Football betting preview: Saint-Étienne favourites when Toulouse visits

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne have performed well at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard so far this season with 11 wins from 16 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Saint-Étienne after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Saint-Étienne in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Reims that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Saint-Étienne had a home game versus Bordeaux which ended with a victory 3-0.

Saint-Étienne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with 29 goals in 16 matches. Saint-Étienne are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.

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Toulouse form and stats

There's been little loot from Toulouse's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games. Toulouse only has 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.

There were no winners in Toulouse's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Lille. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Montpellier's place.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Toulouse have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Toulouse - Saint-Étienne 2-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 5 - 2 (Saint-Étienne wins - draws - Toulouse wins).

Top Goalscorers

W. Khazri
13 goals / 5 assists
M. Gradel
10 goals / 4 assists
R. Cabella
7 goals / 3 assists

Saint-Étienne missing players

Toulouse missing players

Saint-Étienne Toulouse
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
50 29 Scored 14 30
37 13 Conceded 27 46
94% 94% Over 0.5 94% 91%
79% 81% Over 1.5 75% 67%
52% 62% Over 2.5 56% 45%
21% 6% Over 3.5 19% 18%
12% 6% Over 4.5 6% 6%
48% 50% Both teams to score 62% 58%
33% 38% Clean Sheet 19% 24%
24% 19% Failed To Score 25% 27%
 
5.8 6.3 Corners For (avg) 3.8 4.1
4.5 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 5.1
1.7 1.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2
6 2 Red Cards (total) 4 5
Key stats this season:
  • Toulouse is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Saint-Étienne is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 33 27 3 3 95 27 17 16 1 0 58 9 16 11 2 3 37 18 68 84
2 Lille 33 19 8 6 54 28 16 10 4 2 31 11 17 9 4 4 23 17 26 65
3 Olympique Lyonnais 33 17 8 8 55 41 17 11 3 3 32 17 16 6 5 5 23 24 14 59
4 Saint-Étienne 33 16 8 9 50 37 16 11 2 3 29 13 17 5 6 6 21 24 13 56
5 Olympique Marseille 33 16 6 11 52 44 16 10 4 2 29 12 17 6 2 9 23 32 8 54
6 Montpellier 33 13 12 8 47 37 16 7 6 3 26 16 17 6 6 5 21 21 10 51
7 Reims 33 11 15 7 32 34 17 7 7 3 18 14 16 4 8 4 14 20 -2 48
8 Nice 33 13 9 11 23 30 16 8 3 5 13 13 17 5 6 6 10 17 -7 48
9 Nîmes 33 13 7 13 49 48 17 8 5 4 27 17 16 5 2 9 22 31 1 46
10 Strasbourg 33 10 14 9 55 43 17 6 7 4 30 22 16 4 7 5 25 21 12 44
11 Rennes 33 11 10 12 45 46 16 7 5 4 21 14 17 4 5 8 24 32 -1 43
12 Angers SCO 33 9 14 10 40 40 16 5 7 4 21 18 17 4 7 6 19 22 0 41
13 Nantes 33 11 7 15 41 44 17 8 4 5 32 23 16 3 3 10 9 21 -3 40
14 Bordeaux 33 9 11 13 31 36 16 7 6 3 22 16 17 2 5 10 9 20 -5 38
15 Toulouse 33 8 12 13 30 46 17 4 8 5 16 19 16 4 4 8 14 27 -16 36
16 Monaco 33 7 11 15 32 49 17 3 6 8 15 26 16 4 5 7 17 23 -17 32
17 Amiens SC 33 8 8 17 28 48 16 6 3 7 18 21 17 2 5 10 10 27 -20 32
18 Dijon 33 7 7 19 27 50 17 4 4 9 14 27 16 3 3 10 13 23 -23 28
19 Caen 33 5 11 17 25 47 16 2 5 9 12 24 17 3 6 8 13 23 -22 26
20 Guingamp 33 5 9 19 24 60 17 3 5 9 14 25 16 2 4 10 10 35 -36 24

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