About Match
Nantes go into the game 17th in the table on 4 points; Saint-Étienne sit 1st on 15 — an 11-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.17/2 for Nantes and 2.83/1 for Saint-Étienne (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.23. A win would lift Nantes to 7 points and up to 10th (other results unchanged).
The five-game form split reads 4/15 points for Nantes against 12/15 for Saint-Étienne.
20 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Nantes 3, draws 10, Saint-Étienne 7, at 2.3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 35% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match takes place at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in Nantes (capacity 37,473).