Caen 4-2 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 13 May 2023

Result

Caen 4-2 Nîmes

Ligue 2 · Saturday 13 May 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Caen 4-2 Nîmes: match report

Caen won against Nîmes 4-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 13 May 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Thibaut Vargas opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Caen's goals came from Alexandre Mendy (57', penalty), H. Mbock (69'), Alexandre Mendy (83', penalty) and Godson Kyeremeh (90+3'). Nîmes scored through Thibaut Vargas (52') and Rafiki Saïd (84').

Discipline: Caen received 1 yellow card; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Caen were 6th on 52 points from 34 and Nîmes 19th on 33 points from 34. Caen went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Nîmes 19th with 36.

Caen lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nîmes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexandre Mendy of Caen (9.7), ahead of Hianga'a Mbock (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Caen wins, 2 draws and 3 for Nîmes.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Maël de GevigneyNîmes
  • 52'Goal · Thibaut VargasNîmes · 0-1
  • 57'Penalty goal · Alexandre MendyCaen · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · H. MbockCaen · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Godson KyeremehCaen
  • 82'Yellow card · Mehdi ZerkaneNîmes
  • 83'Penalty goal · Alexandre MendyCaen · 3-1
  • 84'Goal · Rafiki SaïdNîmes · 3-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Godson KyeremehCaen · 4-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Caen 4, draws 2, Nîmes 3.

Team news

Caen line-up (4-3-3)

Anthony Mandréa, Hugo Vandermersch, Emmanuel Ntim, Romain Thomas, Ali Abdi, Quentin Daubin, Hianga'a Mbock, Anton Salétros, Bilal Brahimi, Norman Bassette, Alexandre Mendy

Nîmes line-up (4-2-3-1)

Axel Maraval, Patrick Burner, Benoît Poulain, Maël de Gevigney, K. Guessoum, Jean N'Guessan, Joseph Romeric Lopy, Thibaut Vargas, Nicolas Benezet, Lys Mousset, Malik Tchokounté