The Ligue 1 Round 10 clash between Saint-Étienne and Strasbourg is set to take place on November 2 at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium. Saint-Étienne vs. Strasbourg: prediction and betting, odds, statistics.
Referee: Éric Wattellier (France)
Matches – 5 (Ligue 1, 2024/25);
Yellow/red cards shown – 21;
Average yellow/red cards per match – 4.2;
Straight red cards shown – 2;
Average fouls per match – 23;
Penalties – 0%.
Projected lineups for the match Saint-Étienne vs. Strasbourg
Saint-Étienne (4-3-3): Gautier Larsonneur – Dennis Appiah, Yunis Abdelhamid, Mickaël Nadé, Léo Pétrot – Pierrick Capelle, Louis Mouton, Benjamin Bouchouari – Zaydou Youssouf, Lucas Da Cunha, Arnaud Nordin.
Strasbourg (3-4-3): Matz Sels – Alexander Djiku, Stefan Mitrović, Anthony Caci – Kenny Lala, Jean-Eudes Aholou, Adrien Thomasson, Dimitri Liénard – Ludovic Ajorque, Habib Diallo, Kévin Zohi.
Each team's starting lineup is listed from their last match in this tournament.
Saint-Étienne
The team suffered its second consecutive defeat in Ligue 1, losing to Angers in the previous round with a score of 4-2, conceding at least twice in both instances. Saint-Étienne has been unable to keep a clean sheet in the French championship for 5 matches. In total, the club has conceded 24 goals in the current Ligue 1 season – the second-worst record after Montpellier (29). Saint-Étienne is also among the outsiders in terms of goals scored, having found the net only 8 times in the current championship, with only Le Havre scoring less (7). Unsurprisingly, the club is in the relegation playoff zone of the Ligue 1 table, sitting in 16th place.
- At least 4 goals were scored in 4 out of the last 5 Saint-Étienne matches in the French championship.
- The club has not won in 13 out of the last 15 matches in this tournament (3 draws, 10 losses).
- The team has not scored more than once in 5 out of the last 6 home matches in Ligue 1.
Strasbourg
The Alsace team secured their third victory of the current championship (4 draws, 2 losses), defeating Nantes in the previous meeting with a score of 3-1. This win allowed the team to climb to the 9th spot in the Ligue 1 standings and close the gap to the European competition zone to just 1 point. Notably, Strasbourg is the third-highest scoring team in the current championship with 19 goals, with only PSG (28) and Marseille (21) scoring more. The team has scored in every match of the current Ligue 1 season, and their scoring streak in the tournament has reached 13 matches.
- There was an exchange of goals in 12 out of the last 13 Strasbourg matches in France's top division.
- The team has scored at least 2 goals in 6 out of the last 8 championship matches.
- Strasbourg's winless away streak in Ligue 1 spans 8 matches (3 draws, 5 losses).
Saint-Étienne vs. Strasbourg: match prediction
Olivier Dall'Oglio's team lost again, and if the defeat to Lens in Round 8 could be considered expected, the loss in the previous championship game against a direct competitor in the relegation battle was certainly not part of their plans. Moreover, Saint-Étienne once again failed defensively, conceding 4 goals even to the low-scoring Angers. I believe that the unreliable defense will create problems for the hosts in the upcoming match, considering that one of the league's best attacking teams is coming to visit.
As mentioned earlier, Strasbourg is in third place in the list of the best attacks of the tournament. Even away from home, where the Alsace team has struggled to secure victories, they regularly find the net, scoring in 6 consecutive Ligue 1 matches, and in the last 3 away games, they scored at least twice. The hosts, on the other hand, have conceded at least twice in 6 out of the last 8 matches of the current championship.
I believe that the visitors will have no major problems breaching such a defense, my prediction is "Strasbourg over 1.5 goals" at an odds of .
