Football betting preview: Lorient vs Saint-Étienne

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 28.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, Lorient holding 19th place and Saint-Étienne lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Lorient saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ligue 1. That game was an away game at Nîmes, so at least Lorient are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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

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Lorient form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lorient have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 7 defeats from 13 games.

Lorient are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Nîmes. Preceding that match was the home game against Lille that was lost 1-4.

Lorient are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Montpellier awaits in three days.

The Lorient fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

4-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Saint-Étienne in their Ligue 1 matches away. Saint-Étienne has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Saint-Étienne's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Reims that finished 1-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rennes at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The draw against Reims came from a losing position. The Saint-Étienne manager C. Puel brought on Charles Abi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lens in just three days.

Saint-Étienne are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 19 goals have been conceded by Saint-Étienne in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Saint-Étienne - Lorient 2-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Lorient victories, zero draws and eight Saint-Étienne wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LorientT. Moffi
T. Moffi
8 goals
LorientY. Wissa
Y. Wissa
6 goals
LorientP. Hamel
P. Hamel
4 goals

Lorient missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lorient Saint-Étienne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
6 5 3 Won W 1 4 7
5 1 0 Drew D 2 3 9
15 7 1 Lost L 1 6 10
31 19 9 Scored S 3 14 26
50 25 5 Conceded C 3 19 37
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
81% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 77% 77%
58% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 38%
46% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 27%
23% 38% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
54% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 46%
12% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 31%
38% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.4 10 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.5 10.3
3.3 3.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.3
36% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 31%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Lille 26 17 7 2 46 16 13 8 4 1 21 7 13 9 3 1 25 9 30 58
2 Olympique Lyonnais 26 16 7 3 54 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 13 8 4 1 26 12 30 55
3 PSG 26 17 3 6 57 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 12 7 2 3 23 9 40 54
4 Monaco 26 16 4 6 54 37 13 8 4 1 30 17 13 8 0 5 24 20 17 52
5 Lens 26 11 7 8 37 35 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 6 3 4 18 17 2 40
6 Metz 26 10 8 8 31 25 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 5 4 4 15 12 6 38
7 Olympique Marseille 25 10 8 7 33 29 12 5 3 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 15 13 4 38
8 Rennes 25 10 8 7 32 28 13 5 3 5 15 17 12 5 5 2 17 11 4 38
9 Montpellier 26 11 5 10 43 46 14 6 1 7 26 28 12 5 4 3 17 18 -3 38
10 Angers SCO 26 10 5 11 30 40 12 5 1 6 13 17 14 5 4 5 17 23 -10 35
11 Bordeaux 26 9 6 11 27 31 13 5 4 4 12 12 13 4 2 7 15 19 -4 33
12 Brest 26 9 4 13 39 47 13 7 1 5 26 24 13 2 3 8 13 23 -8 31
13 Reims 26 7 9 10 32 34 12 4 4 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 21 22 -2 30
14 Saint-Étienne 26 7 9 10 26 37 13 3 6 4 12 18 13 4 3 6 14 19 -11 30
15 Strasbourg 26 8 5 13 34 40 13 3 4 6 14 17 13 5 1 7 20 23 -6 29
16 Nice 26 8 5 13 31 38 13 3 2 8 14 24 13 5 3 5 17 14 -7 29
17 Nîmes 26 7 3 16 25 51 13 3 1 9 15 27 13 4 2 7 10 24 -26 24
18 Nantes 26 4 11 11 26 41 13 2 7 4 13 20 13 2 4 7 13 21 -15 23
19 Lorient 26 6 5 15 31 50 13 5 1 7 19 25 13 1 4 8 12 25 -19 23
20 Dijon 26 2 9 15 18 40 13 0 6 7 4 14 13 2 3 8 14 26 -22 15

Saint-Étienne:
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 Lille 26 17 7 2 46 16 13 8 4 1 21 7 13 9 3 1 25 9 30 58
2 Olympique Lyonnais 26 16 7 3 54 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 13 8 4 1 26 12 30 55
3 PSG 26 17 3 6 57 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 12 7 2 3 23 9 40 54
4 Monaco 26 16 4 6 54 37 13 8 4 1 30 17 13 8 0 5 24 20 17 52
5 Lens 26 11 7 8 37 35 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 6 3 4 18 17 2 40
6 Metz 26 10 8 8 31 25 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 5 4 4 15 12 6 38
7 Olympique Marseille 25 10 8 7 33 29 12 5 3 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 15 13 4 38
8 Rennes 25 10 8 7 32 28 13 5 3 5 15 17 12 5 5 2 17 11 4 38
9 Montpellier 26 11 5 10 43 46 14 6 1 7 26 28 12 5 4 3 17 18 -3 38
10 Angers SCO 26 10 5 11 30 40 12 5 1 6 13 17 14 5 4 5 17 23 -10 35
11 Bordeaux 26 9 6 11 27 31 13 5 4 4 12 12 13 4 2 7 15 19 -4 33
12 Brest 26 9 4 13 39 47 13 7 1 5 26 24 13 2 3 8 13 23 -8 31
13 Reims 26 7 9 10 32 34 12 4 4 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 21 22 -2 30
14 Saint-Étienne 26 7 9 10 26 37 13 3 6 4 12 18 13 4 3 6 14 19 -11 30
15 Strasbourg 26 8 5 13 34 40 13 3 4 6 14 17 13 5 1 7 20 23 -6 29
16 Nice 26 8 5 13 31 38 13 3 2 8 14 24 13 5 3 5 17 14 -7 29
17 Nîmes 26 7 3 16 25 51 13 3 1 9 15 27 13 4 2 7 10 24 -26 24
18 Nantes 26 4 11 11 26 41 13 2 7 4 13 20 13 2 4 7 13 21 -15 23
19 Lorient 26 6 5 15 31 50 13 5 1 7 19 25 13 1 4 8 12 25 -19 23
20 Dijon 26 2 9 15 18 40 13 0 6 7 4 14 13 2 3 8 14 26 -22 15

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