Saint-Étienne vs Rodez — match summary
France · Ligue 2 · kick-off 11 Oct 2026 01:00
Full time · score 2-0
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Saint-Étienne 62 · Rodez 34
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Saint-Étienne 44 · Rodez 41
Shots on target 4-4 · corners 1-6 · possession 62-38
NextGOAL tip: Saint-Étienne -1.25 · 2 stars
Saint-Étienne host Rodez in Ligue 2, with the home side top of the table on 16 points from 7 matches, while the visitors sit 14th with 7 points. The home side need three points to keep their place at the top, while the visitors need points to pull away from the lower zone. Saint-Étienne come in off a win in their last match and have scored 19 goals from 7 matches this season, while Rodez also come in off a win, but have conceded 16 goals from 7 matches all season, so the defence is the area to watch. According to the expected line-ups, Saint-Étienne are likely to line up 4-4-2 with Irvin Cardona and Jakob Breum as the strike pair, while Rodez are likely to set up 5-3-2 with Nachon Nsingi as the lone striker. The game is likely to see the home side dominate possession and push high to press from the start. If Saint-Étienne score early, Rodez, with their five-man defence, will be forced to open up more, and that is the moment when the home side should find the second and third openings. The thing to watch is whether the home side can get the second goal before that, because that will be the indicator of whether the game ends the way the home side want.