Caen vs Valenciennes Prediction & Betting Tips (17 May)

6th at the start of this final day of Ligue 2, Caen still has a slim hope of being able to secure a place in the top 5 and of being able to play in the play-offs for promotion to the elite. Malherbe +3 on goal difference is in fact only 3 points behind the 4th place occupied by Paris FC +7 and only 2 behind the 5th place occupied by Rodez +9. It will therefore be imperative to win for Nicolas Seube's players and hope for the defeat of at least one of their competitors to have a chance of moving up to the elite. Not always very consistent in recent weeks, the Normans were able to win against Annecy 2-1 before falling to Saint-Etienne 1-0 and recovering against Laval 1-0. But last week, they lost big by sharing the points with Dunkirk 2-2 after having led twice in the match. For their part, Valenciennes has already been determined on its fate for many weeks or even months.

Dumped far too quickly by the competition in the race to remain, VA has been bringing up the rear in the ranking for a very long time and saw its relegation made official last month. And as surprising as it may seem, the Northern players seem completely liberated since this news. They also remain on 3 victories in a row obtained against Ajaccio 1-0, Grenoble 2-0 and Quevilly Rouen Métropole 2-1. This is more than the 2 successes obtained during the first 34 days of the championship.

For this last match of the season, the very valuable Tunisian left back Ali Abdi (9 goals) risks withdrawing as he had already done last week during the trip to Dunkirk. Otherwise, everyone is on deck for this Malherbe team which still counts on the top scorer in the championship, Alexandre Mendy. He also scored his 21st goal of the season last week.

We should also find in the 11 the full-back Henry (7 assists), the winger Kyeremeh (3 goals, 6 assists) and the interesting Brahimi (2 goals, 3 assists) in particular.