📏 Form Guide

Valenciennes FC

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Valenciennes FC will be hoping to bounce back here following the 3-0 Ligue 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of EA Guingamp.

In that game, Valenciennes FC managed 63% possession and 5 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. Guingamp got 14 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Pierre Lemonnier (7'), Mehdi Merghem (22') and Amine El Ouazzani (64') scored for EA Guingamp.

Valenciennes FC have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their goals record stands at just 2 versus opposition teams over their previous six outings. In those meetings, Valenciennes FC have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 8.

Leading up to this clash, Valenciennes FC:

• are winless against St Etienne in their last 11 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league matches.

St Etienne

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St Etienne go into this clash after a 0-4 Ligue 2 win with the defeat of SC Bastia in their most recent outing.

In that game, St Etienne managed 49% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For St Etienne, the goals were scored by Dylan Chambost (16'), Nathanaël Mbuku (45', 78') and Irvin Cardona (67'). Bastia got 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring St Etienne has been apparent in recent matches. Examining their last six meetings reveals that it’s happened 5 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 1 while St Etienne have scored 15. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, however.

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

• haven't been defeated by Valenciennes FC in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. An impressive run.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings going back to 12/04/2013 shows that Valenciennes FC have won 0 of them and St Etienne 3, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

13 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 3 for Les Athéniens and 10 for Les Verts. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 5 on 02/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of St Etienne 0-0 Valenciennes FC.

That day, St Etienne managed 55% possession and 11 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

On the other side, Valenciennes FC got 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Thomas Leonard.

ℹ️ Team News: Valenciennes FC

Jordan Poha (unknown injury), David Kruse (unknown injury) and Allan Linguet (Foot injury) won’t be playing for Valenciennes FC manager Ahmed Kantari.

🗞️ Team News: St Etienne

Due to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the St Etienne boss Olivier Dall’Oglio does not have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Valenciennes FC have the capability to score against this St Etienne team, although just one goal is unlikely to prevent defeat.

We’ve gone for a narrow 1-2 advantage for St Etienne at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 13:06 30/03/2024