Ligue 2 WON 3–1
Sat, Sep 5 · 20:00 · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint Etienne Home
VS
Montpellier Away
Saint Etienne vs Montpellier — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.20 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate76%
This price needs83%
Expert analysis

Saint Etienne Attack Tests Montpellier Resolve

Saint Etienne enter this fixture with a strong run of wins built on consistent attacking output at home where they create multiple chances each game. Montpellier arrive with a compact defensive setup that limits opportunities but rarely shuts down opponents completely. Past meetings show both teams trading goals in several encounters even when one side dominates possession. The home side’s pattern of finding the net early often opens space for further chances as the match progresses. Montpellier’s road games feature fewer shots overall yet still allow at least one reply from the opposition. These trends point toward a contest that features enough quality chances to produce multiple goals without either team running away with the result.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 72.6% win rate
Result
3–1 WON

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.20 won — final score 3–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Maxime Bernauer assist Irvin Cardona 41'
  3. Zoumana Camara 42'
  4. Augustine Boakye 45'
  5. Daylam Meddah assist Nordan Mukiele 45+5'
  6. Second half
  7. Augustine Boakye assist Tamar Svetlin 49'
  8. Ben Old ↓ Maxime Bernauer 58'
  9. Naoufel El Hannach 59'
  10. I. Cathro 59'
  11. Joshua Duffus ↓ Thierno Ballo 64'
  12. Mahmoud Jaber ↓ Zuriko Davitashvili 65'
  13. Daylam Meddah 67'
  14. Jérémy Hatchi ↓ Hichem Abderrebi 70'
  15. Théo Chennahi ↓ Naoufel El Hannach 71'
  16. Joshua Duffus assist Irvin Cardona 71'
  17. Jakob Breum ↓ Augustine Boakye 76'
  18. João Ferreira ↓ Kevin Pedro 77'
  19. Grégory Ayem ↓ Daylam Meddah 79'
  20. Mamadou Camara ↓ Laciné Megnan Pave 79'
  21. Noah Vidal ↓ Nicolas Pays 84'
This season
Saint Etienne Montpellier
Over 2.5 goals 100% 0%
Clean sheet 50% 75%
Failed to score 0% 25%
Scored per game 3.3 0.8
Conceded per game 0.8 0.3
Scored home / away 3.5 / 3.0 0.5 / 1.0

Across 4 and 4 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 SAI Saint Etienne ▲ 4 4 0 0 12
2 ANN Annecy 5 3 1 1 10
3 REI Reims 4 2 2 0 8
4 MON Montpellier ▲ 4 2 2 0 8
5 RED RED Star FC 93 5 2 2 1 8
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Saint Etienne WWWWW
W vs Venezia 4–3 Aug 1
W @ Sochaux 3–0 Aug 8
W vs Clermont Foot 3–1 Aug 14
W vs Grenoble 4–0 Aug 22
W @ Dijon 3–2 Aug 31
Montpellier WDWWD
W vs Rodez 4–2 Aug 1
D vs Dijon 1–1 Aug 8
W @ Nancy 1–0 Aug 14
W @ Dunkerque 1–0 Aug 21
D vs Boulogne 0–0 Aug 28
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Saint Etienne
Scored 3.4 avg
4 3 3 4 3
Conceded 1.2 avg
3 0 1 0 2
Montpellier
Scored 1.4 avg
4 1 1 1 0
Conceded 0.6 avg
2 1 0 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
7 Saint Etienne
0 Draws
2 Montpellier
Feb 2026 Saint Etienne 1–0 Montpellier Saint Etienne
Oct 2025 Montpellier 0–2 Saint Etienne Saint Etienne
Mar 2025 Montpellier 0–2 Saint Etienne Saint Etienne
Nov 2024 Saint Etienne 1–0 Montpellier Saint Etienne
Jul 2024 Montpellier 1–2 Saint Etienne Saint Etienne

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Saint Etienne 4-2-3-1
  • 30 G. Larsonneur G
  • 23 K. Pedro D
  • 26 J. Le Cardinal D
  • 18 S. Nair D
  • 6 M. Bernauer D
  • 16 T. Svetlin M
  • 14 Á. Csongvai M
  • 20 A. Boakye M
  • 22 Z. Davitashvili M
  • 8 T. Ballo M
  • 7 I. Cardona F
Bench N. El Jamali, Adam Baallal, J. Breum, Chico Lamba, João Ferreira, M. Jaber, J. Duffus, Mamour Ndiaye, B. Old

Ian Cathro

Montpellier 4-2-3-1
  • 31 S. Ngapandouetnbu G
  • 3 Y. El Hannach D
  • 15 J. Laporte D
  • 6 Y. Mouanga D
  • 17 T. Sainte-Luce D
  • 5 F. Tardieu M
  • 32 Hichem Abderrebi M
  • 18 N. Pays M
  • 27 D. Meddah M
  • 19 N. Mukiele M
  • 9 Lacine Megnan-Pave F
Bench Daryll Benlahlou, M. Camara, T. Chennahi, J. Hatchi, M. Michel, Everson, N. Vidal-Cartoux

Z. Camara