Struggling Saint-Etienne will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Nantes in the upcoming league round. It's 14th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Coupe de la Ligue. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Paris Saint Germain.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Saint-Étienne have to build on here at Stade Geoffroy Guichard in the Ligue 1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Saint-Étienne to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager C. Puel led his Saint-Étienne to a defeat in the Coupe de la Ligue match away at Paris Saint Germain. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Geoffroy Guichard. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bastia-Borgo and winning 3-0.
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.
This is expected to be a close game, with Saint-Étienne perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Saint-Étienne as a small favourite), we find five games. Saint-Étienne has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Saint-Étienne are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Saint-Étienne have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Nantes form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Nantes playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Nantes play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Aviron Bayonnais. The game before that, in the Ligue 1, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Angers SCO.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nantes playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Nantes wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nantes as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Nantes - Saint-Étienne 2-3. Saint-Étienne-Nantes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Saint-Étienne 5 wins, Nantes 1 win, 4 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Bouanga 7 goals |  R. Hamouma 5 goals |   K. Coulibaly 4 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Nantes missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 29 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 63% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 47% |
| 58% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 32% |
| 37% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 42% |
| 26% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 203 | 115 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 109 | 237 |
| 59 | 28 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 30 | 79 |
| 37% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 22% |
- Nantes has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rennes | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Lille | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Nantes | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Reims | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Monaco | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Nice | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 26 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Brest | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Dijon | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 12 |