Nimes Olympique vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 2 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2022-23

Nimes Olympique

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AS Saint-Etienne

Mon 20 Feb 2023 · 19:45 UTC Stade des Costieres HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 33' Niels Nkounkou

Y 81' Thomas Monconduit

Y 84' Ibrahima Wadji

Patrick Burner 87' Y

Overview

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Nimes Olympique vs AS Saint-Etienne — Ligue 2 at Stade des Costieres.

Nimes Olympique 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
AS Saint-Etienne 7 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

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

Nimes Olympique 8 games · Avg 2.5 goals AS Saint-Etienne

Last 5 meetings

2023-02-20 Nimes Olympique 1–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2022-08-06 AS Saint-Etienne 1–1 Nimes Olympique 2021-04-04 Nimes Olympique 0–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2020-12-20 AS Saint-Etienne 2–2 Nimes Olympique 2020-01-25 AS Saint-Etienne 2–1 Nimes Olympique

Recent Form

Nimes Olympique

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Feb	AS Saint-Etienne	H	1–2	L
11 Feb	Rodez Aveyron Football	A	1–1	D
03 Feb	Grenoble Foot 38	H	0–2	L
31 Jan	En Avant Guingamp	A	2–1	W
28 Jan	Chamois Niortais FC	H	3–2	W
13 Jan	Le Havre AC	A	1–3	L

AS Saint-Etienne

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Feb	Nimes Olympique	A	2–1	W
11 Feb	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	H	2–0	W
04 Feb	FC Annecy	H	3–2	W
31 Jan	SC Bastia	A	0–2	L
28 Jan	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	H	2–3	L
16 Jan	Chamois Niortais FC	A	1–0	W

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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)

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' The ball is rolling at Stade des Costieres. Nimes Olympique are looking to make home advantage count against AS Saint-Etienne.
5' international Mael Durand de Gevigney has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Nimes Olympique are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined AS Saint-Etienne backline.
15' 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.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
25' 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 Nasser Djiga suffering a number of foals already.
30' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
33' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Niels Nkounkou on 33 minutes.
34' The deadlock is broken! Niels Nkounkou gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
35' What composure from Niels Nkounkou! The France international strokes it home. 0-2.
40' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Laurent Batlles will be considering his options from the bench.
45' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
50' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Nimes Olympique and AS Saint-Etienne are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
51' Brilliant from the defender! Niels Nkounkou makes it 0-3 with a superb finish on 51.
56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
57' A change in the Nimes Olympique ranks — Rafiki Said Ahamada exits the field as Malik Tchokounte enters on 57.
58' The Nimes Olympique bench stirs into life. Rafiki Said Ahamada is withdrawn and Malik Tchokounte gets his opportunity.
59' It is a substitution in Nimes Olympique team. Joseph Lopy is replaced by Guessouma Fofana on 59 minute.
64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
67' Nimes Olympique manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Moussa Kone is hanging Lys Mousset on the field on 67 minute.
68' What a strike from Malik Tchokounte! The score is 1-3.
69' GOAL! Malik Tchokounte fires home to make it 2-3!
70' A change in the AS Saint-Etienne ranks — Niels Nkounkou exits the field as Lamine Fomba enters on 70.
75' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
80' Nimes Olympique started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
81' Poor challenge from Thomas Monconduit. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
84' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Ibrahima Wadji on 84 minutes.
86' Kelyan Guessoum is replacing Ronny Labonne for the Nimes Olympique side.
87' The referee shows Nimes Olympique player a Yellow card on 87.
90' AS Saint-Etienne manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lenny Pintor is hanging Ibrahima Wadji on the field on 90 minute.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for AS Saint-Etienne players.

Lineups

Nimes Olympique Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

AS Saint-Etienne Lineups

Starting XI

7
Thomas Monconduit ↓ Dylan Chambost 90'
22
Victor Lobry
23
Anthony Briancon
30
Gautier Larsonneur
8
Dennis Appiah
25
Ibrahima Wadji ↓ Lenny Pintor 90'
19
Leo Petrot
27
Niels Nkounkou ↓ Lamine Fomba 70'
17
Jean-Philippe Krasso
4
Saidou Sow
6
Benjamin Bouchouari ↓ Mickael Nade 70'

Bench

5
Jimmy Giraudon
15
Lenny Pintor ↑ 90'
14
Dylan Chambost ↑ 90'
–
Mateo Pavlovic
26
Lamine Fomba ↑ 70'
3
Mickael Nade ↑ 70'
16
Boubacar Fall

Coach Laurent Batlles

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Wahbi Khazri	3
Niels Nkounkou	3
Remy Cabella	2
Jean-Philippe Krasso	2
Malik Tchokounte	2
Matteo Ahlinvi	1
Romain Hamouma	1
Rachid Alioui	1

Head to Head

Nimes Olympique Form

2023-02-20 Nimes Olympique 1–2 AS Saint-Etienne L 2023-02-11 Rodez Aveyron Football 1–1 Nimes Olympique D 2023-02-03 Nimes Olympique 0–2 Grenoble Foot 38 L 2023-01-31 En Avant Guingamp 1–2 Nimes Olympique W 2023-01-28 Nimes Olympique 3–2 Chamois Niortais FC W 2023-01-13 Le Havre AC 3–1 Nimes Olympique L

AS Saint-Etienne Form

2023-02-20 Nimes Olympique 1–2 AS Saint-Etienne W 2023-02-11 AS Saint-Etienne 2–0 Dijon Football Cote d'Or W 2023-02-04 AS Saint-Etienne 3–2 FC Annecy W 2023-01-31 SC Bastia 2–0 AS Saint-Etienne L 2023-01-28 AS Saint-Etienne 2–3 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard L 2023-01-16 Chamois Niortais FC 0–1 AS Saint-Etienne W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.21 Nimes Olympique xG

Expected Goals

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

1.4 AS Saint-Etienne xG

I would bet for: Nimes Olympique or AS Saint-Etienne 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Nimes Olympique31% Draw29% AS Saint-Etienne40%

Actual: AS Saint-Etienne win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.61

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Nimes Olympique or Draw

60%

Draw or AS Saint-Etienne

69%

Nimes Olympique or AS Saint-Etienne

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Nimes Olympique23% Draw48% AS Saint-Etienne29%

Actual: AS Saint-Etienne win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

0 – 0

9.5%

0 – 1

9.3%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

7.9%

2 – 1

7.2%

0 – 2

2 – 0

5.3%

2 – 2

5.1%

1 – 3

3.9%

0 – 3

3.2%

3 – 1

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Nimes Olympique

Handicap	Nimes Olympique covers	Push	AS Saint-Etienne covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	18%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	21%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	12%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Nimes Olympique keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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