Excitement is likely at Stade Francis Le Basser when Laval host Saint-Étienne in what should be a superb match. Read the preview!
- Laval have the most points (15) at home in Ligue 2
- Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Laval form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Laval at their home stadium (Stade Francis Le Basser) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. After failing to beat hometeam_home_prestreak_win here at Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Laval, as their goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa has completely shut out the opponents for 310 minutes in the Ligue 2.
A good away victory last time out for Laval, who won 1-0 against Bordeaux (placed 13th). It's uncommon, but the exact score line 1-0 has been on "repeat" three times in a row. Defender Vargas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Vargas served one assist, hit three key passes and won 3 of 12 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Valenciennes.Laval has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Laval have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Playing away, Saint-Étienne have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 2 this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Saint-Étienne on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Saint-Étienne have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur. It's been 360 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.
Saint-Étienne delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ajaccio (placed 9th) in their previous game. Defender Batubinsika was the best team player with a rating of 7.22. Batubinsika won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that, Saint-Étienne secured a home win against Dunkerque with the score 2-0.Saint-Étienne are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Saint-Étienne as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Laval victory, zero draws and one Saint-Étienne win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 6 goals |   M. Tchokounté 5 goals |  E. Diaw 2 goals |
Laval missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Laval | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 12.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.4 | 12.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 25% | 28% |
| 9.4 | 7.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 15.8 | 13 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
- Laval have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Laval have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Laval have the most points (15) at home in Ligue 2
- Laval have won all their matches at home so far.
- Laval have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Laval haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Laval is in the best form (6-0-0) in Ligue 2
- 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 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 | Laval | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Auxerre | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Angers SCO | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Rodez | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Pau | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Ajaccio | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Amiens SC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Caen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Annecy | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Bastia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Concarneau | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Troyes | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Paris | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | Dunkerque | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
