caen squad after serving his two-game suspension.

The likely group : Yannis Clemencia, Anthony Mandréa – Ali Abdi, Hugo Vandermersch, Emmanuel Ntim, Ibrahim Cissé, Romain Thomas – Yoann Court, Quentin Daubin, Anton Salétros, Bilal Brahimi, Djibril Diani, Hianga’a Mbock – Benjamin Jeannot, Alexandre Mendy, Samuel Essende , Mohamed Hafid and Godson Kyeremeh.

Annecy – SM Caen to follow here on France Bleu

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