Game guide for Ligue 2: Guingamp - Saint-Étienne at Stade du Roudourou

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Guingamp greet Saint-Étienne with faith in winning all three points. Can they? Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active match!

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Guingamp at their home stadium (Stade du Roudourou) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for Guingamp against Metz the last match, as Louiserre, Courtet, Livolant (2), Tchimbembé and Quemper were on target. The game against Metz had lots of late drama as Guingamp came back from being down 1-3 and finally secured the victory through Livolant's goal in the 88th minute. The versatile forward Livolant outperformed all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 9.42 out of 10. Livolant scored two goals, hit three key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 49 total).

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

This is expected to be a close game, with Guingamp perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Guingamp as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Guingamp has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

The Guingamp fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Guingamp are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du Roudourou in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Playing away, Saint-Étienne have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 2 this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Saint-Étienne who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Saint-Étienne had fun at their own home (Stade du Roudourou) last time out, beating Bordeaux 2-0. Wadji and Maçon scored. The attacker Krasso got a match rating of 8.05 in that game. Krasso hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pau that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Saint-Étienne in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Saint-Étienne, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Saint-Étienne has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Guingamp won two, Saint-Étienne triumphed in eight and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GuingampJ. Livolant
J. Livolant
5 goals
Saint-ÉtienneY. Macon
Y. Macon
3 goals

Guingamp missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Guingamp Saint-Étienne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 4 8
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
15 5 4 Scored S 0 7 15
10 2 0 Conceded C 0 8 15
86% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
43% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 62%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 62%
43% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
14% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
3.6 4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.2 4.9
3.3 2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 4.5
2.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10.4 10.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 9.4
4.4 4.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
48% 38% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 38%
 
8.9 7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 7.8
4.6 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Saint-Étienne's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Saint-Étienne have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Saint-Étienne have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Saint-Étienne have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Saint-Étienne have yet to win a game away.
  • Saint-Étienne 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 Sochaux 8 5 1 2 14 4 4 2 1 1 7 2 4 3 0 1 7 2 10 16
2 Le Havre 8 4 3 1 14 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 3 0 1 10 2 9 15
3 Caen 8 4 3 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 9 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 15
4 Bordeaux 8 4 2 2 11 4 4 2 1 1 5 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 7 14
5 Amiens SC 8 4 2 2 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 2 3 7 0 14
6 Guingamp 7 4 1 2 15 10 3 1 1 1 5 2 4 3 0 1 10 8 5 13
7 Valenciennes 8 3 4 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 13
8 Metz 8 3 2 3 16 13 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 1 1 1 7 5 3 11
9 Dijon 8 3 2 3 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 -2 11
10 Paris 8 2 4 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 -1 10
11 Bastia 8 3 1 4 9 13 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 9 -4 10
12 Annecy 8 2 3 3 6 6 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 0 9
13 Grenoble Foot 38 8 2 3 3 5 8 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 -3 9
14 Nimes 8 2 2 4 8 10 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 3 6 9 -2 8
15 Saint-Étienne 8 2 4 2 15 15 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 0 3 1 7 8 0 7
16 Laval 8 2 1 5 9 14 4 0 1 3 5 9 4 2 0 2 4 5 -5 7
17 Quevilly Rouen 8 1 4 3 8 13 4 1 3 0 7 6 4 0 1 3 1 7 -5 7
18 Niort 8 2 1 5 8 15 4 1 0 3 3 7 4 1 1 2 5 8 -7 7
19 Pau 8 1 4 3 6 13 3 0 2 1 2 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 -7 7
20 Rodez 7 1 3 3 6 11 4 0 2 2 4 10 3 1 1 1 2 1 -5 6

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.