What a fixture, with Saint-Étienne at 5th and Angers SCO at 2nd. Here's our match guide!
- Saint-Étienne is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2
- Angers SCO have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Saint-Étienne so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur not having conceded a league goal in 450 minutes.
Saint-Étienne are returning here after visiting Laval and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Sissoko scored the goal(s). Appiah was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.1 out of 10. The defender Appiah served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
In the match before that, Saint-Étienne hosted Ajaccio and drew the game 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Saint-Étienne perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Saint-Étienne as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Saint-Étienne has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
One fact: This club have played 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.
Saint-Étienne aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Defensively Saint-Étienne have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Angers SCO form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Angers SCO have produced an overall stat of 3-0-2 so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Saint-Étienne.
Angers SCO go into this game after a win, the home game against Bordeaux that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Fofana got the top player rating of the team with 7.95/10. Fofana topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Amiens SC at their stadium, the result 4-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Angers SCO in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Angers SCO, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visiting Angers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Angers SCO have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Saint-Étienne have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Angers SCO.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 7 goals |   L. Diony 5 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Angers SCO missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Angers SCO | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 18% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 12.2 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 39% | 37% |
| 13 | 10.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.6 | 11.9 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
- Angers SCO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Angers SCO have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Angers SCO have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Angers SCO haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Saint-Étienne is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Auxerre | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Rodez | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Ajaccio | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Pau | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Amiens SC | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Caen | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Annecy | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Bastia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Concarneau | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Paris | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Troyes | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | Dunkerque | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
