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AS Saint-Etienne vs VfL Wolfsburg, Europe 2019-20 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2019-20
AS Saint-Etienne
1 – 1
Full Time
VfL Wolfsburg
Thu 3 Oct 2019 · 16:55 UTC HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'
Robert Beric 40' Y
Y 50' Maximilian Arnold
Y 84' Jeffrey Bruma

Overview

Match Preview

AS Saint-Etienne vs VfL Wolfsburg — Europe .

Match Details

  • Referee David Coote
  • Referee Ian Hussin
  • Referee Craig Pawson
  • Referee Lee Betts

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
1
AS Saint-Etienne 2 games · Avg 1.5 goals VfL Wolfsburg
Last 5 meetings
2019-10-03 AS Saint-Etienne 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg

Recent Form

AS Saint-Etienne
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Oct VfL Wolfsburg H 1–1 D
29 Sep Nimes Olympique A 1–0 W
25 Sep FC Metz H 0–1 L
22 Sep Angers SCO A 1–4 L
19 Sep KAA Gent A 2–3 L
15 Sep Toulouse FC H 2–2 D
VfL Wolfsburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Oct AS Saint-Etienne A 1–1 D
28 Sep 1. FSV Mainz 05 A 1–0 W
23 Sep TSG 1899 Hoffenheim H 1–1 D
19 Sep FK Oleksandriya H 3–1 W
13 Sep TSV Fortuna 95 Düsseldorf A 1–1 D
31 Aug SC Paderborn 07 H 1–1 D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' AS Saint-Étienne have kicked off against VfL Wolfsburg. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 13' The France centre-back Timothee Kolodziejczak breaks the deadlock on 13 minutes. 0-1!
  • 15' Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with the perfectly-timed delivery and William makes no mistake. 0-2!
  • 20' VfL Wolfsburg come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 30' A quiet spell here at . AS Saint-Étienne seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 35' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His AS Saint-Étienne side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 40' The referee shows AS Saint-Etienne player a Yellow card on 40.
  • 45' Josuha Guilavogui is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for AS Saint-Étienne tonight.
  • 50' The referee shows VfL Wolfsburg player a Yellow card on 50.
  • 55' VfL Wolfsburg are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 60' The AS Saint-Etienne manager makes a substitution. Mathieu Debuchy departs to be replaced by Harold Moukoudi.
  • 65' Robert Beric makes way for Denis Bouanga at the 65 minute mark. A tactical switch from AS Saint-Etienne.
  • 70' AS Saint-Étienne started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
  • 72' VfL Wolfsburg make a change. Josip Brekalo trudges off to be replaced by Joao Victor on 72 minutes.
  • 77' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ghislain Printant might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 82' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AS Saint-Étienne that had 436 games and scored 402 goals.
  • 83' Renato Steffen gets the nod from VfL Wolfsburg. He replaces Jerome Roussillon and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 84' Controversy at the stadium! Jeffrey Bruma argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 86' Another substitution for AS Saint-Etienne to replace Wahbi Khazri by Charles Abi on 86 minute.
  • 1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

AS Saint-Etienne Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ghislain Printant

VfL Wolfsburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oliver Glasner

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.09 AS Saint-Etienne xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.08 VfL Wolfsburg xG
I would bet for: AS Saint-Etienne or VfL Wolfsburg 69% + Under 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
AS Saint-Etienne36% Draw31% VfL Wolfsburg33%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.17
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 64%
36%
± 2.5 37%
63%
± 3.5 18%
82%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

AS Saint-Etienne or Draw
67%
Draw or VfL Wolfsburg
64%
AS Saint-Etienne or VfL Wolfsburg
69%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AS Saint-Etienne24% Draw53% VfL Wolfsburg23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
13.7%
1 – 0
11.1%
0 – 1
11%
2 – 1
7.1%
1 – 2
7%
2 – 0
6.5%
0 – 2
6.4%
2 – 2
4%
3 – 1
2.6%
1 – 3
2.6%
3 – 0
2.3%

Asian Handicap — AS Saint-Etienne

Handicap AS Saint-Etienne covers Push VfL Wolfsburg covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 10% 86%
-1.5 14% — 86%
-1 14% 20% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 20% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
VfL Wolfsburg keeps clean sheet
34% ✓

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