Guingamp vs Saint Etienne Prediction

Form check: contrasting recent samples

Saint Etienne's last 20 matches, spanning Ligue 2, Ligue 1 and some friendlies, show nine wins, four draws and seven losses with 39 scored and 28 conceded. That's a healthy goal difference and a team that's rarely been blown away.

Guingamp: 20 completed matches; Saint Etienne: 20 completed matches.

Guingamp

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

32

Difference

-10

Saint Etienne

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

42

Conceded

28

Difference

+14

Guingamp's equivalent sample paints a tougher picture: three wins, five draws and twelve losses, with 20 scored against 33 conceded. It's worth remembering these samples mix competitions and even friendly fixtures, so they're a guide rather than gospel, but the gap in output is still notable.

On raw recent output, Saint Etienne look the more reliable side by some distance.

Comparative Team Statistics: Guingamp vs Saint Etienne

Head-to-head: no settled pattern lately

The last six meetings between these two have gone back and forth. Saint Etienne won in February, Guingamp won the September before that, there's been a draw in there too, and both sides have taken wins at various points over the last few years.

Go back further and it's much the same story, home and away results mixed in across different competitions over more than a decade. There's no recent run for either side to lean on here.

The head-to-head record doesn't point clearly either way right now.

Where they sit in the table

Saint Etienne currently top the Ligue 2 table after seven games, with five wins, one draw and one loss. Guingamp sit down in 11th from the same number of matches, with two wins, two draws and three defeats.

That gap in the table lines up with what the recent form samples suggested. Saint Etienne have been the more productive side both in the league table and in the matches behind it.

Players carrying the goal threat

Saint Etienne's scoring has been spread around. Cardona, Boakye and Ballo have each struck four times in seven appearances, with Cardona also leading the assist charts. That gives them more than one route to a goal.

Guingamp:

Best scorers:

B. Bokangu - 4

D. Gomis - 2

Best assist providers:

T. Averlant - 2

Penalty cards:

D. Gomis x 1 x 3

A. Demouchy x 2

Saint Etienne:

Best scorers:

I. Cardona - 4

A. Boakye - 4

T. Ballo - 4

Best assist providers:

I. Cardona - 4

A. Boakye - 3

T. Ballo - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Boakye x 2

Guingamp's main source going forward has been Bokangu, who also has four goals in seven games, with Gomis chipping in a couple. Gomis has also picked up a red card and three yellows in that span, so discipline is something to keep an eye on.

Saint Etienne look less reliant on a single player than Guingamp do.