Ligue 1: What this fixture might lack in elegance it should compensate in effort and dedication. Get ready for Olympique Lyonnais - Saint-Étienne!
- Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Ligue 1
Olympique Lyonnais and Saint-Étienne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Olympique Lyonnais have played 10 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Olympique Lyonnais have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Olympique Lyonnais enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Troyes's place. The match ended 1-0 with Dembélé scoring. Guimarães (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Guimarães hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 72 successful passes (of 79 total).
In the match before that, Olympique Lyonnais hosted PSG and drew the game 1-1.Olympique Lyonnais are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 15 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew four and lost two.
The Olympique Lyonnais fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Saint-Étienne so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Saint-Étienne who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Troyes was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Lens with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Saint-Étienne were so close to getting something from the game against Lens, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime. The attacker Boudebouz got a match rating of 7.8 in that game. Boudebouz scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Prior to that result Saint-Étienne won their away game at Jura Sud Foot in the Coupe de France. The scoreline was 4-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Saint-Étienne played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.
The attacking power of Saint-Étienne when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Saint-Étienne have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered history involving both these teams is the Saint-Étienne - Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 played previously this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Olympique Lyonnais won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Saint-Étienne have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima 7 goals |   W. Khazri 7 goals |  K. Toko Ekambi 5 goals |
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| Olympique Lyonnais | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 28 | 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 27 | 12 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 85% |
| 50% | 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 55% |
| 30% | 30% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 40% |
| 15% | 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 15% |
| 70% | 90% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 65% |
| 25% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 15.2 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.9 | 12.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 30% | 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 24% |
| 13.6 | 12.1 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
- All of Olympique Lyonnais's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Saint-Étienne have scored away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint-Étienne is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 50 |
| 2 | Nice | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Rennes | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 34 |
| 5 | Monaco | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Lens | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 32 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 9 | Nantes | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Lille | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Reims | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Metz | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Clermont | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 18 |
| 17 | Troyes | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Lorient | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 17 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
