Strasbourg vs Saint-Étienne pre-match guide

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

A total of nine rounds of fixtures are finished and Strasbourg are 7 points ahead of Saint-Étienne. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saint-Étienne is in the worst form (0-1-5)

This promises to be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Strasbourg form and stats

The total Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Strasbourg are 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Strasbourg, facing Montpellier in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Alexander Djiku got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Djiku hit one key pass and won 5 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Lille that was lost 1-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Strasbourg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost five.

A decent goal production from Strasbourg in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Saint-Étienne, who have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Ligue 1, have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Saint-Étienne's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Saint-Étienne played 1-1 against Olympique Lyonnais in their previous match. Midfielder Zaydou Youssouf was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Youssouf hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).

A loss against Nice was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Saint-Étienne are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Saint-Étienne find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Saint-Étienne's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 10 goals in 4 travels.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these teams: Strasbourg won three, Saint-Étienne were winners in four and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneW. Khazri
W. Khazri
4 goals
StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
3 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
3 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Strasbourg Saint-Étienne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 5 3 Played P 1 4 9
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
4 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
13 8 7 Scored S 0 4 8
14 6 2 Conceded C 2 10 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 56%
33% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 78%
22% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
11% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 22%
 
4.4 4.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.8
5.4 6.2 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5.2
2.2 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 11.4 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.5 12.7
3.8 4.6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.9
38% 35% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 23%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Saint-Étienne's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Strasbourg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Saint-Étienne have the fewest points (1) away in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Ligue 1
  • Saint-Étienne have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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)
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

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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.