Saint-Étienne and Bastia supporters eagerly anticipate Ligue 2 meeting at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 30.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Bastia have journeyed here for an exciting battle against the home side Saint-Étienne. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth Ligue 2 preview!

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (13) in Ligue 2
  • Bastia have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2

It's no vacation for neither Saint-Étienne nor Bastia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne have collected 1 point from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 0-1-1.

An away draw last time out for Saint-Étienne, facing Valenciennes in a game that ended 2-2. Midfield player Maçon got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Maçon scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Le Havre (0-6).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saint-Étienne handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Saint-Étienne has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 7 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Bastia form and stats

Bastia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 2, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Rodez with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Santelli, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Santelli hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A 1-3 defeat away at Amiens SC before that.

We have checked recent matches where Bastia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dijon in just three days.

It's early days yet, but Bastia has scored 5 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Saint-Étienne have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Bastia.

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneJ. Krasso
J. Krasso
3 goals
BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
3 goals
Saint-ÉtienneY. Macon
Y. Macon
1 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Bastia missing players

Saint-Étienne Bastia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 2 Played P 1 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 3
6 1 1 Scored S 4 5 8
13 7 7 Conceded C 1 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 60%
60% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 40%
20% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 20%
80% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 40%
 
6 8.5 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4
4.2 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.4
3.4 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.6
5 3 3 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.4 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11 11.8
5.2 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 6.5 5.4
23% 12% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 30%
 
8.6 9.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14 9.6
4.4 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.5 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Bastia's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Saint-Étienne's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bastia have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Bastia have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2
  • Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Saint-Étienne have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Saint-Étienne have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (13) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Saint-Étienne have yet to win a game.
  • Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Saint-Étienne Last season Bastia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
7 4   Won W   5 10
11 6   Drew D   4 16
20 9   Lost L   10 12
42 24   Scored S   19 38
77 38   Conceded C   24 36
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 82%
82% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 66%
58% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 32%
42% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 8%
18% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
68% 79%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
11% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 34%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   37% 34%
 
4.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 3.9
4.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
2.1 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
5 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   6.7 7.6
3.9 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.1
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 32%
 
12.3 11   Shots against (avg) S A   8.8 8.2
5.3 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 5 3 2 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 11
2 Dijon 5 3 2 0 8 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 11
3 Guingamp 5 3 1 1 8 5 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 4 5 3 10
4 Amiens SC 5 3 1 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 10
5 Bordeaux 5 2 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 8
6 Sochaux 5 2 1 2 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 7
7 Metz 5 2 1 2 9 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 7
8 Laval 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 7
9 Nîmes 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 7
10 Le Havre 5 1 3 1 8 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 6 1 5 6
11 Bastia 5 2 0 3 8 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 6
12 Quevilly Rouen 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 6
13 Paris 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 6
14 Valenciennes 5 1 3 1 3 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 6
15 Grenoble Foot 38 5 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 -2 6
16 Niort 5 2 0 3 5 10 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 1 0 2 2 5 -5 6
17 Rodez 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 -2 5
18 Annecy 5 0 2 3 3 6 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 2
19 Pau 5 0 2 3 2 10 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 7 -8 2
20 Saint-Étienne 5 0 3 2 6 13 2 0 1 1 1 7 3 0 2 1 5 6 -7 0

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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.