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- Saint-Étienne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
The hosts Saint-Étienne saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Ligue 2. This match was also played here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Ajaccio have had more rest.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Saint-Étienne at their home stadium (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Saint-Étienne are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Saint-Étienne are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Saint-Étienne's last game was hosting Dunkerque (placed 18th) and winning 2-0. The goalie Larsonneur was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.01 out of ten. Larsonneur topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Troyes.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 Saint-Étienne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Saint-Étienne are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Ajaccio form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.
The Ajaccio goalkeeper Mathieu Michel is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 212 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Ajaccio won their last game, 2-0 versus Bastia played at home. Midfielder Barreto was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Barreto scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Amiens SC that ended 0-0.Ajaccio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Goals are few and far between in Ajaccio's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 4 travels. As for defending, Ajaccio rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Saint-Étienne have won all of the 4 most recent matches against this team. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 6 goals |   Y. Bammou 2 goals |  A. Moueffek 1 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Ajaccio missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Ajaccio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 13.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 7.2 | 10.2 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 9% | 28% |
| 13.9 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 8 | 8.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 2.9 |
- Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Saint-Étienne have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ajaccio have scored away.
- Saint-Étienne have won significantly more corners at 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Laval | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Auxerre | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | Angers SCO | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Guingamp | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Rodez | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Pau | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Caen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | Ajaccio | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Annecy | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Bastia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Concarneau | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Troyes | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Paris | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Dunkerque | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Valenciennes | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 6 |
| 20 | Quevilly Rouen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
