Saint Etienne vs Rodez Prediction & Betting Tips

Different trajectories lately

Saint Etienne won five Ligue 2 matches in a row before a loss at Dunkerque and a draw at Metz brought that run to a halt. Their home form has been strong through this spell, with wins over Montpellier, Grenoble and Clermont without conceding much.

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

Saint Etienne

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

28

Difference

+11

Rodez

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

41

Conceded

34

Difference

+7

Rodez have gone the other way. After a win and a draw in late August, they've now lost three straight, including home defeats to Grenoble and Nancy where they shipped four goals in the latter.

Saint Etienne's recent dip is mild next to Rodez's three-match slide.

Comparative Team Statistics: Saint Etienne vs Rodez

A fixture that's gone both ways

These two have met regularly down the years and the head-to-head record is fairly even overall. The two most recent league meetings this year were split: a goalless draw at Saint Etienne and a 2-1 win for Rodez when they hosted.

Further back there's a heavier 4-0 win for Saint Etienne and a couple of other away wins and draws mixed in, so history alone doesn't point strongly either way.

A big gap in the table

Saint Etienne are top of Ligue 2 with 16 points from seven games, built on five wins, a draw and just the one defeat. Rodez sit down in 14th with only seven points from the same number of matches, having won just twice.

That's a fourteen-place, nine-point gap between two sides who are meeting again only a few months after their last two league games.

The table clearly favours Saint Etienne, though early-season standings can still shift.

Goals spread through the Saint Etienne side

Saint Etienne's scoring has been shared around, with Cardona, Boakye and Ballo all on four goals in seven appearances and Cardona also leading the assist chart. Rodez's threat looks more concentrated, with Baldé scoring five in just four matches for them.

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

Rodez:

Best scorers:

I. Baldé - 5

Best assist providers:

R. Lipinski - 3

K. Nagera - 2

There's nothing in the data pointing to confirmed absences for this one, just a look at who's been doing the damage so far this season.