Bordeaux v Saint-Étienne Match Preview, 2022/04/20

Match Facts

1. Bordeaux and St Etienne will face each other for the 120th time in Ligue 1, the most played fixture in the competition. Les Girondins lead the head-to-head record with 44 wins to 43 against Les Verts (D32).
2. Bordeaux have lost their last two home games against St Etienne in Ligue 1, as many as in their previous 16 (W11 D3).
3. Bordeaux have picked up 26 points after 32 games in Ligue 1 2021/22. They have only done worse at this stage in 1959/60 (21, considering three points for a win), when they were promoted and eventually finished at the bottom of the table).
4. Bordeaux have won two of their last five home games in Ligue 1 (D1 L2), more than their first 11 this season (D4 L6).
5. Only Lorient (11) have picked up fewer points away from home than St Etienne in Ligue 1 2021/22 (12 – W3 D3 L9).
6. Bordeaux have conceded 77 goals after 32 games in Ligue 1 2021/22, the highest tally at this stage since Red Star in 1965/66 (82).
7. St Etienne have scored 46% of their goals from set pieces in Ligue 1 this season (16/35), the highest percentage in the top-flight.
8. Gaëtan Poussin has saved just 52% of the shots on target he’s faced in Ligue 1 in 2022, the worst percentage for a goalkeeper who has made at least five appearances during this period. However, his teammate at Bordeaux Benoit Costil has done even worse this year (47% in 3 games played).
9. Denis Bouanga has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last three games in Ligue 1 (2 goals, 2 assists) and could equal his best such run in the top-flight set between October and November 2019 (4). He has been involved in eight of St Etienne's last 11 Ligue 1 goals (4 goals, 4 assists).
10. St Etienne averaged 1.29 points per game in Ligue 1 under Pascal Dupraz (18 points in 14 games), compared to just 0.67 under Claude Puel and then Julien Sablé this season (12 in 18 games).