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Le Mans v St Etienne : Ligue 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd Jan, 19:00 BST, Stade de La Pincenardière, Mulsanne

Patrick Videira and Eirik Horneland take on one another in the Ligue 2 on Saturday evening, as Le Mans face St Etienne at the Stade de La Pincenardière. We have predictions, tips, and the best odds and head-to-head statistics across every major market, so there's nowhere better to prepare Ligue 2 clash.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during the standard 90 minutes. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by relevant form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Le Mans are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Le Mans 38%	17/10 13%	-
Draw 28%	12/5	-
St Etienne 34%	13/10 13%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	-
Le Mans 1-0 11%	9/1 11%	-
St Etienne 1-0 11%	8/1 5%	-
Draw 0-0 9%	10/1	-
Le Mans 2-1 8%	10/1 10%	-
St Etienne 2-1 8%	17/2 5%	-
Le Mans 2-0 7%	14/1 15%	-
St Etienne 2-0 6%	11/1 8%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	-
Le Mans 3-1 3%	20/1 11%	-
St Etienne 3-1 3%	18/1 10%	-
Le Mans 3-0 3%	28/1 26%	-
St Etienne 3-0 2%	22/1 12%	-
Le Mans 3-2 2%	28/1	-
St Etienne 3-2 2%	25/1 10%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	17/20	-
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	19/20	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	21/20 7%	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	5/6 9%	-
No 1st Goal 6%	10/1	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	4/6 3%	-
BTTS - No 51%	11/10 5%	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	9/2 16%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	7/2 10%	-
Home/draw 66%	8/15 6%	-
Away/draw 62%	2/5 9%	-
Home/away 72%	2/7 1%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	1/4	-
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	11/4	-
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	9/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	1/3	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	5/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/8	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	12/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/25	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/20	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	10/1	-
Home DNB 57%	1/1 11%	-
Away DNB 54%	8/11 9%	-
Le Mans win to nil 22%	4/1 15%	-
St Etienne win to nil 20%	10/3 13%	-
Le Mans / Le Mans 18%	7/2 13%	-
Le Mans / St Etienne 3%	25/1	-
Le Mans / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Le Mans 13%	11/2 8%	-
Draw / St Etienne 14%	5/1 8%	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
St Etienne / Le Mans 3%	25/1	-
St Etienne / St Etienne 22%	11/4 13%	-
St Etienne / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 2 table

Le Mans have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Le Mans are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 1 and won 1. Le Mans have conceded 4 goals, scored 5, scored in every game and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Le Mans have played 9 games at home, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 8 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

St Etienne lay in 2nd place on 30 points in the Ligue 2 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 32 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. St Etienne have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

St Etienne have played 9 away games, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Le Mans St Etienne
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Troyes	17	10	5	2	14	35	d 2-2F	Jan 31	Apr 24	w 2-3F
2	St Etienne	17	9	3	5	10	30	Jan 3	w 2-3F	-	-
3	Le Mans	17	8	6	3	5	30	-	-	l 2-3A	Jan 3
4	Reims	17	8	5	4	12	29	May 2	l 1-0A	w 3-2F	Jan 24
5	Red Star	16	8	5	3	6	29	d 0-00-0	Feb 27	Mar 6	l 2-1A
6	Dunkerque	17	7	6	4	10	27	Jan 26	d 2-2A	Apr 10	l 1-0A
7	Pau	17	7	5	5	-2	26	Apr 3	w 1-2A	w 6-0F	Feb 27
8	Montpellier	17	7	4	6	2	25	l 1-2A	Feb 13	Feb 6	w 0-2F
9	Guingamp	17	6	5	6	-5	23	Feb 20	d 3-3F	l 2-3A	Feb 13
10	Annecy	17	6	4	7	3	22	Mar 6	w 1-2F	Mar 20	l 4-0A
11	Grenoble	17	5	6	6	-2	21	w 1-0F	Apr 24	d 1-1F	Mar 13
12	Rodez	17	5	6	6	-5	21	l 0-1A	Jan 16	w 4-0F	May 2
13	Clermont	17	4	7	6	-5	19	Apr 17	d 1-1A	Jan 17	w 1-2A
14	Amiens	17	5	3	9	-5	18	w 1-0F	Mar 20	May 9	w 0-1F
15	Nancy	17	5	3	9	-7	18	w 1-0F	Mar 13	w 2-1F	Apr 3
16	Boulogne	17	4	4	9	-8	16	w 1-0F	Apr 10	Jan 31	w 0-1F
17	Lavallois	17	3	6	8	-9	15	Feb 6	d 1-1F	Feb 20	d 3-3A
18	Bastia	16	1	5	10	-14	8	w 1-0F	May 9	d 2-2A	Apr 17

