In this week 12 match on Oct 15th, Saint-Étienne will host Paris in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. Saint-Étienne sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Sochaux. Saad Agouzoul struck first for Sochaux in the 3rd minute on a feed from Gaetan Weissbeck, then Moussa Doumbia added another in the 48th minute. Saint-Étienne is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while paris sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Valenciennes. Noah Diliberto struck first for Valenciennes in the 22nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Paris couldn’t manage to score, and Valenciennes took the shutout win. Paris is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Jan 18th, Paris hosted Saint-Étienne in their last match together. Saint-Étienne was victorious by a score of 3 to 2 in front of just over eight thousand fans. Menez scored the first goal for Paris in the 23rd minute, then Wahbi Khazri tied it up for Saint-Étienne in the 30th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 76th minute on a goal by Mathieu Debuchy.
Morgan Guilavogui has been the most prolific scorer on Paris in his last five matches with three goals. Saint-Étienne is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lenny Pintor and Louis Mouton each only have 1 goal in their last 5.