Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Saint-Étienne welcomes Nice

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 18.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (41965 seats)

4th position in the Ligue 1 table for Saint-Étienne so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Nice visits Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

Saint-Étienne and Nice should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne are steadily winning games and points here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. 12 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 18 games.

The Saint-Étienne fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligue 1 game also here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard: A 0-1 defeat against Montpellier. A strong away win before that one, visiting Monaco and winning 3-2.

A decent goal production from Saint-Étienne in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 18 matches. Saint-Étienne are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 18 matches.

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Nice form and stats

5 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Nice, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) away in Ligue 1, playing as the away team this season. Nice has drawn their two previous away games.

Nice delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Nantes in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to PSG.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 18 away games, an average of less than one per game. Nice have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Nice - Saint-Étienne 1-1. Saint-Étienne-Nice H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Saint-Étienne 3 wins, Nice 5 wins, 2 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

W. Khazri
13 goals / 6 assists
R. Cabella
8 goals / 4 assists
R. Berič
7 goals / 1 assists

Saint-Étienne missing players

Nice missing players

Saint-Étienne Nice
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played 5 18 36
18 12 5 Won 1 5 14
8 2 1 Drew 1 7 11
10 4 0 Lost 3 6 11
55 31 14 Scored 2 11 28
40 14 6 Conceded 7 18 32
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 89% 92%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 40% 50% 50%
50% 56% 67% Over 2.5 20% 17% 19%
22% 6% 17% Over 3.5 20% 6% 6%
14% 6% 17% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 44% 67% BTTS 20% 33% 28%
33% 39% 33% Clean Sheets 20% 33% 42%
25% 22% 0% Failed To Score 60% 44% 39%
 
5.9 6.5 5.3 Corners For (avg) 2.4 3.9 4.4
4.3 4.2 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 7.6 5.8 5.4
1.8 1.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.8 1.9
7 3 0 Red Cards 1 2 5
Key stats this season:
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saint-Étienne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Saint-Étienne have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nice have scored away.

Saint-Étienne
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
16-03-19 L1 Caen 0 - 5 Saint-Étienne
01-04-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 2 - 1 Nîmes
06-04-19 L1 Amiens SC 2 - 2 Saint-Étienne
14-04-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 3 - 0 Bordeaux
21-04-19 L1 Reims 0 - 2 Saint-Étienne
28-04-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 2 - 0 Toulouse
05-05-19 L1 Monaco 2 - 3 Saint-Étienne
10-05-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 0 - 1 Montpellier
18-05-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 19:00 Nice
25-05-19 L1 Angers SCO - Saint-Étienne
Nice
All Champions League Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-03-19 L1 Nice 1 - 1 Toulouse
31-03-19 L1 Dijon 0 - 1 Nice
07-04-19 L1 Nice 1 - 0 Montpellier
14-04-19 L1 Rennes 0 - 0 Nice
20-04-19 L1 Nice 0 - 1 Caen
28-04-19 L1 Nice 3 - 0 Guingamp
04-05-19 L1 PSG 1 - 1 Nice
11-05-19 L1 Nice 1 - 1 Nantes
18-05-19 L1 Saint-Étienne 19:00 Nice
25-05-19 L1 Nice - Monaco

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 36 28 4 4 100 32 18 16 2 0 59 10 18 12 2 4 41 22 68 88
2 Lille 36 21 9 6 62 30 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 32 72
3 Olympique Lyonnais 36 19 9 8 63 45 18 11 4 3 34 19 18 8 5 5 29 26 18 66
4 Saint-Étienne 36 18 8 10 55 40 18 12 2 4 31 14 18 6 6 6 24 26 15 62
5 Montpellier 36 15 13 8 52 40 18 8 7 3 30 19 18 7 6 5 22 21 12 58
6 Olympique Marseille 36 16 7 13 54 50 18 10 4 4 30 17 18 6 3 9 24 33 4 55
7 Nice 36 14 11 11 28 32 18 9 4 5 17 14 18 5 7 6 11 18 -4 53
8 Nîmes 36 15 7 14 53 53 18 9 5 4 28 17 18 6 2 10 25 36 0 52
9 Reims 36 11 16 9 35 41 18 7 7 4 18 17 18 4 9 5 17 24 -6 49
10 Nantes 36 13 8 15 47 46 18 9 4 5 35 23 18 4 4 10 12 23 1 47
11 Strasbourg 36 10 16 10 57 46 18 6 8 4 31 23 18 4 8 6 26 23 11 46
12 Rennes 36 11 13 12 50 51 18 7 7 4 24 17 18 4 6 8 26 34 -1 46
13 Angers SCO 36 10 15 11 43 43 18 5 8 5 23 21 18 5 7 6 20 22 0 45
14 Bordeaux 36 9 11 16 33 41 18 7 6 5 24 20 18 2 5 11 9 21 -8 38
15 Toulouse 36 8 14 14 32 50 18 4 9 5 18 21 18 4 5 9 14 29 -18 38
16 Amiens SC 36 8 11 17 29 49 18 6 5 7 18 21 18 2 6 10 11 28 -20 35
17 Monaco 36 7 12 17 36 55 18 3 6 9 17 29 18 4 6 8 19 26 -19 33
18 Caen 36 7 12 17 29 49 18 4 5 9 16 26 18 3 7 8 13 23 -20 33
19 Dijon 36 8 7 21 29 55 18 5 4 9 16 28 18 3 3 12 13 27 -26 31
20 Guingamp 36 5 11 20 25 64 18 3 6 9 14 25 18 2 5 11 11 39 -39 26

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