Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Épinal & Saint-Étienne face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Saint-Étienne played their last game only four days ago, a Ligue 1 match. That game, against Montpellier, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Saint-Étienne.
Épinal form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 8th round.5W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Coupe de France for Épinal.
The spoils were shared in Épinal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Reims II travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a CFA Group A defeat to Bobigny (0-2).
There will be little rest for Épinal after this match as they are travelling to Mulhouse for a CFA Group A game in only three days.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Saint-Étienne's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the 16th finals.Saint-Étienne have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 4-0-8 (12 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Coupe de France stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Bitter travels for Saint-Étienne as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Nantes match. Recent form does not give Saint-Étienne much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Épinal will be a tough nut to crack.
R. Hamouma was the last player to score for the away team. Saint-Étienne haven't scored a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
Saint-Étienne play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Montpellier. The game before that, in the Ligue 1, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Olympique Marseille.
Saint-Étienne has another fixture away, a Ligue 1 game, against Brest in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Saint-Étienne have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Saint-Étienne have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Bouanga 7 goals |  R. Hamouma 6 goals |   J. Krasso 4 goals |
Épinal missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Épinal | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 31 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 65 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 137 | 269 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 90 | ||
| 41% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 46 | 61 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 49 |
| 3 | Rennes | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Lille | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Monaco | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Bordeaux | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 33 |
| 10 | Reims | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Nice | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Nantes | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Brest | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 30 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 18 | Nimes | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 20 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |