Struggling Saint-Étienne will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Olympique Marseille in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Saint-Étienne nor Olympique Marseille 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
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
The fans are hoping that Saint-Étienne will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Metz (placed 16th). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Monaco.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Saint-Étienne as they are travelling to their away game against Montpellier in the Ligue 1. That match is four days after this one.
Saint-Étienne has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. In general it has been a productive period now for Olympique Marseille as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
The attacking players of Olympique Marseille have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 186 minutes. The Olympique Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Olympique Marseille has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bordeaux for a Ligue 1 game that ended a draw (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Strasbourg.
After this away game Olympique Marseille return home for a Ligue 1 game against Toulouse. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Olympique Marseille are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Olympique Marseille have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Olympique Marseille - Saint-Étienne 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Saint-Étienne won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Olympique Marseille has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  D. Bouanga 7 goals |   D. Benedetto 7 goals |  R. Hamouma 6 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 95% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 82% |
| 68% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 73% |
| 59% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 41% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 55% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 50% |
| 23% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 55% | 41% |
| 27% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 27% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 244 | 138 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 138 | 316 |
| 75 | 36 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 45 | 95 |
| 33% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 32% |
- Olympique Marseille has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Olympique Marseille have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 43 | 55 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Rennes | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Lille | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 32 |
| 7 | Reims | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Nice | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 30 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Monaco | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Dijon | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -26 | 13 |