An important duel in the bottom section of the Ligue 1, with both Saint-Étienne and Nîmes experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 19th place.
- Saint-Étienne has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the most conceded goals (29) in Ligue 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Saint-Étienne have played 7 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Happy days for Saint-Étienne in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Bordeaux (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Angers SCO that ended 0-0.
There will be little rest for Saint-Étienne after this match as they are travelling to Monaco for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
Saint-Étienne have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Saint-Étienne have conceded 8 goals.
Nîmes form and stats
Nîmes, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Ligue 1, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-1-4 (7 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Nîmes who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Reims was the last time a defeat was avoided. Nîmes has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The attacking players of Nîmes have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 388 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Nice with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lorient wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Nîmes are hosting Dijon in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
Goals are few and far between in Nîmes's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. Nîmes have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - two - zero (Saint-Étienne wins - draws - Nîmes wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hamouma 3 goals |   Z. Ferhat 3 goals | D. Bouanga 2 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Nîmes missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Nîmes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 73% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 27% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 27% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 57% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.1 | 9.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 27% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 12% | 20% |
- Nîmes has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the fewest scored goals (3) away in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the most conceded goals (29) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes has the the worst goal difference (-18) in Ligue 1
- Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Saint-Étienne has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 1
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Rennes | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Lens | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Monaco | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Brest | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Nice | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Metz | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Nantes | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Reims | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Lorient | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -18 | 11 |
| 20 | Dijon | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 9 |