AS Saint-Etienne vs ES Troyes AC, Ligue 2 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AS Saint-Etienne vs ES Troyes AC — Ligue 2 at Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
- AS Saint-Etienne 34 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
- ES Troyes AC 34 games · 67 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Antoine Valnet
17 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/gameStandings
# 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 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr AS Saint-Etienne A 3–0 W 18 Apr US Boulogne Cote 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 Season Stats
AS Saint-Etienne ES Troyes AC #3 Position #1 60 Points 67 34 Played 34 18 / 6 / 10 W / D / L 20 / 7 / 7 59 Scored 60 38 Conceded 33 +21 GD +27 1.76 PPG 1.97 53% Win % 59% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this season35% Clean Sheets
ES Troyes AC this seasonAS Saint-Etienne are 3rd (60 pts). ES Troyes AC are 1st (67 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
AS Saint-Etienne0-151/216-301/231-451/–46-60–/261-752/176+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededES Troyes AC0-153/116-301/–31-45–/146-605/161-75–/176+2/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. AS Saint-Etienne is hosting ES Troyes AC for another epic battle.
- 5' ES Troyes AC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AS Saint-Etienne needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' The travelling ES Troyes AC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 16' Joshua Duffus is replacing Zuriko Davitashvili for the AS Saint-Etienne side.
- 21' Merwan Ifnaoui needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
- 26' AS Saint-Etienne is showing some good football. However, AS Saint-Etienne are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 31' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 35' It’s gonna be a card for Martin Adeline.
- 40' ES Troyes AC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Merwan Ifnaoui scoring 1 goals.
- 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Renaud Ripart, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Geoffroy Guichard with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 49' AS Saint-Etienne player sees a card in front of him.
- 53' What a strike from Merwan Ifnaoui! The score is 0-1.
- 58' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with ES Troyes AC winning 50% of all matches.
- 61' Maxime Bernauer has so much to prove this time. He replaces Chico Lamba on 61 minute.
- 66' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 69' The referee calls foul for Hillel Konate. He receives a card.
- 72' Anis Ouzenadji has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ismaelben Boura on 72 minute.
- 77' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Aimen Moueffek made 417 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 79' Mouhamed Diop is having his name booked by the referee on 79.
- 80' Joao Ferreira has so much to prove this time. He replaces Irvin Cardona on 80 minute.
- 85' ES Troyes AC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tawfik Bentayeb is hanging Renaud Ripart on the field on 85 minute.
- 86' It’s a booking for ES Troyes AC player. Tawfik Bentayeb gets a card.
- 88' AS Saint-Etienne receives a card for a hard tackle on 88.
- 89' Goal! Tawfik Bentayeb scores his 13 goal in 239 matches.
- 90' It is a substitution in ES Troyes AC team. Martin Adeline is replaced by Alexandre Phliponeau on 90 minute.
- With this win, ES Troyes AC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
AS Saint-Etienne Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
- 7
- 3
- 22
- 29
- 11
- 20
- 9
- 15
- 14
- 39
Bench
- 8
- 1
- 13
- 6
- 17
- 28
- 35
Coach Philippe MontanierES Troyes AC Lineups
Starting XI
- 40
- 6
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20
Renaud Ripart ↓ Tawfik Bentayeb 85'
- 29
- 14
- 5
- 8
- 44
- 10
- 17
- 38
Bench
- 1
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9
Mounaim El Idrissy ↑ 90'
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26
Alexandre Phliponeau ↑ 90'
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21
Tawfik Bentayeb ↑ 85'
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11
Mathys Detourbet ↑ 85'
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3
Anis Ouzenadji ↑ 72'
Coach Stéphane Dumont -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Miguel Trauco 2 Lebo Mothiba 2 Anthony Briancon 1 Ibrahim Sissoko 1 Nathanael Mbuku 1 Yvann Macon 1 Abdoulaye N'Diaye 1 Ryad Boudebouz 1 Head to Head
AS Saint-Etienne Form
ES Troyes AC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.6 AS Saint-Etienne xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.58 ES Troyes AC xGI would bet for: AS Saint-Etienne or ES Troyes AC 73% + Both teams to score 63%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: ES Troyes AC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.18Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
AS Saint-Etienne or Draw 65%Draw or ES Troyes AC 62%AS Saint-Etienne or ES Troyes AC 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✗ 0–3 not predicted0 – 3Actual1 – 1 11.4%2 – 1 8.1%1 – 2 8%2 – 2 6.4%1 – 0 5.9%0 – 1 5.8%0 – 0 5.8%2 – 0 5.3%0 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.3%1 – 3 4.2%3 – 2 3.5%Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Etienne
Handicap AS Saint-Etienne covers Push ES Troyes AC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 11% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 18% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 18% 19% +1.5 81% — 19% +2 81% 11% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet 21% ✓ES Troyes AC keeps clean sheet 21% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.