Pau FC
- Pau FC, who have lost their last two games - going down 4-3 at an in-form Troyes two starts ago, will set up to frustrate Saint-Etienne and then look to hit on the counterattack.
- Thierry Debes’ side are normally set up in a pragmatic 3-4-1-2 or 3-5-2 formation that gets bodies behind the ball and uses the pace of the wing-backs to get forward on the break.
- Pau’s record at home this season in Ligue 2 is four wins, three draws and five losses with an average of 1.42 goals scored and 1.58 goals conceded per game.
AS Saint-Etienne
- AS St. Etienne are the form team with 3 consecutive wins and 3 wins from their last 5 league matches.
- AS St. Etienne sit 2nd in the Ligue 2 standings with 43 points from 24 games, while Pau FC are 11th with 34 points after the same number of games.
- Saint-Etienne have been in good form under Philippe Montanier, who took charge at the beginning of February 2026.
- Montanier’s teams have always pressed well and he has got his current Saint-Etienne team pressing forward with great effect and scoring plenty of goals in recent weeks.
Head-to-Head
Saint-Etienne also have recent dominance over Pau FC with whom they have won the last two meetings and thrashed 6-0 three months ago in Ligue 2.
Key Players
AS St. Etienne’s Georgian talisman Zuriko Davitashvili has 11 goals in 20 Ligue 2 games and has scored 3 of his team’s last 5 goals.
Betting Insights
Les Verts also score and concede at a rate of 1.25 per game when playing away, suggesting this contest will be tight but they can nick it.
Prediction
Montanier’s side are the most likely victors in this contest and that’s why we’re backing the visitors at 2.3 as the value pick in the betting, as opposed to Pau FC at 2.9 .
