Wednesday , 30 September 2026

AS Saint-Étienne vs ES Troyes AC, Ligue 2 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2025-26
AS Saint-Étienne
0 – 3
Full Time
ES Troyes AC
Sat 25 Apr 2026 · 18:00 UTC Stade Geoffroy Guichard HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 35' Martin Adeline
Augustine Boakye 49' Y
Y 69' Hillel Konate
Y 79' Mouhamed Diop
Y 86' Tawfik Bentayeb
Gautier Larsonneur 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

AS Saint-Étienne vs ES Troyes AC — Ligue 2 at Stade Geoffroy Guichard.

Match Details

  • Referee Antoine Valnet
3 games this season 🟨 3.7/game ⚽ 6.0 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AS Saint-Étienne 7 16
2 Red Star FC 7 14
3 Stade de Reims 7 13
4 Montpellier HSC 7 12
5 FC Metz 7 10
6 AS Nancy-Lorraine 7 10
7 FC Annecy 7 10
8 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 7 10
9 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 7 9
10 Pau FC 7 8
11 USL Dunkerque 7 8
12 En Avant Guingamp 7 8
13 Grenoble Foot 38 7 8
14 Rodez Aveyron Football 7 7
15 FC Nantes 7 7
16 Clermont Foot 63 7 6
17 US Boulogne Côte d'Opale 7 5
18 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 7 5

Head-to-Head

4
1
1
AS Saint-Étienne 6 games · Avg 2.8 goals ES Troyes AC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-25 AS Saint-Étienne 0–3 ES Troyes AC 2025-11-08 ES Troyes AC 2–3 AS Saint-Étienne 2024-02-12 AS Saint-Étienne 5–0 ES Troyes AC 2023-09-30 ES Troyes AC 0–1 AS Saint-Étienne 2022-03-18 AS Saint-Étienne 1–1 ES Troyes AC

Recent Form

AS Saint-Étienne
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Apr ES Troyes AC H 0–3 L
18 Apr SC Bastia A 0–2 L
11 Apr USL Dunkerque H 2–1 W
04 Apr AS Nancy-Lorraine A 1–1 D
21 Mar FC Annecy H 4–0 W
14 Mar Grenoble Foot 38 A 0–0 D
ES Troyes AC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Apr AS Saint-Étienne A 3–0 W
18 Apr US Boulogne Côte d'Opale H 1–0 W
13 Apr Rodez Aveyron Football A 1–2 L
04 Apr Montpellier HSC A 2–2 D
21 Mar USL Dunkerque H 5–1 W
16 Mar FC Annecy A 2–1 W

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
29% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Étienne this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AS Saint-Étienne
0-15
1/–
16-30
5/–
31-45
4/2
46-60
2/3
61-75
5/–
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AS Saint-Étienne
Irvin Cardona 4 G 3 A
Thierno Ballo 4 G 2 A
Augustine Boakye 4 G 2 A
Jakob Breum 2 G 2 A
Zuriko Davitashvili 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Stade Geoffroy Guichard!
  • 5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Renaud Ripart is clearly more than just a goal scorer for ES Troyes AC.
  • 10' Antoine Mille has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 16' AS Saint-Etienne ring the changes. Zuriko Davitashvili has done his job and it is now time for Joshua Duffus to step up.
  • 21' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 26' Morocco international Tawfik Bentayeb has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 31' It’s high time Philippe Montanier made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 35' ES Troyes AC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 40' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both AS Saint-Étienne and ES Troyes AC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 45' It looks like no one’s ball. ES Troyes AC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 49' The referee has no hesitation. Augustine Boakye is booked for AS Saint-Etienne — card on 49.
  • 53' Merwan Ifnaoui has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 53 minutes.
  • 58' A quiet spell here at Stade Geoffroy Guichard. AS Saint-Étienne seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 61' The crowd applauds Chico Lamba as he leaves the pitch. Maxime Bernauer steps in for AS Saint-Etienne.
  • 66' Mickael Nade needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 69' ES Troyes AC receives a card for a hard tackle on 69.
  • 72' Anis Ouzenadji is replacing Ismaelben Boura for the ES Troyes AC side.
  • 77' ES Troyes AC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 79' Controversy at the stadium! Mouhamed Diop argues furiously but the card stands.
  • 80' The whistle greets Irvin Cardona as he departs to be replaced by Joao Ferreira.
  • 85' Another substitution for ES Troyes AC to replace Renaud Ripart by Tawfik Bentayeb on 85 minute.
  • 86' Tawfik Bentayeb has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 86.
  • 88' The referee has no hesitation. Gautier Larsonneur is booked for AS Saint-Etienne — card on 88.
  • 89' What a moment for Tawfik Bentayeb! That strike on 89 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 90' The crowd applauds Martin Adeline as he leaves the pitch. Alexandre Phliponeau steps in for ES Troyes AC.
  • The final score is 0-3.

Lineups

AS Saint-Étienne Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

ES Troyes AC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Stéphane Dumont

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Lebo Mothiba 2
Miguel Trauco 2
Ryad Boudebouz 1
Merwan Ifnaoui 1
Tawfik Bentayeb 1
Mathys Detourbet 1
Aimen Moueffek 1
Anthony Briancon 1

Head to Head

2026-04-25 AS Saint-Étienne 0–3 ES Troyes AC 2025-11-08 ES Troyes AC 2–3 AS Saint-Étienne 2024-02-12 AS Saint-Étienne 5–0 ES Troyes AC 2023-09-30 ES Troyes AC 0–1 AS Saint-Étienne 2022-03-18 AS Saint-Étienne 1–1 ES Troyes AC

AS Saint-Étienne Form

2026-04-25 AS Saint-Étienne 0–3 ES Troyes AC L 2026-04-18 SC Bastia 2–0 AS Saint-Étienne L 2026-04-11 AS Saint-Étienne 2–1 USL Dunkerque W 2026-04-04 AS Nancy-Lorraine 1–1 AS Saint-Étienne D 2026-03-21 AS Saint-Étienne 4–0 FC Annecy W 2026-03-14 Grenoble Foot 38 0–0 AS Saint-Étienne D

ES Troyes AC Form

2026-04-25 AS Saint-Étienne 0–3 ES Troyes AC W 2026-04-18 ES Troyes AC 1–0 US Boulogne Côte d'Opale W 2026-04-13 Rodez Aveyron Football 2–1 ES Troyes AC L 2026-04-04 Montpellier HSC 2–2 ES Troyes AC D 2026-03-21 ES Troyes AC 5–1 USL Dunkerque W 2026-03-16 FC Annecy 1–2 ES Troyes AC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.49 AS Saint-Étienne xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.36 ES Troyes AC xG
I would bet for: AS Saint-Étienne or ES Troyes AC 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
AS Saint-Étienne39% Draw28% ES Troyes AC33%
Actual: ES Troyes AC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.85
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 32%
68%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

AS Saint-Étienne or Draw
67%
Draw or ES Troyes AC
61%
AS Saint-Étienne or ES Troyes AC
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AS Saint-Étienne29% Draw46% ES Troyes AC25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–3 not predicted
0 – 3
Actual
1 – 1
12.6%
2 – 1
8.4%
1 – 2
7.7%
1 – 0
7.7%
0 – 0
7.6%
0 – 1
7%
2 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
5.7%
0 – 2
5.3%
3 – 1
4.2%
1 – 3
3.5%
3 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Étienne

Handicap AS Saint-Étienne covers Push ES Troyes AC covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 12% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 20% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 18% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

AS Saint-Étienne keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
ES Troyes AC keeps clean sheet
23% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.