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

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (41965 seats)

It's game two of the Ligue 1 season and everything to play for. Read our full preview!

Saint-Étienne and Brest 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.

Brest have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne are returning here after visiting Dijon in a Ligue 1 game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Angers SCO that finished 1-1.

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Brest form and stats

Brest seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Brest's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Toulouse. A 0-1 defeat away at Metz before that.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 4 Saint-Étienne victories, 1 draw and 1 Brest win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Hamouma
1 goals
J. Aholou
1 goals
M. Autret
1 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Brest missing players

Saint-Étienne Brest
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 4
12 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 7
2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Saint-Étienne Last season Brest
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
19 13   Won   8 21
9 2   Drew   7 11
10 4   Lost   4 6
59 34   Scored   26 64
41 14   Conceded   19 35
95% 95%   Over 0.5   95% 95%
79% 79%   Over 1.5   79% 76%
50% 58%   Over 2.5   37% 42%
21% 5%   Over 3.5   21% 26%
13% 5%   Over 4.5   5% 13%
47% 42%   BTTS   58% 55%
34% 42%   Clean Sheets   26% 34%
24% 21%   Failed To Score   21% 16%
 
5.9 6.3   Corners For (avg)   5.9 6.1
4.5 4.4   Corners Against (avg)   4.9 4.5
1.8 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 1.8
7 3   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saint-Étienne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Saint-Étienne
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-05-19 L1 Angers SCO 1 - 1 Saint-Étienne
18-07-19 CF Saint-Étienne 2 - 4 Montpellier
28-07-19 CF Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Saint-Étienne
03-08-19 CF Newcastle United 2 - 1 Saint-Étienne
10-08-19 L1 Dijon 1 - 2 Saint-Étienne
18-08-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 13:00 Brest
28-08-19 L1 Lille 17:00 Saint-Étienne
01-09-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 19:00 Saint-Étienne
14-09-19 L1 Saint-Étienne - Toulouse
21-09-19 L1 Angers SCO - Saint-Étienne
Brest
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-05-19 L2 Metz 1 - 0 Brest
17-07-19 CF Brest 2 - 1 Lorient
23-07-19 CF Brest 1 - 0 Rennes
26-07-19 CF Brest 1 - 0 Nantes
10-08-19 L1 Brest 1 - 1 Toulouse
18-08-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 13:00 Brest
24-08-19 L1 Brest 18:00 Reims
31-08-19 L1 Nîmes 18:00 Brest
14-09-19 L1 Brest - Rennes
21-09-19 L1 Bordeaux - Brest

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Reims 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Rennes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Saint-Étienne 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Olympique Marseille 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Monaco 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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