This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne holding 16th place and Nantes lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Nantes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Saint-Étienne nor Nantes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
With {2 Ligue 1 wins}, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Saint-Étienne are certainly not brimming with confidence. Saint-Étienne are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Strasbourg match.
Saint-Étienne are returning here after visiting Nice in a Ligue 1 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Charles Abi scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Olympique Lyonnais with the scoreline 0-5.
Manager C. Puel felt very clever after Charles Abi scored the winning goal against Nice, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 81st minute.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saint-Étienne handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Metz in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
Saint-Étienne have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Nantes form and stats
There's been little loot from Nantes's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Ligue 1. Nantes only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. Nantes are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Lorient fixture.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Monaco with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Nantes manager R. Domenech faced defeat when travelling to Metz and losing 0-2.
Nantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
After this away game Nantes return home for a Ligue 1 game against Lille. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Nantes when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nantes have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nantes - Saint-Étienne 2-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Saint-Étienne won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Nantes has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Blas 5 goals |   R. Hamouma 4 goals |  I. Louza 4 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Nantes missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 21 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 35 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 19 | 36 |
| 91% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 77% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 50% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 64% |
| 27% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 18% | 14% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 9.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 30% | 27% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 32% |
- Nantes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 48 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 36 | 45 |
| 4 | Monaco | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Metz | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Lens | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 28 |
| 12 | Reims | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | Nice | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 17 | Nantes | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 18 |
| 18 | Lorient | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 18 |
| 19 | Dijon | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -27 | 15 |