AS Saint-Étienne vs Valenciennes FC, Ligue 2 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AS Saint-Étienne vs Valenciennes FC — Ligue 2 at Geoffroy Guichard.
- AS Saint-Étienne 34 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
- Valenciennes FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Thomas Leonard
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Étienne 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 02 Sep Valenciennes FC H 0–0 D 28 Aug FC Annecy A 1–1 D 19 Aug US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole H 2–1 W 12 Aug Rodez Aveyron Football A 1–2 L 05 Aug Grenoble Foot 38 H 0–1 L 02 Jun Valenciennes FC H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Sep AS Saint-Étienne A 0–0 D 26 Aug Rodez Aveyron Football A 1–0 W 19 Aug En Avant Guingamp H 0–0 D 12 Aug SC Bastia A 0–3 L 05 Aug AJ Auxerre H 1–4 L 02 Jun AS Saint-Étienne A 0–2 L Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Geoffroy Guichard will turn into a battlefield for AS Saint-Étienne and Valenciennes FC.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Valenciennes FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 9' Julien Masson was booked on 9.
- 14' 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.
- 19' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 19 minutes.
- 23' That looks like a foul for a card for Mahmoud Bentayg.
- 28' Valenciennes FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 28.
- 33' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jordan Poha made 367 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 38' Stephane Diarra has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 43' AS Saint-Étienne is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 48' Supporters expect more eagerness from David Kjaer Kruse, as he is very good at scoring at Geoffroy Guichard with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 53' Sofiane Boudraa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ilyes Hamache on 53 minute.
- 55' AS Saint-Etienne receives a card for a hard tackle on 55.
- 59' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ibrahim Sissoko on 59.
- 61' The referee shows AS Saint-Etienne player a card on 61.
- 66' AS Saint-Etienne receives a card for a hard tackle on 66.
- 69' That looks like a foul for a card for Dennis Appiah.
- 69' The supporters are chanting for Lamine Fomba. He replaces Gaetan Charbonnier on 69 minute.
- 70' Another change for AS Saint-Etienne made on 70 minute. Benjamin Bouchouari leaves to be changed by Aimen Moueffek.
- 75' AS Saint-Étienne 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.
- 77' Joffrey Cuffaut has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tidyane Diagouraga on 77 minute.
- 82' It looks surprising AS Saint-Étienne does not make any changes. Lucas Woudenberg has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 83' Time for substitution for AS Saint-Etienne. Stephane Diarra is replaced by Karim Cisse.
- 85' Another substitution for Valenciennes FC to replace Allan Linguet by Nick Venema on 85 minute.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Andrew Jung. He receives a card.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
AS Saint-Étienne Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
- 10
- 5
- 8
- 21
- 9
- 19
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- 17
- 6
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Bench
- 22
- 26
- 3
- 29
- 42
- 33
- 32
Coach Laurent BatllesValenciennes FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 4
- 15
- 6
- 39
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24
Allan Linguet ↓ Nick Venema 85'
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11
Ugo Bonnet ↓ Andrew Jung 77'
- 16
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20
Ilyes Hamache ↓ Sofiane Boudraa 53'
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- 23
- 47
Bench
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10
Nick Venema ↑ 85'
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14
Joffrey Cuffaut ↑ 77'
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Andrew Jung ↑ 77'
- 29
- 30
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Sofiane Boudraa ↑ 53'
- 44
Coach Jorge Maciel -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jean-Philippe Krasso 2 Abdoul Bamba 1 Irvin Cardona 1 Ibrahim Sissoko 1 Yvann Macon 1 Joffrey Cuffaut 1 Aeron Zinga 1 Abdoul Kader Bamba 1 Head to Head
AS Saint-Étienne Form
2023-09-02 AS Saint-Étienne 0–0 Valenciennes FC D 2023-08-28 FC Annecy 1–1 AS Saint-Étienne D 2023-08-19 AS Saint-Étienne 2–1 US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole W 2023-08-12 Rodez Aveyron Football 2–1 AS Saint-Étienne L 2023-08-05 AS Saint-Étienne 0–1 Grenoble Foot 38 L 2023-06-02 AS Saint-Étienne 2–0 Valenciennes FC WValenciennes FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.21 AS Saint-Étienne xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.78 Valenciennes FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.99Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 59% 41% ± 2.5 32% 68% ± 3.5 15% 85% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
AS Saint-Étienne or Draw 77%Draw or Valenciennes FC 54%AS Saint-Étienne or Valenciennes FC 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 0 15.2%1 – 1 13.8%2 – 0 9.5%0 – 1 9.3%2 – 1 7.6%1 – 2 4.9%0 – 2 3.9%3 – 0 3.8%3 – 1 3.2%2 – 2 3.1%3 – 2 1.3%Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Étienne
Handicap AS Saint-Étienne covers Push Valenciennes FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 13% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 24% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 15% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
AS Saint-Étienne keeps clean sheet 46% ✗Valenciennes FC keeps clean sheet 31% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.