Pau vs Saint-Étienne prediction and preview
Ligue 2 · Saturday 12 December 2026, 13:00 UTC
Match facts
Pau vs Saint-Étienne
Ligue 2 · Saturday 12 December 2026, 13:00 UTC · Stade Du Hameau Idron 1, Bizanos
Pau vs Saint-Étienne preview
Pau welcome Saint-Étienne at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in Bizanos on Saturday 12 December 2026 (13:00 UTC) in Ligue 2. Pau go into the round 5th, on 20 points from 11 games, while Saint-Étienne are 1st in the table with 25 points from 11.
Recent form: Pau W-W-W-W-W, Saint-Étienne L-W-W-W-D (most recent first). Over their last 6, Pau have scored 2.0 and conceded 1.0 goals per game, with 4 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, Pau have 0 wins to Saint-Étienne's 2 across 2 meetings, with 0 draws. Those games averaged 4.5 goals, 2 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 0. The most recent meeting, on 28 Feb 2026, ended Pau 0-3 Saint-Étienne.
At home this season Pau have 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 6 matches; on the road Saint-Étienne have 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 6.
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Form and table
- PauLast five: W W W W W
- Saint-ÉtienneLast five: D W W W L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 25 | DWWWL |
| 5 | Pau | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 20 | WWWWW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Pau expected line-up (5-3-2)
Brice Maubleu, Gaëtan Paquiez, Axel Bamba, Anthony Briançon, Tom Pouilly, Mathys Tourraine, Akim Abdallah, Cheikh Fall, Jessy Benet, Hacène Benali
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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