The visiting Olympique Lyonnais side should be favourites in this visit to Saint-Étienne, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
- Olympique Lyonnais has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Ligue 1
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Saint-Étienne form and stats
2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Saint-Étienne so far this season. Saint-Étienne are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Strasbourg match.
Saint-Étienne faced defeat in their previous match, away at Strasbourg (0-1). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Reims (1-3).
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Ryad Boudebouz for missing a penalty kick versus Strasbourg in the 10th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
The Saint-Étienne fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Saint-Étienne's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Olympique Lyonnais have produced an overall stat of 5-4-1 so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Montpellier game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympique Lyonnais has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
The manager R. Garcia was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Groupama Stadium. Olympique Lyonnais suffered a 0-1 loss to Metz (placed 9th). Before that, Olympique travelled to Rennes and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
The travelling fans enjoy Olympique Lyonnais's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. Olympique have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Olympique Lyonnais - Saint-Étienne 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Saint-Étienne victories, one draw and six Olympique Lyonnais wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Depay 11 goals |  K. Toko Ekambi 9 goals |  T. Kadewere 7 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 39 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 80% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 45% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 65% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10.4 | 9.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 13.8 | 15.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 29% | 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 37% |
- Olympique Lyonnais has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 33 | 42 |
| 2 | Lille | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 4 | Monaco | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Rennes | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Bordeaux | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Metz | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Lens | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Brest | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Nice | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Reims | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 17 | Nantes | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -25 | 15 |
| 19 | Dijon | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 20 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 12 |