Ligue 2 PENDING
Fri, Nov 6 · 20:00 · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint Etienne Home
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Laval Away
Saint Etienne vs Laval — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Saint Etienne to Win
Confidence High
Odds 1.33 Odds via William Hill
Expert analysis

Saint Etienne Aim to Extend Lead at Home

Saint Etienne lead the standings with 25 points from 11 games. They enter after four wins in five and have been especially strong at home where they concede just 0.4 goals per game. Laval are 16th with nine points and average only 1.2 goals scored in away fixtures. Head to head records show Saint Etienne winning three of the last six encounters. The home side also record both teams to score in just five of their 11 league matches so far. Laval have managed two wins in their last five but travel to a side that scores 2.1 goals per game on average. The main test will come if Laval can create chances against a defence that has kept five clean sheets.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
This season
Saint Etienne Laval
Over 2.5 goals 73% 64%
Clean sheet 45% 9%
Failed to score 9% 18%
Scored per game 2.1 1.3
Conceded per game 1.0 1.9
Scored home / away 2.6 / 1.7 1.3 / 1.2

Across 11 and 11 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 SAI Saint Etienne ▲ 11 8 1 2 25
2 MON Montpellier 11 7 3 1 24
3 PAU PAU 11 6 2 3 20
4 NAN Nancy 10 6 1 3 19
5 REI Reims 10 4 6 0 18
6 RED RED Star FC 93 10 5 2 3 17
7 ANN Annecy 11 5 1 5 16
8 DIJ Dijon 11 4 3 4 15
9 GUI Guingamp 11 4 2 5 14
10 MET Metz 11 3 5 3 14
11 ROD Rodez 11 4 1 6 13
12 DUN Dunkerque 11 3 3 5 12
13 SOC Sochaux 10 2 5 3 11
14 BOU Boulogne 11 1 7 3 10
15 NAN Nantes 11 2 3 6 9
16 LAV Laval ▲ 11 2 3 6 9
17 CLE Clermont Foot 11 0 8 3 8
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Saint Etienne WWWWL
W vs FC Sion 5–1 Oct 2
W vs Rodez 2–0 Oct 10
W @ RED Star FC 93 1–0 Oct 17
W vs Nantes 1–0 Oct 24
L @ Guingamp 0–3 Oct 31
Laval WLDLW
W vs Rennes 1–0 Oct 2
L @ PAU 2–3 Oct 9
D vs Clermont Foot 3–3 Oct 16
L @ Nancy 0–1 Oct 23
W vs Boulogne 1–0 Oct 30
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Saint Etienne
Scored 1.8 avg
5 2 1 1 0
Conceded 0.8 avg
1 0 0 0 3
Laval
Scored 1.4 avg
1 2 3 0 1
Conceded 1.4 avg
0 3 3 1 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Saint Etienne
2 Draws
1 Laval
Feb 2026 Saint Etienne 2–1 Laval Saint Etienne
Aug 2025 Laval 3–3 Saint Etienne Draw
Jan 2024 Saint Etienne 0–0 Laval Draw
Oct 2023 Laval 0–1 Saint Etienne Saint Etienne
May 2023 Laval 2–1 Saint Etienne Laval

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 6 meetings.