Both the home- and away side have struggled so far, but three points in this vital match would definitely be a big help. Get set for Saint-Étienne - Pau!
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (39) in Ligue 2
- Pau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
A strong away win for Saint-Étienne against Nîmes the last match, as Wadji and Nkounkou were on target. Midfielder Nkounkou was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Nkounkou scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
Before that, Saint-Étienne had a home game versus Dijon which ended with a victory 2-0.Saint-Étienne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Saint-Étienne have conceded 19 from these games. Saint-Étienne has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Pau form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Pau playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Laval with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Saivet was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Saivet hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 72 total).
Before that, Pau travelled to Grenoble Foot 38 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.A tale of few goals? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
The attacking power of Pau when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Pau in these games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled earlier this season: Pau - Saint-Étienne 2-2. One of the stars has been Saivet with 2 goals scored against Saint-Étienne in these 1 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Krasso 11 goals |  I. Wadji 5 goals |   M. Bassouamina 5 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Pau missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Pau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 35 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 39 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 58% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 38% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 17% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 11.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.9 | 8.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 32% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 25% |
| 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.8 | 10.4 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
- Pau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals (39) in Ligue 2
- Saint-Étienne have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) 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 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Metz | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | Caen | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Quevilly Rouen | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Bastia | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Annecy | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Laval | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Paris | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Pau | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Nîmes | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Niort | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 23 |
| 19 | Dijon | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 20 | Rodez | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -10 | 22 |
