Dijon vs Saint Etienne — Tips & Analysis

Saint Etienne -0.5: The gap in class here is real. Saint Etienne have won all three of their league games, scoring ten goals and letting in one. That run reads 3-0 at Sochaux, 3-1 against Clermont and 4-0 against Grenoble, and it has them top of the table. Dijon have just come up and sit 17th with two points and two goals from three games. Dijon are not a soft touch at home though. Every one of their league games so far has finished with two goals or fewer. They have let in only a goal a game across their last 14. That record was built mostly a division below, so it flatters them a little. Saint Etienne let in under a goal a game across their last 15, and they won by 2 or more goals in 6 of them. Put a calm, controlled away side against a stubborn home one and you get a low-scoring night decided by one moment of quality. A narrow away win is the read, with 0-1 the likeliest score. The worry is that Saint Etienne have not travelled well over a longer run, winning only 1 of 6 away games in the sample. They are also without Florian Tardieu, Everson Jr and Enzo Tchato. We still think the better team has too much here.