AS Saint-Etienne vs FC Metz, Ligue 2 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AS Saint-Etienne vs FC Metz — Ligue 2 at Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
- AS Saint-Etienne 34 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
- FC Metz 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
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 22 Apr FC Metz H 1–3 L 17 Apr Grenoble Foot 38 A 2–0 W 08 Apr Paris FC A 4–2 W 01 Apr Chamois Niortais FC H 2–0 W 18 Mar Le Havre AC A 2–2 D 11 Mar Amiens SC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 Apr AS Saint-Etienne A 3–1 W 15 Apr FC Girondins de Bordeaux H 3–0 W 08 Apr Pau FC A 1–1 D 01 Apr Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC H 1–0 W 18 Mar US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole A 2–1 W 13 Mar Le Havre AC H 1–1 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
AS Saint-Etienne0-151/216-301/231-451/–46-60–/261-752/176+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stade Geoffroy Guichard will turn into a battlefield for AS Saint-Etienne and FC Metz.
- 5' 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.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ismael Traore, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Geoffroy Guichard with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 11' Goal! Georges Mikautadze scores his 40 goal in 431 matches.
- 12' GOAL! Koffi Kouao scores on 12.
- 17' The travelling FC Metz supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 22' 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.
- 25' Victor Lobry was booked on 25.
- 26' Goal! Georges Mikautadze scores his 40 goal in 431 matches.
- 31' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gautier Larsonneur suffering a number of foals already.
- 36' 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.
- 37' GOAL! Niels Nkounkou scores on 37.
- 42' It looks surprising AS Saint-Etienne does not make any changes. Habib Maiga has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 47' It’s high time Laurent Batlles made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 48' GOAL! Niels Nkounkou scores on 45.
- 53' FC Metz is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 58' Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 63' Another substitution for AS Saint-Etienne to replace Victor Lobry by Abdoul Kader Bamba on 63 minute.
- 66' Another change for FC Metz made on 66 minute. Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly leaves to be changed by Habib Maiga.
- 71' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alexandre Oukidja made 431 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 74' FC Metz receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 74.
- 79' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 80' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Gautier Larsonneur.
- 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
- 90' It’s a booking for FC Metz player. Habib Maiga gets a Yellow card.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-3.
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Lineups
AS Saint-Etienne Lineups
Starting XI
- 5
- 22
- 18
- 30
- 26
- 25
- 19
- 27
- 17
- 4
- 6
Bench
- 15
- 14
- 20
- 3
- 29
- 42
- 37
Coach Laurent BatllesFC Metz Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 3
- 36
- 16
- 8
- 14
- 5
- 9
- 39
- 27
- 18
Bench
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19
Habib Maiga ↑ 66'
- 10
- 20
- 40
- 24
- 35
- 15
Coach Laszlo Boloni -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Georges Mikautadze 2 Ibrahima Wadji 2 Habib Diallo 2 Kevin N'Doram 2 Matthieu Udol 2 Opa Nguette 2 Niels Nkounkou 2 Farid Boulaya 2 Head to Head
AS Saint-Etienne Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.26 AS Saint-Etienne xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.41 FC Metz xGI would bet for: AS Saint-Etienne or FC Metz 71%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Metz winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.67Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 75% 25% ± 2.5 49% 51% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
AS Saint-Etienne or Draw 62%Draw or FC Metz 67%AS Saint-Etienne or FC Metz 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Metz win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.2%0 – 0 8.9%0 – 1 8.8%1 – 2 8.3%1 – 0 7.7%2 – 1 7.4%0 – 2 6.8%2 – 0 5.4%2 – 2 5.3%1 – 3 Actual3 – 1 3.1%0 – 3 3.1%Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Etienne
Handicap AS Saint-Etienne covers Push FC Metz covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 9% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 18% 68% -0.5 32% — 68% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 20% 19% +1.5 81% — 19% +2 81% 12% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet 25% ✓FC Metz keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.