Saint-Étienne vs Guingamp: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Saint-Étienne and Guingamp have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. Both teams have mid-table positions in the Ligue 2.

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most points from losing position (16) in Ligue 2
  • Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Ligue 2

It's quite the trip for Guingamp when visiting Saint-Étienne as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Saint-Étienne and Guingamp should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Saint-Étienne have played 16 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Saint-Étienne shared the glory with Rodez in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The talented striker Bamba bettered all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 8.12 out of 10. Bamba scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Metz that was lost 1-3.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Saint-Étienne matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

A decent goal production from Saint-Étienne in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Saint-Étienne have conceded 23 in these home matches.

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Guingamp form and stats

Playing away, Guingamp have won 6 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Guingamp had fun at their own home (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard) last time out, beating Laval 3-1. Sivis, Courtet and Livolant scored. Midfield player Livolant was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.3/10. Livolant scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pau wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Guingamp find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Guingamp have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H encounter ended Guingamp - Saint-Étienne 2-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Saint-Étienne victories, zero draws and three Guingamp wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneJ. Krasso
J. Krasso
16 goals
Saint-ÉtienneI. Wadji
I. Wadji
9 goals
GuingampJ. Livolant
J. Livolant
9 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Guingamp missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Guingamp
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
12 7 0 Won W 2 6 12
10 4 2 Drew D 1 6 9
11 5 2 Lost L 1 4 12
51 25 3 Scored S 4 20 43
49 23 7 Conceded C 4 19 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
91% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 73%
52% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 48%
36% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 24%
18% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
61% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 58%
27% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 24%
12% 19% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 30%
 
5.4 6.1 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.9 3.3
4.7 4.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.5
2.4 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.7
9 4 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.9 13.6 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.9 9
4.8 4.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 3.8
32% 32% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 37% 34%
 
9.1 8 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 10.3 9.2
4.1 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.4 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have the most points from losing position (16) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Ligue 2
  • 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 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

Saint-Étienne:
Table
  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 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

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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.