📊 Form Guide

St Etienne

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St Etienne will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-2 Ligue 2 success vs EA Guingamp.

The only scorer from St Etienne was Zuriko Davitashvili (10', 14'). Donatien Gomis (60') was the scorer for EA Guingamp.

Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where St Etienne have been involved. In terms of the goal split from that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 3 while St Etienne managed a tally of 4.

Their past results show that St Etienne:

• haven't lost in the league to Stade Lavallois in their last 3 matches.
• haven't won against Stade Lavallois in their last 2 league games.

Stade Lavallois

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Last time out, Stade Lavallois drew 2-2 in the Ligue 2 match with Annecy FC.

For Stade Lavallois, the goalscorers were Dylan Mbayo (23') and Mamadou Camara (72'). François Lajugie (61', 68') was the scorer for Annecy FC.

In 5 of the past 6 games featuring Stade Lavallois, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game within that period is just 1.83, with the average goals for Les Tangos being 0.5. We will find out whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Leading up to this clash, Stade Lavallois:

• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 11/04/2004 tells us that St Etienne have won 3 of these games and Stade Lavallois 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

An aggregate of 13 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Les Verts and 5 being from Les Tangos. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 1 on 09/08/2025 when the final score was Stade Lavallois 3-3 St Etienne.

The match was refereed by Antoine Valnet.

📰 Team News: Stade Lavallois

Stade Lavallois boss Olivier Frapolli has multiple availability issues to deal with. Layousse Samb (Broken foot), Julien Maggiotti (Knee injury) and Thibaut Vargas (Broken toe) can’t be considered. Sam Sanna will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, St Etienne look likely to score a couple of goals when they meet Stade Lavallois, who will be up against it to score themselves.

We’re therefore expecting to see a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for St Etienne after 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 18:03 21/02/2026