Stade Geoffroy-Guichard: Saint-Étienne vs Annecy Ligue 2 preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Stadium regulars at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Saint-Étienne lying uncomfortably in the 19th spot. The visiting Annecy will try to shield their higher league place in this match.

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (36) in Ligue 2
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

All-inclusive Ligue 2 statistics at home this season for Saint-Étienne are 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Saint-Étienne faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bastia (0-2). Cafaro (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.21/10. Cafaro dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Sochaux with the scoreline 2-3.

Saint-Étienne has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Saint-Étienne have conceded 17 from these games.

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Annecy form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Annecy playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Annecy who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Testud and Billemaz scored in Annecy's previous match, the home game against Caen that ended 2-0. Jean was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Jean won 6 of 12 duels.

Before that, Annecy travelled to Pau and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Highlight this: 13 of the latest 17 league fixtures involving this club have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The schedule is very tough for Annecy now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Coupe de France game at Paris is waiting in only four days.

Annecy find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Annecy - Saint-Étienne 2-1. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Dion with 2 goals scored against Saint-Étienne in these 1 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneJ. Krasso
J. Krasso
9 goals
AnnecyD. Sahi
D. Sahi
9 goals
Saint-ÉtienneI. Wadji
I. Wadji
3 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Annecy missing players

Saint-Étienne Annecy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 4 10 21
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
6 3 2 Drew D 3 5 7
10 4 1 Lost L 0 3 7
28 14 4 Scored S 8 12 22
36 17 5 Conceded C 6 10 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 81%
86% 90% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 62%
57% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 40% 33%
38% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 40% 19%
19% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 30% 29%
24% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 43%
19% 30% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 48%
 
5.5 6.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.3 3.7
4.9 4.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.3
2.8 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.9 2.7
8 4 0 Red cards R C 3 5 5
 
11.3 11.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 6.7 7.4
4.6 4.5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.8
29% 31% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 46% 38%
 
8.1 7.1 6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.3 8.8
4 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 3.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (36) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Le Havre 21 13 7 1 32 9 10 7 3 0 16 4 11 6 4 1 16 5 23 46
2 Sochaux 21 11 3 7 34 19 11 7 2 2 21 8 10 4 1 5 13 11 15 36
3 Bordeaux 21 10 6 5 29 16 11 6 3 2 15 7 10 4 3 3 14 9 13 36
4 Bastia 21 10 4 7 21 21 11 7 1 3 11 6 10 3 3 4 10 15 0 34
5 Metz 21 9 6 6 33 24 11 5 4 2 16 11 10 4 2 4 17 13 9 33
6 Amiens SC 21 9 6 6 26 22 10 5 3 2 13 8 11 4 3 4 13 14 4 33
7 Grenoble Foot 38 21 9 6 6 21 18 11 6 2 3 11 8 10 3 4 3 10 10 3 33
8 Caen 21 7 8 6 23 22 10 5 4 1 14 6 11 2 4 5 9 16 1 29
9 Annecy 21 7 7 7 22 19 11 5 2 4 10 9 10 2 5 3 12 10 3 28
10 Quevilly Rouen 21 7 7 7 25 25 10 4 4 2 17 13 11 3 3 5 8 12 0 28
11 Guingamp 21 7 6 8 26 29 11 2 3 6 11 17 10 5 3 2 15 12 -3 27
12 Laval 21 8 3 10 26 31 11 5 1 5 17 16 10 3 2 5 9 15 -5 27
13 Paris 21 7 6 8 18 23 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 5 3 3 10 9 -5 27
14 Pau 21 6 8 7 19 24 10 3 5 2 10 11 11 3 3 5 9 13 -5 26
15 Valenciennes 21 6 8 7 18 23 10 4 6 0 14 10 11 2 2 7 4 13 -5 26
16 Nîmes 21 6 4 11 22 31 10 5 1 4 10 10 11 1 3 7 12 21 -9 22
17 Dijon 21 5 6 10 21 26 11 4 4 3 14 13 10 1 2 7 7 13 -5 21
18 Rodez 21 4 8 9 18 27 10 1 4 5 8 16 11 3 4 4 10 11 -9 20
19 Saint-Étienne 21 5 6 10 28 36 10 3 3 4 14 17 11 2 3 6 14 19 -8 18
20 Niort 21 4 5 12 18 35 11 3 2 6 9 17 10 1 3 6 9 18 -17 17

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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.