H2H: St Etienne vs. Monaco – Prediction (Ligue 1

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Despite juggling UEFA Europa League commitments, St-Étienne have gone unbeaten in their last four league games (W3, D1). They are only scoring an average of one goal per Ligue 1 (L1) fixture though, with all their goals being netted by seven different players. Wahbi Khazri has scored 16 goals (12 at home) for St-Étienne in all competitions since the beginning of 2018/19. Now under the management of former Leicester and Southampton manager Claude Puel, ‘Les Verts’ will be encouraged by their strong second-half league record (W5, D3, L3), but at the same time slightly concerned by their first-half showings (W3, D3, L5). It’s therefore no surprise that they have a good record when scoring first (W4, D1, L1), compared to when conceding first (W2, D2, L3).

Monaco have lost only two of the last ten H2Hs, but they came in both meetings last season. Monaco have won or lost 12 of their last 15 league encounters (80%). St-Étienne have scored two or more goals in 22 of their last 33 home league matches (66.67%).

Monaco are surely in confident mood following four wins from their last five L1 matches, scoring three or more goals in three of those victories. They’re now searching for a third-straight league win for the first time since August 2018. Despite being mid-table, they’re actually one of the highest-scorers in the division with 19 goals. Wissam Ben Yedder has struck nine league goals for Monaco this season – seven were either the game’s first or last. An open game is anticipated with seven of Monaco’s last nine league games seeing both teams score. However, nine of their previous 14 league wins came with a clean sheet, but they’ve managed to keep only three clean sheets from their 16 most recent away league clashes, winning just two.