Ligue 1 duel: Close contest expected between Lorient and Saint-Étienne

This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Saint-Étienne's normal surface at their own stadium. When playing on artifical turf Saint-Étienne have performed like this: Played one match producing 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal production 1-2 (scored/conceded).

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Lorient and Saint-Étienne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Lorient form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Lorient have to build on here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir in the Ligue 1.

Lorient faced defeat in their previous match, away at PSG (1-5). The attacker Moffi was declared "man of the match" for Lorient with a rating of 7.22/10. Moffi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Strasbourg that ended 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lorient have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost four.

Lorient have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lorient has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

Saint-Étienne form and stats

There's been little loot from Saint-Étienne's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the Ligue 1. Saint-Étienne only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. When Saint-Étienne is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Troyes, Angers SCO, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Clermont and Metz is teams we like to compare Lorient with.

Saint-Étienne failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Olympique Marseille (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-4. The attacker Bouanga got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Bouanga scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A draw for Saint-Étienne before that, at their own venue hosting Troyes (1-1).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Saint-Étienne playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Saint-Étienne wins, one draw and four defeats.

The attacking power of Saint-Étienne when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. In the opposite end, Saint-Étienne have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Lorient and Saint-Étienne have duelled earlier this season: Saint-Étienne - Lorient 1-1. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Lorient won two, Saint-Étienne were winners in seven and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

W. Khazri 9 goals

D. Bouanga 6 goals

T. Moffi 5 goals

Lorient missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players