Saint-Étienne vs Dunkerque prediction and preview
Ligue 2 · Friday 29 January 2027, 00:00 UTC
Match facts
Saint-Étienne vs Dunkerque
Ligue 2 · Friday 29 January 2027, 00:00 UTC · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-etienne
Saint-Étienne vs Dunkerque preview
Saint-Étienne welcome Dunkerque at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-etienne on Friday 29 January 2027 (00:00 UTC) in Ligue 2. Saint-Étienne are 1st in the table with 25 points from 11, while Dunkerque are 12th in the table with 12 points from 11.
Saint-Étienne come into the game with a L-W-W-W-D run in the league (3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5), while Dunkerque's recent sequence reads L-D-W-L-L. Over their last 6, Saint-Étienne have scored 1.2 and conceded 1.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Dunkerque average 1.0 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.
The sides have met 5 times in the records we hold: Saint-Étienne won 2, 0 games were drawn and Dunkerque won 3. Those games averaged 2.0 goals, 2 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2. The most recent meeting, on 12 Sep 2026, ended Dunkerque 2-1 Saint-Étienne.
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Form and table
- Saint-ÉtienneLast five: D W W W L
- DunkerqueLast five: L L W D L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 25 | DWWWL |
| 12 | Dunkerque | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 12 | LLWDL |
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Dunkerque expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Moha Ramos, Opa Sangante, Allan Linguet, Ousmane Touré, Felipe Abner, Egor Prutsev, Théna Massock, Adrien Lebeau, Jordan Morel, Gaëtan Robail
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