Soccer game preview: Home supporters with big expectations before Saint-Étienne - Niort

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (42000 seats)

Saint-Étienne have harvested 22 of their 33 in total here at their home ground. How will they do against Niort?

Insights:
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (46) in Ligue 2

Saint-Étienne and Niort 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 collected 22 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 6-4-4. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Saint-Étienne.

Saint-Étienne travelled for their previous game, a trip to Le Havre that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Le Havre as Saint-Étienne were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Krasso popped out and made it level in the 85th minute. Attacking player Bamba bettered all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Bamba scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).

Before that, Saint-Étienne drew at home versus Amiens SC.

A decent goal production from Saint-Étienne in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Saint-Étienne have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Niort form and stats

There's been little loot from Niort's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the Ligue 2. Niort only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Niort are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Impressive finishing from Rocheteau, Boutobba and Renel secured the home win 3-2 against Laval in their previous game. That victory felt nice as this club had gone four league fixtures without victory. Rocheteau came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Laval last time out, making the manager Tchomogo feel like a tactical genius. Kabore got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Kabore served one assist, hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pau wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The attacking power of Niort when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Niort have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the match result Niort - Saint-Étienne 0-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Saint-ÉtienneJ. Krasso
J. Krasso
14 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
10 goals
Saint-ÉtienneI. Wadji
I. Wadji
6 goals

Saint-Étienne missing players

Niort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saint-Étienne Niort
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
9 6 3 Won W 1 2 7
9 4 1 Drew D 1 3 5
10 4 1 Lost L 2 9 16
41 22 6 Scored S 5 10 27
43 20 3 Conceded C 10 23 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
89% 93% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 64%
54% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 57%
36% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 25%
18% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 18%
61% 43% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 50%
25% 36% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 11%
14% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 46%
 
5.6 6.7 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 3.8
4.8 4.7 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.9 4.9
2.5 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.8
9 4 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12 12.5 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.8 8.9
4.5 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.5
32% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 27%
 
8.6 7.9 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.1 11.2
4 3.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Niort have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (46) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Ligue 2
  • Saint-Étienne have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Niort have scored away.
  • Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) 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 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

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 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

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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.