18th- against 12th spot might not seem all that tempting to look into. Fear not: Tipsway has the knowledge that makes Saint-Étienne - Brest (even) more intriguing!
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Ligue 1
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Brest have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
This looks to be an appealing match with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Game on!
Saint-Étienne form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 1 this season. Saint-Étienne have only managed 3 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
Saint-Étienne lost their last game at Lorient (placed 16th) after a 2-6 scoreline. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Lorient) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-6. Saint-Étienne's goalkeeper Bernardoni was extremely busy against Lorient, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The gifted forward Bouanga bested all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Bouanga scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Olympique Marseille (2-4).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 Saint-Étienne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost three.
The manager Dupraz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bordeaux in only four days.
Saint-Étienne has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Saint-Étienne defense is not exactly impregnable. 31 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Brest form and stats
5-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brest in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Brest played 1-1 against Nantes in their previous match. Chardonnet, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Chardonnet scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Montpellier with the score of 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brest playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were four Brest wins, three draws and seven defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Brest are hosting Olympique Lyonnais in the Ligue 1 only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brest have scored 17 goals in 16 league games away. Brest have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Brest - Saint-Étienne 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saint-Étienne four wins, two draws and Brest four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Honorat 10 goals |   W. Khazri 9 goals |  D. Bouanga 7 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Brest missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 33 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 39 |
| 61 | 31 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 45 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | 87% |
| 55% | 62% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | 45% |
| 42% | 44% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 23% |
| 16% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 65% | 75% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 75% | 65% |
| 13% | 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 16% |
| 26% | 19% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 13.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 27% | 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 31% |
| 12.3 | 10.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 14.2 | 12.6 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 41 | 71 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 22 | 59 |
| 3 | Rennes | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 67 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 36 | 56 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 52 |
| 5 | Nice | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 51 |
| 6 | Monaco | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 50 |
| 7 | Lille | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 48 |
| 8 | Lens | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 47 |
| 9 | Nantes | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 46 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 46 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 41 |
| 12 | Brest | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | Reims | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 36 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 15 | Troyes | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 30 | -15 | 32 |
| 16 | Lorient | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 34 | -19 | 31 |
| 17 | Clermont | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -29 | 28 |
| 18 | Saint-Étienne | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -28 | 27 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 71 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 41 | -30 | 26 |
| 20 | Metz | 31 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -29 | 23 |
