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| Minute | Saint EtienneHome | MontpellierAway |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Maxime Bernauer | |
| 45+5 | Daylam Meddah | |
| 49 | Augustine Boakye | |
| 71 | Joshua Duffus |
| Match stats | Saint EtienneHome | MontpellierAway |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 45% | 55% |
| Shots on target | 5 | 3 |
| Shots off target | 5 | 1 |
| Corners | 5 | 4 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Dangerous attacks | 45 | 31 |
The result as recorded when the match ended.
The starting elevens as the match record lists them, with shirt numbers and positions; (c) is the captain.
Players our data provider listed as unavailable for this match, with the reason it gave.
Newest first, competitive matches settled in normal time. Our records begin in January 2024 and do not hold every match, so a meeting can be missing.
| Saint EtienneHome | MontpellierAway | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minute | For | Against | For | Against |
| 1-15 | ||||
| 16-30 | ||||
| 31-45+ | ||||
| 46-60 | ||||
| 61-75 | ||||
| 76-90+ | ||||
| Total | 21 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Matches | 10 | 10 | ||
Saint Etienne scored most in 16-30 (8 of 21). Montpellier scored most in 16-30 (3 of 9) and conceded most in 76-90+ (2 of 6). Goals by the minute they were scored, from the last 10 competitive matches in our records that finished in normal time. Stoppage time counts in the band it extends, so a goal in the 45+2nd minute sits in 31-45+. A match whose minute record does not add up to the score is left out, and the matches row shows how many were used.
| Saint EtienneHome | MontpellierAway | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 10 | 10 |
| Won, drawn, lost | 6-1-3 | 4-5-1 |
| Goals per match | ||
| Scored | 2.10 | 0.90 |
| Conceded | 1.20 | 0.60 |
| How often | ||
| Clean sheet | 3 of 10 | 6 of 10 |
| Failed to score | 2 of 10 | 3 of 10 |
| Both teams scored | 5 of 10 | 4 of 10 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 8 of 10 | 3 of 10 |
| Corners and cards per match | ||
| Corners won | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Corners conceded | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| Yellow cards | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Red cards, total | 0 | 2 |
| With full stats | 10 | 10 |
| At this venue | At home | Away |
| Matches | 10 | 10 |
| Won, drawn, lost | 8-0-2 | 5-2-3 |
| Scored | 1.90 | 1.00 |
| Conceded | 0.70 | 0.50 |
Saint Etienne: 10 matches from 21 Mar 2026 to 31 Aug 2026. Montpellier: 10 matches from 20 Mar 2026 to 28 Aug 2026. Competitive matches in our records, settled in normal time; friendlies are left out and our records do not hold every match. Corners and cards come only from matches with a full stats record, and a column with fewer than 5 matches shows a dash. A pattern describes the past, not this match.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Etienne | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Annecy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Reims | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Metz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Red Star FC 93 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Nancy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Rodez Aveyron | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| 9 | Sochaux | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | USL Dunkerque | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
Saint Etienne host Montpellier in the French Ligue 2 on 5 Sep 2026. Saint Etienne sit 4 places above Montpellier in the table, the hosts 1st and the visitors 5th.
Saint Etienne have played 4 league games this season, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 0 - 3.00 points per game. They have scored 13 and conceded 3. Montpellier have taken 8 points from 4 at 2.00 per game.
The bookmakers make Saint Etienne favourite, pricing them around 1.69 - an implied 59% chance. Those are their numbers, shown so you can weigh them against ours, not a prediction we are making on their behalf.
Every call InPlayWise publishes is recorded when it is made and settled against the official result. Across all competitions that record stands at 18,578 settled in-play calls at 73.0%. A strike rate is not a profit, and we say so on every page that carries one.
