Ligue 1 match preview: Saint-Étienne believed to be the weaker party when Olympique Lyonnais pays a visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Saint-Étienne are believing in their home advantage to support them when playing this meeting hosting Olympique Lyonnais. Who will win at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard?

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the fewest scored goals (7) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Olympique Lyonnais could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

The total Ligue 1 results playing at home this season for Saint-Étienne, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Ligue 1, are 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Saint-Étienne are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Saint-Étienne's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Nice (placed 4th). Saint-Étienne's goalkeeper Stefan Bajić was extremely busy against Nice, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Goalkeeper Stefan Bajić got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.72 out of ten. Bajić stopped the opponent with six saves.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Monaco.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Saint-Étienne here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Saint-Étienne defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 1, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Karl Toko Ekambi (2) and Houssem Aouar scored in Olympique's previous match, the home game against Brøndby that ended 3-0. Midfield player Karl Toko Ekambi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.41/10. Ekambi scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).

A draw for Olympique before that, at their own venue hosting Lorient (1-1).

The attacking power of Olympique when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As for defending, Olympique rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saint-Étienne two wins, one draw and Olympique Lyonnais seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisL. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
4 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
4 goals
Saint-ÉtienneW. Khazri
W. Khazri
3 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Saint-Étienne Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 3 8
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 2
7 3 1 Scored S 0 2 13
17 7 1 Conceded C 0 5 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 88%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 62%
38% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 12%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 12%
 
4.6 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 6
5.4 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.3 5.8
2.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.9 13.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.3 14.1
3.2 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.5
27% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 30%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Saint-Étienne's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais 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 matches.
  • Saint-Étienne have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have the fewest scored goals (7) in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have yet to win a game.
  • Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Saint-Étienne is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 8 8 0 0 22 7 4 4 0 0 12 3 4 4 0 0 10 4 15 24
2 Lens 8 4 3 1 14 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 3 1 0 9 5 4 15
3 Olympique Marseille 7 4 2 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 6 14
4 Nice 7 4 2 1 15 3 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 9 1 12 13
5 Angers SCO 8 3 4 1 11 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 1 3 0 5 3 4 13
6 Lorient 8 3 4 1 9 8 3 3 0 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 5 7 1 13
7 Olympique Lyonnais 8 3 3 2 13 12 5 2 3 0 11 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 12
8 Monaco 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 2 1 1 7 5 0 11
9 Lille 8 3 2 3 11 14 3 2 0 1 4 6 5 1 2 2 7 8 -3 11
10 Nantes 8 3 1 4 11 10 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 10
11 Reims 8 2 4 2 10 9 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 3 1 10
12 Strasbourg 8 3 1 4 12 13 5 2 1 2 8 6 3 1 0 2 4 7 -1 10
13 Rennes 8 2 3 3 10 9 4 2 1 1 8 3 4 0 2 2 2 6 1 9
14 Montpellier 8 2 3 3 15 15 4 2 1 1 10 7 4 0 2 2 5 8 0 9
15 Clermont 8 2 3 3 11 19 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 13 -8 9
16 Bordeaux 8 1 4 3 11 17 4 0 2 2 4 7 4 1 2 1 7 10 -6 7
17 Troyes 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 4 6 -4 6
18 Metz 8 1 3 4 9 16 4 0 2 2 5 8 4 1 1 2 4 8 -7 6
19 Brest 8 0 4 4 9 16 4 0 2 2 5 8 4 0 2 2 4 8 -7 4
20 Saint-Étienne 8 0 3 5 7 17 4 0 2 2 3 7 4 0 1 3 4 10 -10 3

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.