📊 Form Guide

St Etienne

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St Etienne will play in this match coming off the back of a 3-3 Ligue 1 draw against Brest.

In that match, St Etienne had 60% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For St Etienne, the scorers were Lucas Stassin (16') and Irvin Cardona (34', 80'). On the other side, Brest had 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Ludovic Ajorque (6', 37') and Abdallah Sima (25') scored for Brest.

Matches featuring St Etienne have usually been entertaining ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum total of 22 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 8 of these being chalked up by St Etienne.

Looking at the pre-match facts, St Etienne:

• have left without a victory over Lyon in their last 6 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 6 league matches. Things will have to change soon.

Lyon

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After tasting defeat last time out to Manchester United in Europa League action, Lyon will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Lyon had 59% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 9 on target. For Lyon, the scorers were Corentin Tolisso (71'), Nico Tagliafico (78'), Rayan Cherki (105') and Alexandre Lacazette (110'). Manchester United got 21 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Manuel Ugarte (10'), Diogo Dalot (45'), Bruno Fernandes (114'), Kobbie Mainoo (120') and Harry Maguire (121') scored for Manchester United. The match went to extra time and was won by Manchester United.

Demonstrating their bias toward productive encounters, we’ve seen goals 27 times in the prior 6 matches in which Lyon have sent out their troops, giving an average of 4.5 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have got 10 of these goals. Putting that to one side, it remains to be seen whether that pattern will be replicated in this next match.

Heading into this contest, Lyon are undefeated by St Etienne when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 01/03/2020 tells us that these encounters have been a source of anguish for St Etienne. They have not managed to get any wins whatsoever whereas Lyon have managed to find a way, running out winners in 83 per cent of those matches played.

In all, 14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 2 of them for Les Verts and 12 being from Lyon. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league game between the two was Ligue 1 match day 11 on 10/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Lyon 1-0 St Etienne.

In that game, Lyon had 62% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Alexandre Lacazette (29').

St Etienne got 10 shots on goal with 6 of them on target.

The referee was Willy Delajod.

📰 Team News: St Etienne

In all likelihood, Les Verts may well make use of the 4-3-3 system this time, utilising Gautier Larsonneur, Dennis Appiah, Maxime Bernauer, Mickael Nade, Leo Petrot, Florian Tardieu, Pierre Ekwah, Aimen Moueffek, Zuriko Davitashvili, Lucas Stassin and Irvin Cardona.

ℹ️ Team News: Lyon

Lyon boss Jorge Maciel has some current player fitness concerns. Malick Fofana (Knee injury) and Ernest Nuamah (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

We believe Lyon appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Remy Descamps, Sael Kumbedi, Duje Caleta-Car, Moussa Niakhate, Abner, Tanner Tessmann, Jordan Veretout, Rayan Cherki, Corentin Tolisso, Georges Mikautadze and Alexandre Lacazette.

✨ Prediction

We believe that St Etienne are dangerous enough to score a goal against this Lyon lineup, however a single goal may not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We are therefore anticipating a close game with a 1-2 winning margin for Lyon at the end of the 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Andre Moura, 18:04 20/04/2025