About Match
Saint-Étienne go into the game 1st in the table on 12 points; Montpellier sit 3rd on 8 — a 4-point gap. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Saint-Étienne run at 3.25 scored and 0.75 conceded, Montpellier at 0.75 and 0.25. A win would lift Montpellier to 11 points and up to 2nd (other results unchanged).
Saint-Étienne come in having won six on the spin, having scored in 7 consecutive games. 6 matches unbeaten back Montpellier's arrival.
31 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Saint-Étienne 19, draws 4, Montpellier 8, at 2 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 35% of meetings.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, capacity 41,965, hosts the game.