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AS Saint-Etienne vs FC Lorient, Ligue 1 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 1 · 2020-21
Sun 30 Aug 2020 · 13:00 UTC Stade Geoffroy-Guichard HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'

Overview

Match Preview

AS Saint-Etienne vs FC LorientLigue 1 at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

Match Details

  • Referee Nicolas Danos
  • Referee Florent Batta
  • Referee Yannick Boutry
  • Referee Floris Aubin
  • Referee

Head-to-Head

1
1
2
AS Saint-Etienne 4 games · Avg 3.8 goals FC Lorient

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Aug FC Lorient H 2–0 W
08 Mar FC Girondins de Bordeaux H 1–1 D
01 Mar Olympique Lyonnais A 0–2 L
23 Feb Stade de Reims H 1–1 D
16 Feb Stade Brestois 29 A 2–3 L
09 Feb Montpellier HSC A 0–1 L
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Aug AS Saint-Etienne A 0–2 L
23 Aug RC Strasbourg Alsace H 3–1 W
07 Mar AC Ajaccio A 0–1 L
29 Feb FC Chambly Oise H 1–2 L
21 Feb Rodez Aveyron Football A 1–0 W
15 Feb Clermont Foot 63 H 0–1 L

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
40% Clean Sheets
FC Lorient this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Lorient
0-15
/1
16-30
/1
31-45
2/1
46-60
2/2
61-75
/1
76+
1/
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Lorient
Jean-Victor Makengo 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against AS Saint-Étienne and FC Lorient has kicked off!
  • 5' Both keepers have barely been tested. AS Saint-Étienne and FC Lorient are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jeremy Morel, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 15' FC Lorient is showing some good football. However, FC Lorient are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 19' The deadlock is broken! Romain Hamouma gets on the scoresheet on 19 minutes.
  • 24' AS Saint-Étienne are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 27' Poor challenge from Yvan Neyou. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 28' Enzo Le Fee catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 28.
  • 33' FC Lorient are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 38' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both AS Saint-Étienne and FC Lorient are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 43' Over 43 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 48' The home supporters are growing impatient. AS Saint-Étienne must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 51' The deadlock is broken! Romain Hamouma gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
  • 56' AS Saint-Étienne have won 395 goals from 431 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 58' Pierre-Yves Hamel has so much to prove this time. He replaces Enzo Le Fee on 58 minute.
  • 63' Vincent Le Goff has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 68' 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.
  • 71' The crowd applauds Yvan Neyou as he leaves the pitch. Maxence Rivera steps in for AS Saint-Etienne.
  • 72' The AS Saint-Etienne manager makes a substitution. Romain Hamouma departs to be replaced by Kevin Monnet-Paquet.
  • 74' FC Lorient manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Stephane Diarra is hanging Yoane Wissa on the field on 74 minute.
  • 78' That is a Yellow card for AS Saint-Etienne. Wesley Fofana will be fuming at that decision.
  • 82' It is a substitution in AS Saint-Etienne team. Arnaud Nordin is replaced by Jean-Philippe Krasso on 82 minute.
  • 86' Fabien Lemoine makes way for Sylvain Marveaux at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Lorient.
  • 90' Another change for AS Saint-Etienne made on 90 minute. Yvann Macon leaves to be changed by Assane Diousse.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.46 AS Saint-Etienne xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.66 FC Lorient xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AS Saint-Etienne55% Draw28% FC Lorient17%
Actual: AS Saint-Etienne win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes38% 0% No62%
Avg goals/match: 2.12
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 63%
37%
± 2.5 36%
64%
± 3.5 17%
83%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

AS Saint-Etienne or Draw
82%
Draw or FC Lorient
45%
AS Saint-Etienne or FC Lorient
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
AS Saint-Etienne37% Draw51% FC Lorient12%
Actual: AS Saint-Etienne win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
16.4%
0 – 0
14.2%
1 – 1
12.3%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.3%
0 – 1
6.7%
3 – 0
5.9%
3 – 1
4.1%
1 – 2
3.7%
2 – 2
2.8%
0 – 2
2.4%
4 – 0
2.2%

Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Etienne

Handicap AS Saint-Etienne covers Push FC Lorient covers
-2.5 12% 88%
-2 12% 17% 71%
-1.5 29% 71%
-1 29% 26% 45%
-0.5 55% 45%
+0.5 85% 15%
+1 85% 11% 4%
+1.5 96% 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% 1%

Clean Sheet

AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet
52%
FC Lorient keeps clean sheet
24%

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