Match Report
Saint-Étienne went into the game 17th in the table on 30 points; Angers SCO sat 14th on 36 — a 6-point gap. The last five rounds placed Saint-Étienne 10th in the league for form — higher than their 17th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.49 goals per team per game, Saint-Étienne ran at 1.15 scored and 2.26 conceded, Angers SCO at 0.94 and 1.56.
Saint-Étienne arrived off three straight defeats.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 9 Saint-Étienne wins, 2 for Angers SCO, 5 draws, at 2.56 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings.
The match was played at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne (capacity 41,965). On the scoreboard, Angers SCO led 2-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-3.
Goal scorers
Saint-Étienne: Pierre Ekwah (52'), Irvin Cardona (73'), Irvin Cardona (36') · Angers SCO: Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (90'), Himad Abdelli (7'), Himad Abdelli (17')