Laval vs Saint-Étienne prediction and preview

Ligue 2 · Friday 16 April 2027, 00:00 UTC

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Laval vs Saint-Étienne

Ligue 2 · Friday 16 April 2027, 00:00 UTC · Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval

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Laval vs Saint-Étienne preview

Laval host Saint-Étienne in Ligue 2 on Friday 16 April 2027, kick-off 00:00 UTC at Stade Francis Le Basser in Laval. Laval are 16th in the table with 9 points from 11, while Saint-Étienne sit 1st on 25 points after 11 matches.

Laval have collected 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats from their last 5 league games; Saint-Étienne have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Laval have scored 1.5 and conceded 1.8 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Saint-Étienne average 1.2 scored and 1.2 conceded across their last 6, with 3 clean sheets.

Head to head, Laval have 1 win to Saint-Étienne's 3 across 6 meetings, with 2 draws. Those games averaged 2.3 goals, 3 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 3. The most recent meeting, on 21 Feb 2026, ended Saint-Étienne 2-1 Laval.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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1Saint-Étienne118122311+1225DWWWL
16Laval112361421-79DLDLW

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Laval 1, draws 2, Saint-Étienne 3.

Team news

Laval expected line-up (4-3-1-2)

Maxime Hautbois, Esteban Mouton, Sidi Bane, Joseph Layousse Samb, William Bianda, Mathys Houdayer, Sam Sanna, Alessio Beaudouin, Abou Kanté, Trévis Dago

Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kévin Pedro, Sohaib Naïr, Julien Le Cardinal, João Ferreira, Augustine Boakye, Jakob Breum, Maxime Bernauer, Áron Csongvai, Thierno Ballo

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