Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Olympique Lyonnais welcomes Saint-Étienne

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Stadium (59186 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Olympique Lyonnais fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Saint-Étienne.

Olympique Lyonnais have less rest than Saint-Étienne in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Groupama Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Saint-Étienne have had more rest.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Lyonnais at their home stadium (Groupama Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Olympique Lyonnais.

Olympique Lyonnais's last game was hosting Juventus and winning 1-0. Before that match, a Ligue 1 win away at Metz.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Olympique Lyonnais as they have a new game in only three days, a Coupe de France match thankfully also at home. Paris Saint Germain are visiting.

Olympique Lyonnais has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Olympique Lyonnais are not conceding a lot of goals here at Groupama Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Saint-Étienne so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-9 (win-draw-lose). A depressing six defeats in a row for Saint-Étienne in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Nantes.

Saint-Étienne's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Reims that finished 1-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Brest wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

After this away game Saint-Étienne return home for a Coupe de France game against Rennes. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Saint-Étienne have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Saint-Étienne have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Saint-Étienne - Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Olympique Lyonnais won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Saint-Étienne has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
14 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
9 goals
Saint-Étienne
D. Bouanga
9 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Saint-Étienne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 5 Played P 5 13 26
10 4 3 Won W 2 4 8
7 4 2 Drew D 0 0 5
9 4 0 Lost L 3 9 13
40 15 11 Scored S 7 14 28
26 7 0 Conceded C 9 25 42
92% 83% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
69% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 69%
50% 25% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 54%
23% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 38% 35%
12% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 23% 15%
46% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 54%
31% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 19%
31% 50% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 23% 31%
 
4.7 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.6 5
4.3 4.4 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 4.2
1.7 1.6 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
327 148 75 Total Shots T S 59 135 291
127 58 35 Shots on Target S O 23 50 93
31% 26% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 28% 30%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 26 21 2 3 71 24 13 11 1 1 40 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 47 65
2 Olympique Marseille 27 16 7 4 39 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 55
3 Rennes 26 13 5 8 31 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 11 10 7 44
4 Lille 26 13 4 9 33 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 12 3 2 7 10 18 6 43
5 Monaco 26 11 6 9 42 41 13 8 1 4 28 21 13 3 5 5 14 20 1 39
6 Strasbourg 26 11 5 10 32 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 13 4 2 7 10 15 3 38
7 Olympique Lyonnais 26 10 7 9 40 26 12 4 4 4 15 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 14 37
8 Reims 26 9 10 7 24 20 13 4 7 2 11 7 13 5 3 5 13 13 4 37
9 Montpellier 26 10 7 9 32 29 13 9 2 2 23 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 3 37
10 Nice 26 10 7 9 38 36 14 7 4 3 26 19 12 3 3 6 12 17 2 37
11 Nantes 26 11 4 11 28 28 13 6 2 5 11 10 13 5 2 6 17 18 0 37
12 Bordeaux 26 9 8 9 38 32 12 4 4 4 18 11 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 35
13 Brest 26 8 10 8 34 35 13 6 6 1 21 10 13 2 4 7 13 25 -1 34
14 Angers SCO 26 9 6 11 25 33 14 7 3 4 18 13 12 2 3 7 7 20 -8 33
15 Saint-Étienne 26 8 5 13 28 42 13 4 5 4 14 17 13 4 0 9 14 25 -14 29
16 Metz 26 6 10 10 24 34 13 4 4 5 16 16 13 2 6 5 8 18 -10 28
17 Dijon 26 6 9 11 25 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 13 1 3 9 7 18 -7 27
18 Nîmes 27 7 6 14 28 42 14 6 2 6 17 15 13 1 4 8 11 27 -14 27
19 Amiens SC 26 4 10 12 29 47 13 3 5 5 17 22 13 1 5 7 12 25 -18 22
20 Toulouse 26 3 4 19 21 54 12 3 0 9 11 22 14 0 4 10 10 32 -33 13

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  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 26 21 2 3 71 24 13 11 1 1 40 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 47 65
2 Olympique Marseille 27 16 7 4 39 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 55
3 Rennes 26 13 5 8 31 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 11 10 7 44
4 Lille 26 13 4 9 33 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 12 3 2 7 10 18 6 43
5 Monaco 26 11 6 9 42 41 13 8 1 4 28 21 13 3 5 5 14 20 1 39
6 Strasbourg 26 11 5 10 32 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 13 4 2 7 10 15 3 38
7 Olympique Lyonnais 26 10 7 9 40 26 12 4 4 4 15 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 14 37
8 Reims 26 9 10 7 24 20 13 4 7 2 11 7 13 5 3 5 13 13 4 37
9 Montpellier 26 10 7 9 32 29 13 9 2 2 23 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 3 37
10 Nice 26 10 7 9 38 36 14 7 4 3 26 19 12 3 3 6 12 17 2 37
11 Nantes 26 11 4 11 28 28 13 6 2 5 11 10 13 5 2 6 17 18 0 37
12 Bordeaux 26 9 8 9 38 32 12 4 4 4 18 11 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 35
13 Brest 26 8 10 8 34 35 13 6 6 1 21 10 13 2 4 7 13 25 -1 34
14 Angers SCO 26 9 6 11 25 33 14 7 3 4 18 13 12 2 3 7 7 20 -8 33
15 Saint-Étienne 26 8 5 13 28 42 13 4 5 4 14 17 13 4 0 9 14 25 -14 29
16 Metz 26 6 10 10 24 34 13 4 4 5 16 16 13 2 6 5 8 18 -10 28
17 Dijon 26 6 9 11 25 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 13 1 3 9 7 18 -7 27
18 Nîmes 27 7 6 14 28 42 14 6 2 6 17 15 13 1 4 8 11 27 -14 27
19 Amiens SC 26 4 10 12 29 47 13 3 5 5 17 22 13 1 5 7 12 25 -18 22
20 Toulouse 26 3 4 19 21 54 12 3 0 9 11 22 14 0 4 10 10 32 -33 13

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