Yet another engrossing fixture in the Ligue 2. Saint-Étienne is in the 14th place after participating in four matches. They greet Valenciennes who are placed 17th after four games.
- Valenciennes have the most conceded goals (7) in Ligue 2
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Only two Ligue 2 home games for Saint-Étienne so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Saint-Étienne travelled for their previous game, a trip to Annecy that ended 1-1. Sissoko felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Annecy as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 78th minute. The forward Chambost won the honour of being "man of the match" for Saint-Étienne with the rating of 8.23/10. Chambost scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Saint-Étienne won a home game hosting Quevilly Rouen (2-1).At Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Valenciennes form and stats
Valenciennes are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 2, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
The Valenciennes goalkeeper Jean Louchet is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Valenciennes play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Rodez (placed 15th). That victory felt good as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. Valenciennes goalie Louchet was high and low in the Rodez game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Louchet was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.53. The agile goalkeeper Louchet topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Guingamp.It's early days yet, but Valenciennes has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Saint-Étienne have won or drawn the last 10 matches (6-4-0) versus Valenciennes.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 3 goals |  D. Chambost 1 goals |   A. Boutoutaou 1 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Valenciennes missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 11 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6.5 | 8.5 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 22% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 15% |
| 15.2 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 17.5 | 15 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 5.8 |
- Valenciennes have the most conceded goals (7) in Ligue 2
| Saint-Étienne | Last season | Valenciennes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Caen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Guingamp | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Bastia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Laval | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Pau | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Auxerre | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Troyes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Annecy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Rodez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Dunkerque | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Paris | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Concarneau | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
