AS Saint-Etienne vs Montpellier HSC, Ligue 2 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2026-27

AS Saint-Etienne

3 – 1

Full Time

Montpellier HSC

Sat 5 Sep 2026 · 18:00 UTC Geoffroy Guichard HT 45' · FT 45'

Maxime Bernauer 41' 1–0

1–1 45+6' Daylam Meddah

Augustine Boakye 49' 2–1

Joshua Duffus 71' 3–1

Augustine Boakye 45' Y

Y 59' Naoufel El Hannach

Y 67' Daylam Meddah

Overview

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AS Saint-Etienne vs Montpellier HSC — Ligue 2 at Geoffroy Guichard.

AS Saint-Etienne 9 games · 22 pts (2026/27)
Montpellier HSC 8 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ahmed Taleb
Assistant 1 Loris Leporati (France)
Assistant 2 Elodie Coppola (France)

3 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 17.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	AS Saint-Etienne	9	22
2	Stade de Reims	9	17
3	Red Star FC	9	17
4	AS Nancy-Lorraine	9	16
5	Montpellier HSC	8	15
6	Pau FC	9	14
7	FC Metz	9	13
8	FC Annecy	9	13
9	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	9	12
10	USL Dunkerque	9	11
11	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	9	11
12	US Boulogne Cote d'Opale	9	9
13	En Avant Guingamp	9	8
14	FC Nantes	9	8
15	Grenoble Foot 38	9	8
16	Clermont Foot 63	9	7
17	Rodez Aveyron Football	8	7
18	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC	9	6

Head-to-Head

AS Saint-Etienne 20 games · Avg 2.2 goals Montpellier HSC

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-05 AS Saint-Etienne 3–1 Montpellier HSC 2026-02-07 AS Saint-Etienne 1–0 Montpellier HSC 2025-10-04 Montpellier HSC 0–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2024-11-23 AS Saint-Etienne 1–0 Montpellier HSC 2022-02-05 AS Saint-Etienne 3–1 Montpellier HSC

Recent Form

AS Saint-Etienne

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Montpellier HSC	H	3–1	W
31 Aug	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	A	3–2	W
22 Aug	Grenoble Foot 38	H	4–0	W
14 Aug	Clermont Foot 63	H	3–1	W
08 Aug	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	A	3–0	W
09 May	Amiens SC	H	5–0	W

Montpellier HSC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	AS Saint-Etienne	A	1–3	L
28 Aug	US Boulogne Cote d'Opale	H	0–0	D
21 Aug	USL Dunkerque	A	1–0	W
14 Aug	AS Nancy-Lorraine	A	1–0	W
08 Aug	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	H	1–1	D
09 May	Red Star FC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

AS Saint-Etienne		Montpellier HSC
#1	Position	#5
22	Points	15
9	Played	8
7 / 1 / 1	W / D / L	4 / 3 / 1
22	Scored	8
8	Conceded	5
+14	GD	+3
2.44	PPG	1.88
78%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

44% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this season

63% Clean Sheets
Montpellier HSC this season

AS Saint-Etienne are 1st (22 pts). Montpellier HSC are 5th (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AS Saint-Etienne

0-15

3/–

16-30

5/–

31-45

4/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

5/–

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Montpellier HSC

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

2/2

46-60

1/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AS Saint-Etienne

Irvin Cardona	5 G	3 A
Thierno Ballo	5 G	2 A
Augustine Boakye	5 G	2 A
Jakob Breum	2 G	5 A
Zuriko Davitashvili	1 G	1 A

