AS Saint-Etienne vs USL Dunkerque, Ligue 2 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AS Saint-Étienne vs USL Dunkerque — Ligue 2 at Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
- AS Saint-Étienne 34 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
- USL Dunkerque 34 games · 43 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Pierre Gaillouste
- Assistant 1 Laurent Coniglio
- Assistant 2 Camille Soriano (France)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Etienne 34 60 4 Red Star FC 34 58 5 Rodez Aveyron Football 34 58 6 Stade de Reims 34 56 7 FC Annecy 34 52 8 Montpellier HSC 34 51 9 Pau FC 34 45 10 USL Dunkerque 34 43 11 En Avant Guingamp 34 40 12 Grenoble Foot 38 34 39 13 Clermont Foot 63 34 37 14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 34 37 15 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 34 36 16 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 34 32 17 SC Bastia 34 28 18 Amiens SC 34 24 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 07 Mar Red Star FC H 2–0 W 28 Feb Pau FC A 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Apr AS Saint-Etienne A 1–2 L 03 Apr Rodez Aveyron Football H 1–1 D 21 Mar ES Troyes AC A 1–5 L 14 Mar Red Star FC A 0–1 L 09 Mar Stade de Reims H 1–1 D 27 Feb Clermont Foot 63 A 1–2 L Season Stats
AS Saint-Etienne USL Dunkerque #3 Position #10 60 Points 43 34 Played 34 18 / 6 / 10 W / D / L 11 / 10 / 13 59 Scored 53 38 Conceded 45 +21 GD +8 1.76 PPG 1.26 53% Win % 32% Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyAS Saint-Etienne are 3rd (60 pts). USL Dunkerque are 10th (43 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. AS Saint-Étienne kicks off things out of here…
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' Vincent Sasso needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Augustine Boakye, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Geoffroy Guichard with 3 goals in the last 2 games.
- 20' Lohann Doucet has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 22' Goal! Lucas Stassin scores his 23 goal in 390 matches.
- 26' GOAL! Thomas Robinet scores on 26.
- 27' The referee shows USL Dunkerque player a card on 27.
- 32' The travelling USL Dunkerque supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 37' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 42' USL Dunkerque seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 47' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 52' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 54' Another change for AS Saint-Etienne made on 54 minute. Augustine Boakye leaves to be changed by Mahmoud Jaber.
- 59' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AS Saint-Étienne that had 427 games and scored 380 goals.
- 64' Another change for AS Saint-Etienne made on 64 minute. Abdoulaye Kante leaves to be changed by Igor Miladinovic.
- 66' Goal! Zuriko Davitashvili scores his 21 goal in 208 matches.
- 67' The supporters are chanting for Marco Essimi Ataba. He replaces Lohann Doucet on 67 minute.
- 71' It’s gonna be a card for Mahmoud Jaber.
- 76' USL Dunkerque is showing some good football. However, USL Dunkerque are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 77' It is a substitution in USL Dunkerque team. Yirigue Sekongo is replaced by Aboubakary Kante on 77 minute.
- 81' AS Saint-Etienne manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Dennis Appiah is hanging Irvin Cardona on the field on 81 minute.
- 82' It’s a booking for USL Dunkerque player. Opa Sangante gets a card.
- 87' The USL Dunkerque manager makes a substitution. Victor Mayela departs to be replaced by Maedine Makhloufi.
- The final score is 2-1.
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Lineups
AS Saint-Étienne Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 30
- 7
- 3
- 22
- 29
- 26
- 11
- 20
- 9
- 14
- 39
Bench
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 19
- 15
- 17
- 28
Coach Philippe MontanierUSL Dunkerque Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2
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9
Thomas Robinet ↓ Alex Daho 77'
- 26
- 23
- 27
- 20
- 15
- 22
- 8
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69
Morgan Bokele ↓ Thena Massock 77'
- 60
Bench
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19
Aboubakary Kante ↑ 77'
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10
Marco Essimi Ataba ↑ 67'
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11
Alex Daho ↑ 77'
- 4
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87
Thena Massock ↑ 77'
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42
Maedine Makhloufi ↑ 87'
- 1
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mathieu Cafaro 1 Ibrahim Sissoko 1 El Hadji Egny 1 Zuriko Davitashvili 1 Lucas Stassin 1 Thomas Robinet 1 Head to Head
AS Saint-Étienne Form
USL Dunkerque Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.07 AS Saint-Étienne xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1 USL Dunkerque xGI would bet for: AS Saint-Étienne to win 61% + Over 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: AS Saint-Étienne winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.07Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
AS Saint-Étienne or Draw 83%Draw or USL Dunkerque 39%AS Saint-Étienne or USL Dunkerque 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.4%2 – 0 9.8%2 – 1 Actual1 – 0 9%3 – 0 6.6%3 – 1 6.6%0 – 0 6.2%2 – 2 4.8%1 – 2 4.6%0 – 1 3.9%4 – 1 3.5%4 – 0 3.4%Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Étienne
Handicap AS Saint-Étienne covers Push USL Dunkerque covers -2.5 19% — 81% -2 19% 19% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 23% 39% -0.5 61% — 39% +0.5 83% — 17% +1 83% 11% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 4% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
AS Saint-Étienne keeps clean sheet 37% ✓USL Dunkerque keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.