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Win / draw / win form

Le Mans have won 3 consecutive league games

Le Mans have not lost in 12 consecutive league games

Le Mans have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Le Mans	1 - 0	Amiens
Le Mans	0 - 0	Red Star
Le Mans	1 - 0	Nancy
Le Mans	1 - 0	Boulogne
Le Mans	2 - 2	Troyes
Le Mans	1 - 0	Grenoble
Le Mans	0 - 1	Rodez
Le Mans	1 - 0	Bastia
Le Mans	1 - 2	Montpellier
Le Mans	2 - 1	Guingamp
Le Mans	0 - 0	Rodez
Le Mans	1 - 1	Nancy
Le Mans	0 - 1	Auxerre
Le Mans	3 - 2	US Orleans
Le Mans	1 - 2	Chateauroux
Le Mans	0 - 0	Grenoble
Le Mans	1 - 0	Niort
Le Mans	1 - 0	Chambly
Le Mans	2 - 4	Ajaccio
Le Mans	2 - 0	Sochaux

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Le Mans	2 - 1	Annecy
H	Le Mans	1 - 0	Amiens
A	Le Mans	2 - 1	Pau
H	Le Mans	0 - 0	Red Star
H	Le Mans	1 - 0	Nancy
A	Le Mans	1 - 1	Lavallois
H	Le Mans	1 - 0	Boulogne
A	Le Mans	3 - 2	St Etienne
H	Le Mans	2 - 2	Troyes
A	Le Mans	1 - 1	Clermont
H	Le Mans	1 - 0	Grenoble
A	Le Mans	2 - 2	Dunkerque
H	Le Mans	0 - 1	Rodez
A	Le Mans	0 - 1	Reims
H	Le Mans	1 - 0	Bastia
H	Le Mans	1 - 2	Montpellier
A	Le Mans	3 - 3	Guingamp
A	Le Mans	2 - 2	Chambly
H	Le Mans	2 - 1	Guingamp
A	Le Mans	0 - 2	Ajaccio

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dunkerque	1 - 0	St Etienne
Troyes	2 - 3	St Etienne
Red Star	2 - 1	St Etienne
Annecy	4 - 0	St Etienne
Montpellier	0 - 2	St Etienne
Amiens	0 - 1	St Etienne
Clermont	1 - 2	St Etienne
Boulogne	0 - 1	St Etienne
Lavallois	3 - 3	St Etienne
Reims	0 - 2	St Etienne
Strasbourg	3 - 1	St Etienne
Lens	1 - 0	St Etienne
Montpellier	0 - 2	St Etienne
Le Havre	1 - 1	St Etienne
Marseille	5 - 1	St Etienne
Lille	4 - 1	St Etienne
Auxerre	1 - 1	St Etienne
PSG	2 - 1	St Etienne
Toulouse	2 - 1	St Etienne
Rennes	5 - 0	St Etienne

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	St Etienne	2 - 2	Bastia
A	St Etienne	0 - 1	Dunkerque
H	St Etienne	2 - 1	Nancy
A	St Etienne	3 - 2	Troyes
A	St Etienne	1 - 2	Red Star
H	St Etienne	6 - 0	Pau
A	St Etienne	0 - 4	Annecy
H	St Etienne	2 - 3	Le Mans
A	St Etienne	2 - 0	Montpellier
H	St Etienne	2 - 3	Guingamp
A	St Etienne	1 - 0	Amiens
H	St Etienne	3 - 2	Reims
A	St Etienne	2 - 1	Clermont
H	St Etienne	1 - 1	Grenoble
A	St Etienne	1 - 0	Boulogne
H	St Etienne	4 - 0	Rodez
A	St Etienne	3 - 3	Lavallois
H	St Etienne	2 - 3	Toulouse
A	St Etienne	2 - 0	Reims
H	St Etienne	1 - 3	Monaco

Goal Statistics

Le Mans's defensive record is to be admired, P. Videira's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Ligue 2 games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for St Etienne makes sense in this context.

	Le Mans 3rd	St Etienne 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Le Mans will score no more than 1 goal	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that St Etienne will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-18 Le Mans have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted	-6 St Etienne’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 2 - 2025/2026 season

LMS

STE

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Games scored	14		15
Failed to score	3		2
Scored first	10		9
Goals scored	22		35
Avg. goals scored	1.3		2.1
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	15		20
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+19%

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STE

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Games conceded	11		12
Clean sheets	6		5
Conceded first	6		8
Goals conceded	17		25
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	14%		17%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+19%

Le Mans v St Etienne Ligue 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Le Mans Ligue 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	2	6
N Kocik	D Gueye	D Gueye	A Lauray

