FC Sochaux-Montbeliard vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 2 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2026-27

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard

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AS Saint-Etienne

Sat 8 Aug 2026 · 18:45 UTC Auguste Bonal HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 22' Jakob Breum

0–2 24' Irvin Cardona

0–3 28' Irvin Cardona

Y 66' Jakob Breum

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FC Sochaux-Montbeliard vs AS Saint-Etienne — Ligue 2 at Auguste Bonal.

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 7 games · 10 pts (2026/27)
AS Saint-Etienne 7 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tifenn Leprodhomme (France)
Assistant 1 Gaetan Damy (France)
Assistant 2 Jean Paul Neves (France)

4 games this season 🟨 3.5/game ⚽ 10.0 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 3 games · Avg 3.7 goals AS Saint-Etienne

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-08 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0–3 AS Saint-Etienne 2023-01-28 AS Saint-Etienne 2–3 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 2022-10-10 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 2–1 AS Saint-Etienne

Recent Form

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	AS Saint-Etienne	H	0–3	L
02 Jun	Nimes Olympique	A	1–3	L
26 May	FC Metz	H	0–1	L
20 May	Paris FC	A	1–2	L
13 May	En Avant Guingamp	H	0–1	L
06 May	Amiens SC	A	0–1	L

AS Saint-Etienne

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	A	3–0	W
09 May	Amiens SC	H	5–0	W
02 May	Rodez Aveyron Football	A	1–2	L
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

Season Stats

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard		AS Saint-Etienne
#8	Position	#1
10	Points	16
7	Played	7
2 / 4 / 1	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 1
4	Scored	19
5	Conceded	8
-1	GD	+11
1.43	PPG	2.29
29%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)

100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

57% Clean Sheets
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard this season

29% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this season

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard are 8th (10 pts). AS Saint-Etienne are 1st (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/4

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

AS Saint-Etienne

0-15

1/–

16-30

5/–

31-45

4/2

46-60

2/3

61-75

5/–

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard

Boubacar Fofana

1 G

AS Saint-Etienne

Irvin Cardona	4 G	3 A
Thierno Ballo	4 G	2 A
Augustine Boakye	4 G	2 A
Jakob Breum	2 G	2 A
Zuriko Davitashvili	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' FC Sochaux-Montbeliard have kicked off against AS Saint-Etienne. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' FC Sochaux-Montbeliard are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined AS Saint-Etienne backline.
10' Adam Baallal has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 5 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
20' Augustine Boakye has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
22' What a strike from Jakob Breum! The score is 0-1.
24' Magnificent from Irvin Cardona! That is 46 goals in 363 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
28' Assisted by Thierno Ballo with the perfectly-timed delivery and Irvin Cardona makes no mistake. 0-3!
33' Benjaloud Youssouf is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for AS Saint-Etienne tonight.
38' Kevin Pedro, a France , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
43' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
46' AS Saint-Etienne make a change. Augustine Boakye trudges off to be replaced by Joshua Duffus on 46 minutes.
51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with AS Saint-Etienne winning 100% of all matches.
56' A tactical swap from AS Saint-Etienne — Lucas Stassin on, Irvin Cardona off on 56 minutes.
61' Kapitbafan Djoco makes way for Mathis Clairicia at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Sochaux-Montbeliard.
66' AS Saint-Etienne player sees a card in front of him.
69' AS Saint-Etienne make a change. Thierno Ballo trudges off to be replaced by Zuriko Davitashvili on 69 minutes.
74' Another substitution for FC Sochaux-Montbeliard to replace Samy Baghdadi by Jonathan Mexique on 74 minute.
78' The supporters are chanting for Adam Baallal. He replaces Maxime Bernauer on 78 minute.
80' Dylan Tavares is replacing Dalangunypole Gomis for the FC Sochaux-Montbeliard side.
85' AS Saint-Etienne have won 396 goals from 432 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
90' It looks surprising FC Sochaux-Montbeliard does not make any changes. Joshua Duffus has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
Full Time. AS Saint-Etienne beats FC Sochaux-Montbeliard

Lineups

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

AS Saint-Étienne Lineups

Starting XI

30
Gautier Larsonneur
7
Irvin Cardona ↓ Lucas Stassin 56'
13
Joao Ferreira
14
Aron Csongvai
6
Maxime Bernauer ↓ Adam Baallal 78'
26
Julien Le Cardinal
8
Thierno Ballo ↓ Zuriko Davitashvili 69'
20
Augustine Boakye ↓ Joshua Duffus 46'
18
Sohaib Nair
10
Jakob Breum
23
Kevin Pedro

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jean-Philippe Krasso	4
Irvin Cardona	2
Ibrahim Sissoko	1
Jodel Dossou	1
Jakob Breum	1
Moussa Doumbia	1
Saad Agouzoul	1
Gaetan Charbonnier	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.81 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard xG

Expected Goals

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

1.68 AS Saint-Étienne xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard22% Draw28% AS Saint-Étienne50%

Actual: AS Saint-Étienne win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard or Draw

49%

Draw or AS Saint-Étienne

78%

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard or AS Saint-Étienne

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard14% Draw47% AS Saint-Étienne39%

Actual: AS Saint-Étienne win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 1

13.1%

1 – 1

12.1%

0 – 2

11.4%

0 – 0

10.3%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 3

Actual

1 – 0

5.7%

1 – 3

5.2%

2 – 1

4.3%

2 – 2

3.7%

0 – 4

2.7%

2 – 0

2.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Handicap	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard covers	Push	AS Saint-Étienne covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	4%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	11%	84%
-0.5	16%	—	84%
+0.5	43%	—	57%
+1	43%	25%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	18%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

AS Saint-Étienne keeps clean sheet

45% ✗

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

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 2 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

AS Saint-Étienne Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Form

AS Saint-Étienne Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Clean Sheet