Soccer betting preview: Saint-Étienne welcomes Angers SCO in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 22.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Both Saint-Étienne and Angers SCO are itching for points in this game, despite the guesting team carrying a 12 point lead in the standings.

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 1
  • Angers SCO have scored in all their away matches so far.

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's look for an active match!

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne, who have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 1, have collected 3 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 0-3-2. All in all it has been a very rough period for Saint-Étienne who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Lorient, 75 days ago.

Saint-Étienne are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Strasbourg. Saint-Étienne were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Ryad Boudebouz (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Boudebouz hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Saint-Étienne drew at home versus Olympique Lyonnais.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Saint-Étienne here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Saint-Étienne defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Angers SCO form and stats

The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

Angers are travelling again after losing away to Paris Saint Germain in their previous match (1-2). Sofiane Boufal, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.41. Boufal served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that, Angers SCO secured a home win against Metz with the score 3-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Angers SCO have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. 5 goals have been conceded by Angers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Saint-Étienne won five, Angers SCO triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Saint-Étienne missing players

Angers SCO missing players

Saint-Étienne Angers SCO
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 10
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 4
4 3 1 Drew D 3 3 4
6 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
9 4 1 Scored S 3 6 15
23 8 4 Conceded C 3 5 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 40%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
80% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
20% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
4.7 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.9
5.4 4.4 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.2 3.5
2.2 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 14.4 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.8 11.2
3.7 4.2 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 4
24% 19% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Angers SCO's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Saint-Étienne's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Angers SCO have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Angers SCO have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Saint-Étienne have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Saint-Étienne have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have yet to win a game.
  • Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Saint-Étienne is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 10 9 0 1 24 10 5 5 0 0 14 4 5 4 0 1 10 6 14 27
2 Lens 10 5 3 2 16 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 18
3 Olympique Marseille 9 5 2 2 18 11 5 3 1 1 13 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 17
4 Nice 9 5 2 2 17 5 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 3 0 2 9 2 12 16
5 Angers SCO 10 4 4 2 15 11 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 4 16
6 Olympique Lyonnais 10 4 4 2 16 13 6 3 3 0 13 7 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 16
7 Rennes 10 4 3 3 15 9 5 3 1 1 10 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 15
8 Strasbourg 10 4 2 4 18 15 6 3 1 2 13 7 4 1 1 2 5 8 3 14
9 Nantes 10 4 2 4 14 11 5 3 0 2 7 4 5 1 2 2 7 7 3 14
10 Monaco 10 4 2 4 14 13 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 2 1 2 7 7 1 14
11 Lille 10 4 2 4 13 15 4 3 0 1 6 6 6 1 2 3 7 9 -2 14
12 Lorient 10 3 5 2 11 13 4 3 1 0 5 2 6 0 4 2 6 11 -2 14
13 Montpellier 10 3 4 3 17 16 6 3 2 1 12 8 4 0 2 2 5 8 1 13
14 Clermont 10 3 4 3 13 20 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 1 2 2 6 14 -7 13
15 Reims 10 2 5 3 11 12 4 1 2 1 6 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 -1 11
16 Troyes 10 2 3 5 9 14 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 8 -5 9
17 Bordeaux 10 1 5 4 12 21 5 0 3 2 5 8 5 1 2 2 7 13 -9 8
18 Metz 10 1 3 6 11 22 5 0 2 3 5 11 5 1 1 3 6 11 -11 6
19 Brest 10 0 5 5 11 19 5 0 3 2 6 9 5 0 2 3 5 10 -8 5
20 Saint-Étienne 10 0 4 6 9 23 5 0 3 2 4 8 5 0 1 4 5 15 -14 4

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.