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Kocik GLK	17			2 -
T. Eyoum DEF	17			1 -
E. Quarshie MID	17	1	1	2 -
D Gueye FWD	17	5	2	2 -
S Yohou DEF	16	2		5 -
A Lauray MID	16		1	6 -
L Calodat MID	16	2	2	2 -
M. Robin MID	16		2	3 -
H. Voyer DEF	15		1	1 1
M. Rossignol MID	14	1		3 -
A Rabillard FWD	14	3	1	1 -
L Buadés MID	12		1	2 -
E. Colas FWD	12	1	1	1 -
A. Ribelin DEF	10	1		2 -
I. Cossier DEF	9			1 -
J. Vercruysse MID	9	1		1 -
B. Oggad FWD	8		1	1 -
L Abanda DEF	6		1	1 -
B Guillaume FWD	5			-
D. Gomes MID	4			2 1
T Luvambo FWD	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	2	3
D Gueye	D Gueye	D Gueye	L Calodat

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Gueye FWD	5	10	2	2
A Rabillard FWD	3	6	1	1
S Yohou DEF	2	2
L Calodat MID	2	6	2	3
E. Quarshie MID	1	6	1	1
M. Rossignol MID	1	2		1
E. Colas FWD	1	8	1	1
A. Ribelin DEF	1	1
J. Vercruysse MID	1	5
T. Eyoum DEF		2
A Lauray MID			1
M. Robin MID		4	2	3
H. Voyer DEF			1	1
L Buadés MID		3	1	3
I. Cossier DEF		1
B. Oggad FWD			1	1
L Abanda DEF			1	1
B Guillaume FWD		1
T Luvambo FWD		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
875	41	86
T. Eyoum	A Lauray	D Gueye

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T. Eyoum DEF	875	24	83
H. Voyer DEF	677	35	60
S Yohou DEF	597	11	75
A Lauray MID	515	41	68
N Kocik GLK	459		14
E. Quarshie MID	431	30	69
M. Robin MID	350	25	62
L Calodat MID	331	27	52
L Buadés MID	323	28	81
M. Rossignol MID	303	20	31
J. Vercruysse MID	271	22	44
D Gueye FWD	262	9	86
I. Cossier DEF	235	17	28
A. Ribelin DEF	185	11	27
A Rabillard FWD	165	14	35
E. Colas FWD	83	5	34
B. Oggad FWD	57	1	5
L Abanda DEF	56	5	5
B Guillaume FWD	41		7
T Luvambo FWD	31	1	3
D. Gomes MID	25	1	3

St Etienne Ligue 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	8	5	5
G Larsonneur	Z Davitashvili	A Boakye	A Boakye

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Larsonneur GLK	17			-
M Nade DEF	17	2		2 -
F Tardieu MID	17	4	2	1 -
M Jaber MID	16	1	2	4 -
I Cardona FWD	16	5	2	2 -
Z Davitashvili FWD	15	8	1	1 -
A Boakye FWD	15	3	5	5 -
E Annan DEF	14		1	3 -
A Moueffek MID	14		2	1 -
L Stassin FWD	14	4	2	1 -
B Old FWD	13	1	1	-
J Ferreira DEF	12	1	1	3 -
J. Duffus FWD	12	4	3	-
I Miladinovic MID	11	1		2 1
M Bernauer DEF	10		2	2 1
C Lamba DEF	9			1 -
D Appiah DEF	7			-
Y Maçon DEF	2			-
D Batubinsika DEF	1			-
L. Traoré DEF	1			-
S. Stojković DEF	1			-
D. N´Guessan FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	15	5	5
Z Davitashvili	L Stassin	A Boakye	Z Davitashvili

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Z Davitashvili FWD	8	14	1	5
I Cardona FWD	5	10	2	4
F Tardieu MID	4	8	2	4
L Stassin FWD	4	15	2	1
J. Duffus FWD	4	10	3	3
A Boakye FWD	3	10	5	5
M Nade DEF	2	3
M Jaber MID	1	2	2	2
B Old FWD	1	7	1
J Ferreira DEF	1	2	1	1
I Miladinovic MID	1	2		1
E Annan DEF			1	2
A Moueffek MID		3	2
M Bernauer DEF		1	2	2
D Appiah DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1325	47	91
F Tardieu	M Jaber	M Jaber

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
F Tardieu MID	1325	27	62
M Nade DEF	1141	29	78
M Jaber MID	870	47	91
M Bernauer DEF	861	13	31
E Annan DEF	841	18	43
J Ferreira DEF	667	19	61
C Lamba DEF	642	3	27
G Larsonneur GLK	610		4
Z Davitashvili FWD	540	8	41
I Miladinovic MID	503	18	50
A Boakye FWD	448	21	66
I Cardona FWD	383	14	38
A Moueffek MID	377	8	46
L Stassin FWD	238	9	27
D Appiah DEF	225	12	21
B Old FWD	205	4	9
D Batubinsika DEF	84	1	3
Y Maçon DEF	77	1	6
J. Duffus FWD	68	7	30
S. Stojković DEF	16	1	1
D. N´Guessan FWD	5		1
L. Traoré DEF	3

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Le Mans have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Le Mans are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

St Etienne lay in 2nd place on 30 points in the Ligue 2 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

Le Mans v St Etienne Ligue 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

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