Delightful dogfight as daring Saint-Étienne duel with determined Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

It's only match two of the Ligue 2 for these sides. And it's all to play for here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard as Saint-Étienne host Nîmes. Read this preview!

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

In the previous season, Saint-Étienne's league statistics were 7 wins, 11 draws and 20 losses, producing 18th place in the Ligue 1. In these 38 matches they scored 42 goals and let in 77. Performing as the host team in the former season Saint-Étienne delivered 4-6-9 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 38 conceded.

No payout for Saint-Étienne in their previous match, an away game at Dijon that ended in defeat 1-2. The versatile forward Aiki outperformed all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Aiki scored one goal.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Ligue 1 Play-offs home game that ended 1-1 versus Auxerre (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties).

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.

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Nîmes form and stats

Let's have a look at how Nîmes performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 22/23 goals scored/conceded.

Briancon was the last player to score for the away team. Nîmes haven't scored a league goal in the last 245 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Nîmes in their previous game as they lost hosting Caen, 0-1. Late heartbreak for Nîmes in the Caen match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Defender Sadzoute was the best team player with a rating of 7.2. Sadzoute won 5 of 8 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Bastia.

We have checked recent matches where Nîmes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 7 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous eight meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Saint-Étienne, three draws and zero wins for Nîmes. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Saint-Étienne missing players

Nîmes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Nîmes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 3
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 16
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Saint-Étienne Last season Nîmes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
7 4   Won W   8 14
11 6   Drew D   3 7
20 9   Lost L   8 17
42 24   Scored S   22 44
77 38   Conceded C   23 51
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
82% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 74%
58% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
42% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
18% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
68% 79%   BTTS BTTS   37% 50%
11% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 24%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   32% 34%
 
4.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.4
4.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.4
2.1 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
5 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.4
3.9 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 32%
 
12.3 11   Shots against (avg) S A   14.1 11.9
5.3 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 4.7

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Laval 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Dijon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Niort 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rodez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
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 Nîmes 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:
Nîmes:
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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Laval 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Dijon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Niort 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rodez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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