Match preview Ligue 1: Saint-Étienne - Lorient at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

This promises to be another interesting encounter at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the Ligue 1. Saint-Étienne is in 16th position and welcome Lorient in 2nd place. Read all about the match here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

20-6-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Lorient when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 39 matches are 50-39 (scored/conceded).

Lorient have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Saint-Étienne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn five and lost one.

Last season, Saint-Étienne's league statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 17th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 28 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 45. Playing at home last season Saint-Étienne managed 4-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 18 conceded.

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Lorient form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lorient playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Lorient win, three draws and two defeats.

Let's have a look at how Lorient performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 23/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saint-Étienne seven wins, zero draws and Lorient three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LorientA. Grbic
A. Grbic
1 goals
LorientP. Hamel
P. Hamel
1 goals
LorientY. Wissa
Y. Wissa
1 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Lorient
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 9
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Saint-Étienne Last season Lorient
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
8 4   Won W   8 17
6 6   Drew D   2 3
14 4   Lost L   4 8
29 15   Scored S   23 45
45 18   Conceded C   13 25
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
71% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 64%
50% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 57%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 21%
14% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
54% 50%   BTTS BTTS   43% 46%
18% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 32%
32% 36%   Failed to Score F T   21% 25%
 
5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.5
4.2 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
3 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
310 167   Total Shots T S   135 298
100 47   Shots on Target S O   59 128
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nîmes 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lorient 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Monaco 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Reims 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lens 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Brest 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Étienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nîmes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Chateauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orleans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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 Nîmes 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lorient 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Monaco 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Reims 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lens 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Brest 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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