Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Monaco 3rd with 61 points, Saint-Étienne 17th with 30, 31 apart. On the form table Saint-Étienne stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 17th overall. Against a league average of 1.49 goals per team per game, Saint-Étienne ran at 1.15 scored and 2.26 conceded, Monaco at 1.85 and 1.21.
The sides have met 24 times in the GioScore results database: 9 wins for Saint-Étienne, 6 draws and 9 for Monaco, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The recent trend is more open — 3.6 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.5 all-time.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne, capacity 41,965, hosted the game. Monaco led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Saint-Étienne: Zuriko Davitashvili (65') · Monaco: Maghnes Akliouche (2'), Mutassim Al Musrati (68'), Folarin Balogun (78')