Auxerre vs Saint Etienne

St Etienne have won two consecutive home games in Ligue 1 for the first time since August-September 2020. 37 matches have been played at the Chaudron in the top-flight between these two runs.

Auxerre have lost each of their first four away games in Ligue 1 this season, their second worse such run in their history, following 2007-08 (5).

St Etienne have scored five goals in these last two Ligue 1 games, after finding the net just once in their first five this season.

St Etienne have won just one of their last 13 games in all competitions against Auxerre (D7 L5), but it was the most recent, a 1-0 home win on March 9, 2024 in Ligue 2.

The home team has not won any of the last six matches between promoted sides in Ligue 1 (D3 L3), scoring only one goal in this run while conceding 10.

If they lose, St Etienne will have fewer than five points after seven games in a Ligue 1 season (4) for the second time in a row (3 in 2021/22 in their previous appearance in the top-flight), which is as many times as in their first 68 seasons (counting three points for a win).

In their last match in Brest (3-0), Auxerre ended a run of 13 games without a clean sheet in Ligue 1, their second longest in the 21st century (14 between November 2010 and February 2011). AJA have not won two games without conceding a goal since the beginning of April in Ligue 2 (1-0 v Ajaccio, 2-0 v Troyes).

St Etienne have lost only one of their last nine home games in Ligue 1 + Ligue 2 (W7 D1 – playoffs excluded), after losing four of their previous six (W1 D1).