Ligue 1 match guide and numbers: Saint-Étienne host Troyes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Troyes have restored their energy after their 1-0-match vs Nantes and are ready to meet Saint-Étienne. Here's all the details!

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Troyes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 1

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's results here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the Ligue 1 have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. When Saint-Étienne hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Angers SCO, Lorient, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Clermont and Metz), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni not having conceded a league goal in 218 minutes.

The Saint-Étienne coach Dupraz and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Lille (placed 6th). Camara (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Camara hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 44 total).

Before that, Saint-Étienne had a home game versus Metz which ended with a victory 1-0.

Saint-Étienne are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Saint-Étienne defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Troyes form and stats

Troyes have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 4-1-9 (14 played).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Troyes goalkeeper Gauthier Gallon is eager to challenge this, with his 242 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Troyes had fun at their own home (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) last time out, beating Nantes 1-0. Ugbo scored. Midfield player Kouame was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Kouame hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 45 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bordeaux at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The attacking power of Troyes when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Troyes have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants met earlier this season; Troyes - Saint-Étienne 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saint-Étienne seven wins, two draws and Troyes one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneW. Khazri
W. Khazri
9 goals
Saint-ÉtienneD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
5 goals
TroyesX. Chavalerin
X. Chavalerin
5 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Troyes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Troyes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
6 3 2 Won W 2 4 7
8 5 2 Drew D 0 1 7
14 6 1 Lost L 2 9 14
28 17 8 Scored S 5 13 26
50 26 7 Conceded C 4 27 41
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 86% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 75%
54% 64% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 39%
39% 43% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 18%
11% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
61% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 54%
14% 7% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 21% 25%
29% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 25%
 
5.2 6.6 8.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.5 4.4
4.5 3.5 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 5.2
2 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
11.9 14.4 16.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 9.9
4 4.6 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.4
25% 26% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 27%
 
11.9 10.6 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 14.1 12.2
4.8 4.6 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.6 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saint-Étienne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Troyes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Troyes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 1
  • Troyes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 19 5 3 56 24 13 12 1 0 31 7 14 7 4 3 25 17 32 62
2 Nice 28 15 6 7 38 21 14 7 3 4 18 14 14 8 3 3 20 7 17 50
3 Olympique Marseille 27 13 8 6 39 25 14 5 5 4 22 16 13 8 3 2 17 9 14 47
4 Rennes 27 14 4 9 53 25 14 10 1 3 33 9 13 4 3 6 20 16 28 46
5 Strasbourg 27 12 8 7 49 32 13 7 3 3 27 13 14 5 5 4 22 19 17 44
6 Lille 28 11 10 7 37 35 14 6 6 2 19 16 14 5 4 5 18 19 2 43
7 Nantes 28 12 6 10 36 30 14 9 2 3 24 13 14 3 4 7 12 17 6 42
8 Monaco 27 11 8 8 40 29 14 7 4 3 26 13 13 4 4 5 14 16 11 41
9 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 9 7 38 33 14 7 5 2 23 14 13 4 4 5 15 19 5 41
10 Lens 27 11 7 9 42 38 14 6 5 3 23 15 13 5 2 6 19 23 4 40
11 Montpellier 28 11 5 12 41 40 15 7 3 5 24 18 13 4 2 7 17 22 1 38
12 Brest 27 9 8 10 35 38 13 5 3 5 20 18 14 4 5 5 15 20 -3 35
13 Reims 27 7 11 9 31 31 13 4 5 4 18 13 14 3 6 5 13 18 0 32
14 Angers SCO 27 7 8 12 31 40 13 5 1 7 15 17 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 29
15 Troyes 28 7 7 14 26 41 14 3 6 5 13 14 14 4 1 9 13 27 -15 28
16 Clermont 27 7 7 13 27 46 13 3 5 5 14 17 14 4 2 8 13 29 -19 28
17 Saint-Étienne 28 6 8 14 28 50 14 3 5 6 17 26 14 3 3 8 11 24 -22 26
18 Lorient 27 5 9 13 22 43 13 4 4 5 11 14 14 1 5 8 11 29 -21 24
19 Metz 27 4 10 13 25 46 13 1 5 7 15 25 14 3 5 6 10 21 -21 22
20 Bordeaux 27 4 10 13 38 65 14 2 5 7 20 27 13 2 5 6 18 38 -27 22

Saint-Étienne:
Table
  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 27 19 5 3 56 24 13 12 1 0 31 7 14 7 4 3 25 17 32 62
2 Nice 28 15 6 7 38 21 14 7 3 4 18 14 14 8 3 3 20 7 17 50
3 Olympique Marseille 27 13 8 6 39 25 14 5 5 4 22 16 13 8 3 2 17 9 14 47
4 Rennes 27 14 4 9 53 25 14 10 1 3 33 9 13 4 3 6 20 16 28 46
5 Strasbourg 27 12 8 7 49 32 13 7 3 3 27 13 14 5 5 4 22 19 17 44
6 Lille 28 11 10 7 37 35 14 6 6 2 19 16 14 5 4 5 18 19 2 43
7 Nantes 28 12 6 10 36 30 14 9 2 3 24 13 14 3 4 7 12 17 6 42
8 Monaco 27 11 8 8 40 29 14 7 4 3 26 13 13 4 4 5 14 16 11 41
9 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 9 7 38 33 14 7 5 2 23 14 13 4 4 5 15 19 5 41
10 Lens 27 11 7 9 42 38 14 6 5 3 23 15 13 5 2 6 19 23 4 40
11 Montpellier 28 11 5 12 41 40 15 7 3 5 24 18 13 4 2 7 17 22 1 38
12 Brest 27 9 8 10 35 38 13 5 3 5 20 18 14 4 5 5 15 20 -3 35
13 Reims 27 7 11 9 31 31 13 4 5 4 18 13 14 3 6 5 13 18 0 32
14 Angers SCO 27 7 8 12 31 40 13 5 1 7 15 17 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 29
15 Troyes 28 7 7 14 26 41 14 3 6 5 13 14 14 4 1 9 13 27 -15 28
16 Clermont 27 7 7 13 27 46 13 3 5 5 14 17 14 4 2 8 13 29 -19 28
17 Saint-Étienne 28 6 8 14 28 50 14 3 5 6 17 26 14 3 3 8 11 24 -22 26
18 Lorient 27 5 9 13 22 43 13 4 4 5 11 14 14 1 5 8 11 29 -21 24
19 Metz 27 4 10 13 25 46 13 1 5 7 15 25 14 3 5 6 10 21 -21 22
20 Bordeaux 27 4 10 13 38 65 14 2 5 7 20 27 13 2 5 6 18 38 -27 22

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