Caen 1-2 Saint-Étienne: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 16 September 2023

Result

Caen 1-2 Saint-Étienne

Ligue 2 · Saturday 16 September 2023, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Caen 1-2 Saint-Étienne: match report

Caen were beaten by Saint-Étienne 1-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 16 September 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Florian Tardieu opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Caen's goal came from Alexandre Mendy (90+3'). Saint-Étienne scored through Florian Tardieu (29', penalty) and Ibrahim Sissoko (88').

Discipline: Caen received 3 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Caen were 1st on 12 points from 5 and Saint-Étienne 15th on 5 points from 5. Caen went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Saint-Étienne 2nd with 68.

Caen lined up in a 5-3-2 and Saint-Étienne in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ibrahim Sissoko of Saint-Étienne (7.5), ahead of Alexandre Mendy (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Caen wins, 2 draws and 5 for Saint-Étienne.

Going into the match Caen's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Saint-Étienne's D-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Penalty goal · Florian TardieuSaint-Étienne · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Valentin HenryCaen
  • 36'Yellow card · Laurent BatllesSaint-Étienne
  • 67'Yellow card · Ali AbdiCaen
  • 76'Yellow card · Lamine FombaSaint-Étienne
  • 76'Yellow card · Anthony MandreaCaen
  • 88'Goal · Ibrahim SissokoSaint-Étienne · 0-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Alexandre MendyCaen · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Caen 3, draws 2, Saint-Étienne 5.

Team news

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Caen line-up (5-3-2)

Anthony Mandréa, Valentin Henry, Emmanuel Ntim, Diabé Bolumbu, Romain Thomas, Ali Abdi, Quentin Daubin, Brahim Traoré, Luis Díaz, Caleb Zady Sery, Alexandre Mendy

Saint-Étienne line-up (3-5-2)

Gautier Larsonneur, Dennis Appiah, Dylan Batubinsika, Léo Pétrot, Anthony Briançon, Benjamin Bouchouari, Florian Tardieu, Stéphane Diarra, Lamine Fomba, Mathieu Cafaro, Gaëtan Charbonnier