The home coach Batlles expects to encourage Saint-Étienne victory against Dunkerque

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Wed 04.Oct
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Get set for Saint-Étienne - Dunkerque! Even considering the recent results, this game could be cracking!

Insights:
  • Dunkerque have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dunkerque, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Saint-Étienne nor Dunkerque as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Saint-Étienne have to build on here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the Ligue 2.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

It's back home for Saint-Étienne, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Troyes away with the result 1-0. Moueffek found the net in that victory. The victory against Troyes came after Moueffek's winning goal. The Saint-Étienne manager Batlles was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 77th minute. Larsonneur, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.92 out of 10 in that game. Larsonneur topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that match, a win away at Concarneau.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Saint-Étienne's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Saint-Étienne, as the Ligue 2 home game vs Ajaccio is only three days away.

Saint-Étienne have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. Saint-Étienne have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dunkerque form and stats

Dunkerque are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 2, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Dunkerque might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Quevilly Rouen proved too strong as Dunkerque slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Marcel-Tribut. Sangante was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Sangante won 8 of 11 duels.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Rodez.

Dunkerque have another game that requires travelling in just three nights, a Ligue 2 match versus Concarneau. A grim itinerary for the visiting team!

Dunkerque have conceded 5 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
5 goals
DunkerqueR. Ghrieb
R. Ghrieb
2 goals
Saint-ÉtienneA. Moueffek
A. Moueffek
1 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Dunkerque missing players

Saint-Étienne Dunkerque
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 2 Played P 2 3 8
4 1 1 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 4
8 2 2 Scored S 2 3 6
6 2 1 Conceded C 5 5 11
88% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
50% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
38% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 38%
38% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
25% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 50%
 
4 4.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 4.2
5.2 3.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.3 5.1
2 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 11 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.7 10.4
3.9 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4.5
26% 29% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 17%
 
13.9 10.7 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 12.3 13.2
4.1 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dunkerque have won significantly less corners away then 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 Laval 9 7 1 1 12 5 5 5 0 0 7 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 22
2 Grenoble Foot 38 9 5 4 0 9 2 5 3 2 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 7 19
3 Auxerre 9 5 3 1 21 10 5 2 2 1 9 4 4 3 1 0 12 6 11 18
4 Angers SCO 9 5 2 2 11 7 5 3 2 0 8 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 17
5 Guingamp 9 4 2 3 14 8 4 2 1 1 7 1 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 14
6 Rodez 9 4 2 3 14 12 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 6 8 2 14
7 Saint-Étienne 8 4 2 2 8 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 14
8 Pau 9 4 2 3 14 14 5 3 1 1 8 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 0 14
9 Amiens SC 9 4 2 3 8 8 5 3 2 0 7 2 4 1 0 3 1 6 0 14
10 Caen 8 4 0 4 12 7 5 2 0 3 7 5 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 12
11 Annecy 9 2 5 2 11 12 5 1 3 1 7 7 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 11
12 Bordeaux 8 3 2 3 7 10 3 2 0 1 5 4 5 1 2 2 2 6 -3 10
13 Ajaccio 8 2 4 2 6 10 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 1 1 2 1 6 -4 10
14 Bastia 8 2 2 4 8 13 4 2 0 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 1 4 -5 8
15 Concarneau 9 2 2 5 5 12 4 0 2 2 1 4 5 2 0 3 4 8 -7 8
16 Troyes 9 1 4 4 11 13 4 1 1 2 6 6 5 0 3 2 5 7 -2 7
17 Paris 9 2 1 6 9 13 4 2 0 2 6 3 5 0 1 4 3 10 -4 7
18 Dunkerque 8 1 3 4 6 11 5 0 2 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 5 -5 6
19 Valenciennes 9 1 3 5 3 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 1 2 2 1 4 -8 6
20 Quevilly Rouen 9 1 2 6 7 12 4 0 1 3 2 5 5 1 1 3 5 7 -5 5

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.