Montpellier HSC

Nicolas Pays	2 G
Yael Mouanga	1 G
Yanis Issoufou	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and AS Saint-Etienne launch into their encounter with Montpellier HSC.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. AS Saint-Etienne must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' 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.
15' Montpellier HSC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' AS Saint-Etienne are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Montpellier HSC's shape.
25' Montpellier HSC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Thierno Ballo made 30 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
35' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
40' Florian Tardieu is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Montpellier HSC so far.
41' GOAL! Maxime Bernauer fires home to make it 1-0!
45' The referee calls foul for Augustine Boakye. He receives a card.
49' Assisted by Tamar Svetlin with the perfectly-timed delivery and Augustine Boakye makes no mistake. 2-0!
51' What composure from Daylam Meddah! The France international strokes it home. 2-1.
56' AS Saint-Etienne looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Maxime Bernauer scoring 1 goals.
58' Ben Old gets the nod from AS Saint-Etienne. He replaces Maxime Bernauer and will look to change the dynamic.
59' Controversy at the stadium! Naoufel El Hannach argues furiously but the card stands.
64' Another substitution for AS Saint-Etienne to replace Thierno Ballo by Joshua Duffus on 64 minute.
65' Mahmoud Jaber has so much to prove this time. He replaces Zuriko Davitashvili on 65 minute.
67' Daylam Meddah has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 67.
70' Another change for Montpellier HSC made on 70 minute. Hichem Abderrebi leaves to be changed by Jeremy Hatchi.
71' Another change for Montpellier HSC made on 71 minute. Naoufel El Hannach leaves to be changed by Theo Chennahi.
71' Joshua Duffus has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 71 minutes.
76' AS Saint-Etienne manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jakob Breum is hanging Augustine Boakye on the field on 76 minute.
77' Joao Ferreira has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kevin Pedro on 77 minute.
79' Montpellier HSC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gregory Ayem is hanging Daylam Meddah on the field on 79 minute.
84' A tactical swap from Montpellier HSC — Noah Vidal Cartoux on, Nicolas Pays off on 84 minutes.
89' Naoufel El Hannach has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
Another three points for AS Saint-Etienne.

Lineups

AS Saint-Etienne Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ian Cathro

Montpellier HSC Lineups

Starting XI

15
Julien Laporte
5
Florian Tardieu
17
Theo Sainte-Luce
31
Simon Ngapandouetnbu
27
Daylam Meddah ↓ Gregory Ayem 79'
6
Yael Mouanga
3
Naoufel El Hannach ↓ Theo Chennahi 71'
18
Nicolas Pays ↓ Noah Vidal Cartoux 84'
19
Nordan Mukiele
9
Lacine Megnan-Pave ↓ Mamadou Camara 79'
32
Hichem Abderrebi ↓ Jeremy Hatchi 70'

Bench

Coach Zoumana Camara

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Romain Hamouma	3
Andy Delort	2
Stephy Mavididi	2
Valere Germain	1
Sepe Elye Wahi	1
Arnaud Nordin	1
Wahbi Khazri	1
Benjamin Bouchouari	1

Head to Head

AS Saint-Etienne Form

2026-09-05 AS Saint-Etienne 3–1 Montpellier HSC W 2026-08-31 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 2–3 AS Saint-Etienne W 2026-08-22 AS Saint-Etienne 4–0 Grenoble Foot 38 W 2026-08-14 AS Saint-Etienne 3–1 Clermont Foot 63 W 2026-08-08 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0–3 AS Saint-Etienne W 2026-05-09 AS Saint-Etienne 5–0 Amiens SC W

Montpellier HSC Form

2026-09-05 AS Saint-Etienne 3–1 Montpellier HSC L 2026-08-28 Montpellier HSC 0–0 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale D 2026-08-21 USL Dunkerque 0–1 Montpellier HSC W 2026-08-14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 0–1 Montpellier HSC W 2026-08-08 Montpellier HSC 1–1 Dijon Football Cote d'Or D 2026-05-09 Red Star FC 1–1 Montpellier HSC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.82 AS Saint-Etienne xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.65 Montpellier HSC xG

I would bet for: AS Saint-Etienne to win 65% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

AS Saint-Etienne65% Draw23% Montpellier HSC12%

Actual: AS Saint-Etienne win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

AS Saint-Etienne or Draw

87%

Draw or Montpellier HSC

35%

AS Saint-Etienne or Montpellier HSC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

AS Saint-Etienne44% Draw46% Montpellier HSC10%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

14.8%

2 – 0

13.7%

1 – 1

10.7%

0 – 0

10.4%

2 – 1

8.8%

3 – 0

8.1%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

4.6%

4 – 0

3.7%

1 – 2

3.1%

2 – 2

2.9%

4 – 1

2.6%

Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Etienne

Handicap	AS Saint-Etienne covers	Push	Montpellier HSC covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	20%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	26%	36%
-0.5	64%	—	36%
+0.5	89%	—	11%
+1	89%	8%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet

53% ✗

Montpellier HSC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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