Saint-Étienne are depending on their home following to help them in this match with Nantes. Who wins at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard?
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Ligue 1
- Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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 1 Ligue 1 win, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Saint-Étienne are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Saint-Étienne with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Troyes game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Saint-Étienne haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 337 minutes ago. Bouanga scored that one.
A good away victory last time out for Saint-Étienne, who won 1-0 against Lyon Duchere. Nade, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Nade won 5 of 5 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Saint-Étienne lost 0-2 at Reims's place.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 ten games. Saint-Étienne has won three of these, drawn five and lost two.
The Saint-Étienne fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Saint-Étienne with 20 goals conceded in these matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sochaux (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Coupe de France match ended in a draw 0-0. Midfield player Moutoussamy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Moutoussamy had 66 successful passes (of 75 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Lens in the Ligue 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Nantes in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Nantes, five draws and eight defeats.
Nantes have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Nantes have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Saint-Étienne won three, Nantes were winners in one and we saw six draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  W. Khazri 7 goals |   L. Blas 7 goals |  R. Kolo Muani 6 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Nantes missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 39 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 78% |
| 56% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 67% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 17% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 14.1 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.7 | 11 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 26% | 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | 34% |
| 13.1 | 12.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.9 | 11.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
- All of Saint-Étienne's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nantes 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 fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Ligue 1
- Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-22) 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Rennes | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Nice | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Lens | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Monaco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Nantes | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Lille | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Reims | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Troyes | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Lorient | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 12 |