Saint-Étienne duels with Monaco in Ligue 1 battle

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Saint-Étienne come from a 2-2 scoreline vs Bordeaux last fixture, a game to learn from. The next task is this strong Monaco side.

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monaco have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saint-Étienne and Monaco.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

4 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Saint-Étienne have to build on here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the Ligue 1.

Saint-Étienne drew their last game, 2-2 away at Bordeaux (placed 19th). Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Bordeaux last time out, but a goal from Nordin completed a comeback to a draw result for Saint-Étienne. The forward Bouanga was announced as "man of the match" for Saint-Étienne with the rating of 8.34/10. Bouanga scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Saint-Étienne won a home game hosting Brest (2-1).

Saint-Étienne are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 17 games. Saint-Étienne have conceded 32 from these games. When Saint-Étienne hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Troyes, Angers SCO, Lorient, Bordeaux, Clermont and Metz), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

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Monaco form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Monaco playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Monaco have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Monaco are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Nice (placed 6th). Midfielder Golovin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Golovin scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

Prior to that result Monaco won their away game at Rennes. The scoreline was 3-2.

Monaco are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). 20 goals have been conceded by Monaco in these games.

Head 2 Head

Saint-Étienne and Monaco have faced each other before this season: Monaco - Saint-Étienne 3-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Saint-Étienne won four games, one match ended with a tie and Monaco managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
19 goals
Saint-ÉtienneW. Khazri
W. Khazri
9 goals
Saint-ÉtienneD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
8 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Monaco missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Monaco
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 6 16 33
7 4 0 Won W 4 6 16
10 6 1 Drew D 1 4 8
16 7 4 Lost L 1 6 9
37 22 5 Scored S 11 19 51
64 32 17 Conceded C 6 20 34
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 69% 79%
58% 65% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 52%
42% 41% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 30%
15% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
67% 76% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 50% 48%
12% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 30%
24% 18% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 44% 30%
 
5 6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 5.7
4.5 3.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.1 3.8
2.2 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.2
5 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
11.5 13.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.8 11.9
3.8 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.3
29% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 31% 36%
 
12.1 10.7 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11.2 10.6
5.3 4.9 8.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Monaco have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Paris Saint Germain 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

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Monaco:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

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