📏 Form Guide

St Etienne

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St Etienne will be wanting a better result here following the 3-1 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Strasbourg.

In that match, St Etienne managed 49% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for St Etienne was Zuriko Davitashvili (19'). Strasbourg got 18 shots on goal with 7 on target. Diego Moreira (7'), Emanuel Emegha (63') and Dilane Bakwa (83') scored for Strasbourg.

Fixtures featuring St Etienne have tended to be engaging encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past six games, a total of 23 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 9 of these being chalked up by St Etienne.

A look at their previous results shows us that St Etienne:

• have left without a victory over Monaco in their previous 5 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Monaco

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In their previous fixture, Monaco drew 1-1 in the Ligue 1 tie with Havre AC.

In that game, Monaco managed 61% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Monaco was Mika Biereth (61'). For their opponents, Havre AC had 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. Koka (22') was the scorer for Havre AC.

A run of effective displays by the Monaco defenders has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes combined. Over that same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 9. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Looking at their past form shows that Monaco:

• haven't been beaten by St Etienne when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 28/01/2020 tells us that St Etienne have won 1 of these games & Monaco 4, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 19 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from Les Verts and 14 belonging to Les Rouge et Blanc. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 1 on 17/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Monaco 1-0 St Etienne.

In that match, Monaco managed 62% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer was Takumi Minamino (28').

On the other side, St Etienne had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Clément Turpin.

🗞️ Team News: St Etienne

It looks as if Les Verts should kick off with a 4-3-3 system in the match featuring Gautier Larsonneur, Yvann Macon, Maxime Bernauer, Mickael Nade, Leo Petrot, Florian Tardieu, Pierre Ekwah, Aimen Moueffek, Irvin Cardona, Djylian N'Guessan and Zuriko Davitashvili.

🗞️ Team News: Monaco

Monaco boss Adi Hütter has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Kassoum Ouattara (Calf injury) and Aleksandr Golovin (Adductor injury) won’t be making appearances.

We’re of the thinking that Les Rouge et Blanc might make use of a 4-4-2 system with a starting lineup of Philipp Koehn, Vanderson, Christian Mawissa, Wilfried Singo, Caio Henrique, Maghnes Akliouche, Soungoutou Magassa, Denis Zakaria, Takumi Minamino, Mika Biereth and Folarin Balogun.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Monaco will probably create a good amount of chances and successful shots on target.

Conversely, St Etienne might well find it a difficult task to score themselves but we do see them being dangerous for periods.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 1-3 win for Monaco come full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 19:01 03/05/2025