Saint-Étienne manager Batlles looking for three points in Le Havre showdown

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Saint-Étienne greet Le Havre for another exciting Ligue 2 match here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 2

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

A Ligue 2 draw at home so far for Saint-Étienne. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 19 matches.

The Saint-Étienne manager Batlles and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Quevilly Rouen (placed 14th). Saint-Étienne salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Quevilly Rouen, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Cafaro equalizing. Midfielder Lobry was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Lobry hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Nimes that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saint-Étienne handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

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

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Le Havre form and stats

Le Havre have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Ligue 2 were 7 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 19 fixtures.

Le Havre's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Pau that finished 1-1. Midfielder Kechta was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Kechta scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Valenciennes's place.

Le Havre are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

0 goals so far away for Le Havre, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the preceeding two meetings): Saint-Étienne won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Le Havre managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneM. Cafaro
M. Cafaro
1 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Le Havre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Le Havre
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
8 12 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 6.3
3.3 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2.3
2.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 9.7
6.3 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
21% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 9%
 
6.7 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 5.7
3.3 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 2
Saint-Étienne Last season Le Havre
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
7 4   Won W   7 13
11 6   Drew D   6 11
20 9   Lost L   6 14
42 24   Scored S   21 38
77 38   Conceded C   21 41
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
82% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 58%
58% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 37%
42% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
18% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
68% 79%   BTTS BTTS   42% 42%
11% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 39%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   32% 34%
 
4.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4
4.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
2.1 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
5 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
11.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.3
3.9 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.7
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 27%
 
12.3 11   Shots against (avg) S A   10.2 8.7
5.3 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guingamp 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 7
2 Bordeaux 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
3 Caen 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Bastia 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
5 Metz 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Laval 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 6
7 Amiens SC 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 6
8 Dijon 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Paris 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
10 Nimes 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Valenciennes 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
12 Grenoble Foot 38 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 4
13 Niort 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 3
14 Quevilly Rouen 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
15 Le Havre 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
16 Pau 3 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 2
17 Sochaux 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
18 Rodez 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 1
19 Annecy 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
20 Saint-Étienne 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 -1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Étienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nimes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 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 Guingamp 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 7
2 Bordeaux 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
3 Caen 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Bastia 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
5 Metz 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Laval 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 6
7 Amiens SC 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 6
8 Dijon 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Paris 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
10 Nimes 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Valenciennes 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
12 Grenoble Foot 38 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 4
13 Niort 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 3
14 Quevilly Rouen 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
15 Le Havre 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
16 Pau 3 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 2
17 Sochaux 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
18 Rodez 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 1
19 Annecy 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
20 Saint-Étienne 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 -1

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