Laval 2-1 Caen: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Laval 2-1 Caen

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

Laval · Caen · Ligue 2 predictions

Laval 2-1 Caen: match report

Laval defeated Caen 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ali Abdi opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Laval's goals came from Thibault Vargas (90+2') and Malik Tchokounté (90+5', penalty). Caen scored through Ali Abdi (77').

Discipline: Laval received 4 yellow cards; Caen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Laval were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Caen 1st on 12 points from 4. Laval went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Caen 6th with 58.

Laval lined up in a 5-4-1 and Caen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Thibaut Vargas of Laval (8.5), ahead of Malik Tchokounté (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Quentin DaubinCaen
  • 45'Yellow card · Olivier FrapolliLaval
  • 56'Yellow card · Junior KadileLaval
  • 61'Yellow card · Anthony MandreaCaen
  • 77'Goal · Ali AbdiCaen · 0-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Thibault VargasLaval
  • 88'Yellow card · Loïs MartinsLaval
  • 90+2'Goal · Thibault VargasLaval · 1-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Valentin HenryCaen
  • 90+5'Penalty goal · Malik TchokountéLaval · 2-1

Team news

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Laval line-up (5-4-1)

Mamadou Samassa, Anthony Gonçalves, Marvin Baudry, Yohan Tavares, Pape Djibril Diaw, Amin Cherni, Thibaut Vargas, Jimmy Roye, Sam Sanna, Junior Kadile, Malik Tchokounté

Caen line-up (4-4-2)

Anthony Mandréa, Valentin Henry, Emmanuel Ntim, Romain Thomas, Ali Abdi, Godson Kyeremeh, Quentin Daubin, Brahim Traoré, Luis Díaz, Bilal Brahimi, Alexandre Mendy