This season has been demanding for Saint-Étienne so far, while Montpellier have taken lots of points. Will the away side get another notch in their belt at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard?
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Ligue 1
- Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an energetic match!
Saint-Étienne form and stats
With 1 Ligue 1 win, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Saint-Étienne are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Clermont game.
The gifted forward Aouchiche edged out all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Aouchiche hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Angers SCO.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 nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost three.
Saint-Étienne are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (23 from 11 played). When Saint-Étienne hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Reims, Troyes, Lorient, Bordeaux, Clermont and Metz), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Montpellier form and stats
Playing away, Montpellier have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
Defender Sakho was the best team player with a rating of 8.31. Sakho served one assist, hit one key pass and won 1 of 3 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Monaco in the Ligue 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Montpellier in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Montpellier, four draws and two defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Montpellier's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Montpellier have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have played before this season: Montpellier - Saint-Étienne 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Saint-Étienne wins - draws - Montpellier wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mavididi 8 goals |   W. Khazri 7 goals |  T. Savanier 5 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 37 |
| 43 | 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 77% |
| 50% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 36% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 23% |
| 59% | 73% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 32% | 27% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11.5 | 13.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9 | 11.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 23% | 24% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 48% | 38% |
| 12.5 | 12.1 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 18.3 | 15.7 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 9.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
- Montpellier have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 home matches.
- Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Nice | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Monaco | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Lens | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Lille | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Reims | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Clermont | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Metz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Lorient | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -24 | 15 |
