In this week 18 match, on Tue Jan 10th, Saint-Étienne will play host to Laval in a meeting of these two Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Saint-Étienne sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Caen. Alexandre Mendy scored the first goal for Caen in the 17th minute from the penalty spot, then in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Victor Lobry sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Gaëtan Charbonnier earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 15th placed Laval is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Amiens SC. Gaël Kakuta struck first for Amiens SC in the 23rd minute on a feed from Antoine Leautey, then Papiss Demba Cissé added another in the 54th minute In the end, Laval couldn’t muster any offence and Amiens SC ran away with the shutout win. Laval is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Laval hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Marvin Baudry and Zakaria Naidji, and they each have 1 goal. Saint-Étienne is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Mickael Nade and Ibrahima Wadji each only have 1 goal in their last 5.