The French top flight Ligue 1 returns for game week 29 this weekend when Saint-Etienne takes on Troyes at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. Match day schedules for 18th March 2022 at 23:00 EAT.
Saint Etienne currently sits in the 18th place with 26 points gained from six wins, eight draws and 14 lose. The team is thus occupies the relegation playoff spot but; four wins, two draws and just one loss from their last seven games has been a huge improvement. An improving defensive form should enable the Saints to stop Troyes winning their third game on the trot in Friday’s relegation six pointer.
Sainté Les Verts will be looking for improved results coming off 0-0 Ligue 1 stalemate with Lille in their last match. In that game, St Etienne had 49% possession and 11 shots with three of them on target. Lille got 10 shots with two of them on target.
Meanwhile, Troyes sit two points and three places above their weekend hosts in the league table. In their campaign this season, they have picked up seven wins, seven draws and 14 lose. ESTAC supporters will have been wary of the visiting Canaries – one of the league’s form sides having won five of their last six matches, including a shock victory over Paris Saint-Germain.
Troyes come into this meeting coming off 1-0 Ligue 1 win to beat Nantes in their previous outing. In that game, Troyes had 44% possession, 11 shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Ike Ugbo (43′). FC Nantes got six shots with only one on target.
Saint-Etienne vs Troyes head to head
The host boats the upper hand in the history of this fixture having won in 11 times out of the 18 meetings since 1999. Troyes claims four wins and four wins and four matches have ended in stalemate.
- Troyes 0-1 Saint-Etienne 21/11/21
- Saint-Etienne 2-1Troyes 22/04/18
- Troyes 4-3 Saint-Etienne 24/01/18
- Troyes 2-1 Saint-Etienne 01/10/17
- Saint-Etienne 1-0 Troyes 09/04/16
Home
- Lille 0-0 Saint-Etienne
- Saint-Etienne 1-0 Metz
- PSG 3-1 Saint-Etienne
- Saint-Etienne 2-2 Strasbourg Alsace
- Clermont Foot 1-2 Saint-Etienne
Away
- Troyes 1-0 Nantes
- Bordeaux 0-2 Troyes
- Troyes 1-1 Marseille
- Rennes 4-1 Troyes
- Brest 5-1 Troyes
Saint-Etienne team news
Pascal Dupraz will be unable to call upon; Yvann Macon, Romain Hamouma and Saidou Sow who are injured.
Troyes team news
ESTAC will take the pitch without the services of Gerson Rodrigues, Hyun-Jun Suk and Karim Azamoum who are recovering from injuries.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are in great forms at the moment; the home team has lost just one of their last seven league games and are unbeaten in their last three home league games while Troyes are on a three-game unbeaten run and have won back-to-back games without conceding any goals.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance
