Rodez Aveyron Football vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 2 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Rodez Aveyron Football vs AS Saint-Etienne — Ligue 2 at Stade Paul Lignon.
- Rodez Aveyron Football 34 games · 58 pts (2025/26)
- AS Saint-Etienne 34 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jerome Brisard
- Assistant 1
- Assistant 2 Gaetan Korbas
19 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/gameStandings
# 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 02 May AS Saint-Etienne H 2–1 W 24 Apr Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC A 0–0 D 17 Apr Amiens SC H 3–2 W 13 Apr ES Troyes AC H 2–1 W 03 Apr USL Dunkerque A 1–1 D 20 Mar SC Bastia H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 04 Apr AS Nancy-Lorraine A 1–1 D 21 Mar FC Annecy H 4–0 W Season Stats
Rodez Aveyron Football AS Saint-Etienne #5 Position #3 58 Points 60 34 Played 34 15 / 13 / 6 W / D / L 18 / 6 / 10 45 Scored 59 39 Conceded 38 +6 GD +21 1.71 PPG 1.76 44% Win % 53% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history21% Clean Sheets
Rodez Aveyron Football this season38% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this seasonRodez Aveyron Football are 5th (58 pts). AS Saint-Etienne are 3rd (60 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Rodez Aveyron Football0-152/116-302/231-451/–46-603/–61-752/176+–/2■ Scored ■ ConcededAS Saint-Etienne0-151/216-301/231-451/–46-60–/261-752/176+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Rodez Aveyron Football and AS Saint-Etienne is underway.
- 5' AS Saint-Etienne seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Rodez Aveyron Football needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 17' Rodez Aveyron Football is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ibrahima Balde on 17.
- 22' Rodez Aveyron Football is showing some good football. However, Rodez Aveyron Football are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 27' It looks like no one’s ball. Rodez Aveyron Football is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 32' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 32 minutes.
- 37' Dennis Appiah needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 42' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with AS Saint-Etienne winning 50% of all matches.
- 47' 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.
- 52' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Rodez Aveyron Football that had 240 games and scored 278 goals.
- 54' Ibrahima Balde with the second goal in the match!
- 55' Rodez Aveyron Football receives a card for a hard tackle on 55.
- 60' The travelling AS Saint-Etienne supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 65' 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.
- 69' Augustine Boakye was booked on 69.
- 74' Supporters expect more eagerness from Mathis Magnin, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Paul Lignon with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 79' It’s high time Didier Santini made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 84' Rodez Aveyron Football started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 84.
- 89' GOAL! Irvin Cardona scores on 89. Assisted by Augustine Boakye
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Octave Joly.
- The final score is 2-1.
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Lineups
Rodez Aveyron Football Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
- 1
- 27
- 4
- 11
- 15
- 18
- 25
- 3
- 28
- 24
- 6
Bench
- 26
- 8
- 9
- 20
- 30
- 22
- 13
Coach Didier SantiniAS Saint-Etienne Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
- 30
- 8
- 3
- 6
- 11
- 20
- 9
- 14
- 17
- 39
- 28
Bench
- 7
- 1
- 13
- 19
- 18
- 35
- 51
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lorenzo Rajot 2 Ibrahima Balde 2 Ibrahim Sissoko 2 Lucas Buades 1 Antoine Valerio 1 Marvin Senaya 1 Anas Namri 1 Abdoul Kader Bamba 1 Head to Head
Rodez Aveyron Football Form
2026-05-02 Rodez Aveyron Football 2–1 AS Saint-Etienne W 2026-04-24 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 0–0 Rodez Aveyron Football D 2026-04-17 Rodez Aveyron Football 3–2 Amiens SC W 2026-04-13 Rodez Aveyron Football 2–1 ES Troyes AC W 2026-04-03 USL Dunkerque 1–1 Rodez Aveyron Football D 2026-03-20 Rodez Aveyron Football 1–1 SC Bastia DAS Saint-Etienne Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.53 Rodez Aveyron Football xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.38 AS Saint-Etienne xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Rodez Aveyron Football winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.91Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
Rodez Aveyron Football or Draw 71%Draw or AS Saint-Etienne 55%Rodez Aveyron Football or AS Saint-Etienne 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Rodez Aveyron Football win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.4%2 – 1 Actual1 – 2 7.6%1 – 0 7.4%0 – 0 7.3%0 – 1 6.6%2 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 5.8%0 – 2 5.1%3 – 1 4.3%1 – 3 3.5%3 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — Rodez Aveyron Football
Handicap Rodez Aveyron Football covers Push AS Saint-Etienne covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 20% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 18% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Rodez Aveyron Football keeps clean sheet 26% ✓AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.