Grenoble Foot 38

vs

AS St. Etienne

Preview

Grenoble Foot 38

• Grenoble Foot 38 have failed to win any of their last 5 Ligue 2 games, (4 draws, 1 defeat).
• Franck Rizzetto, a veteran of the French second tier who took over at Grenoble in January 2025, has led them to solid, albeit unspectacular, mid-table mediocrity.
• He has moulded a pragmatic team that sets up in a 5-3-2 or 5-4-1, which ensures the home side are always numerically superior in their own half, prioritises maintaining a defensive shape, discipline in the wing-backs and compactness when they are out of possession.

AS St. Etienne

• AS St. Etienne have won their last 5 league games, including a 3-0 away win over Pau.
• Philippe Montanier took over at St. Etienne in February 2026 and has already instilled a new tactical discipline to the club, a winning mentality and, more recently, a promotion push.
• The visitors come into this game as heavy favorites and are looking to extend their run.

Head-to-Head

• AS St. Etienne have recorded back-to-back away wins and no defeats in their last two away games.
• Grenoble’s home form has been steady, but not spectacular, and they have failed to win their last two games at home to St. Etienne.

Key Players

• Players to watch:
  • While Yadaly Diaby (7 goals in 25 Ligue 2 games) leads the line for the home team and can be a threat on the break, the focus will be on the wide battles.
  • The Georgian striker has 11 Ligue 2 goals in 22 games, three of which have come in St. Etienne’s last five.

Betting Insights

• Grenoble’s approach to every game is to keep the opposition at bay and hope for the odd counterattack to produce a goal.
• They have only conceded 11 goals in 13 home games this term and there is a chance that this will be a chess match in which the team with the greater defensive stability comes out on top.
• We can’t see any value in both teams to score market.
• The odds for this market are 2.05.
• The same can be said for under 2.5 goals at 2.07.

Prediction