National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Paris Saint Germain or Saint-Étienne that keep their silverware dream alive.
Paris Saint Germain form and stats
Germain was eliminated in the final last season in the Coupe de France.Paris Saint Germain have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligue 1 with 12 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. This match is a Coupe de France match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Paris Saint Germain tasted defeat here at Stade de France, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. Germain haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Dijon, 265 days ago.
The Germain supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Borussia Dortmund in Champions League and win 2-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Olympique Lyonnais and winning 5-1.
Everyone expects Germain to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 19 games: 17 home wins, one draw and one defeat. Paris Saint Germain have won with at least two goals margin 14 times in similar situations.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Germain is on fire here. A stunning 44 from 14 league matches. Germain have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Saint-Étienne was sent out of Coupe de France in the 16th finals last season.Saint-Étienne have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 4-0-10 (14 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Coupe de France stats, they have 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Bitter travels for Saint-Étienne as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Nantes match.
Saint-Étienne's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bordeaux that finished 1-1. A draw for Saint-Étienne before that, at their own venue hosting Bordeaux (1-1).
The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played five away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with two wins, two draws and one defeat. one game were lost by at least two goals margin.
Saint-Étienne have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Saint-Étienne have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Germain victories, two draws and zero Saint-Étienne wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Paris Saint Germain missing players
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| Paris Saint Germain | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 97 | 41 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 72% | 90% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 70% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 32% | ||
| 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 410 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 143 | 266 | ||
| 202 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 91 | ||
| 48% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 51 | 68 | 
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 49 | 
| 5 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 41 | 
| 6 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 41 | 
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 40 | 
| 8 | Montpellier | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 
| 9 | Monaco | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 40 | 
| 10 | Angers SCO | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -5 | 39 | 
| 11 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 
| 12 | Bordeaux | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 37 | 
| 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 34 | 
| 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 34 | 
| 16 | Dijon | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 30 | 
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 30 | 
| 18 | Nimes | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 27 | 
| 19 | Amiens SC | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -19 | 23 | 
| 20 | Toulouse | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -36 | 13 | 
 
  
 