There should be a pronounced contrast in form between these teams based on the league table so far, with Saint-Étienne ahead of Paris by 13 points.
- Saint-Étienne is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2
- Paris have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Both participants have had enough days rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!
Saint-Étienne form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Saint-Étienne so far this season. days ago.
Saint-Étienne are confident in defense, having played 540 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Saint-Étienne supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Angers SCO and win 2-0. Petrot, defender, was given a rating of 8.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Petrot scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Laval.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Saint-Étienne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
As for guarding their own goal, Saint-Étienne have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Paris form and stats
Paris have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
Paris's last game was the home draw against Troyes (2-2). Midfield player Kebbal was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.5/10. Kebbal scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 43 successful passes (of 51 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Dunkerque with the score of 3-1.Paris are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Paris have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Saint-Étienne two wins, zero draws and Paris one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 8 goals |   A. Gory 2 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Paris missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Paris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 83% | 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 25% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 13.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 27% | 27% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 36% |
| 13.1 | 10.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
- All of Paris's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Paris have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint-Étienne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Saint-Étienne is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Laval | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Angers SCO | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Rodez | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Pau | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 9 | Ajaccio | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Amiens SC | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Caen | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Annecy | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Concarneau | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Bastia | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Paris | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Troyes | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | Quevilly Rouen | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
