Lyon receives Saint-Etienne on Sunday evening (9pm), on behalf of the 10th day of Ligue 1. Here is all you need to know about this derby.
After the derby between Nice and Monaco a few hours earlier, Lyon and Saint-Etienne face off in another derby, the hottest in France. With opposing dynamics: OL have been undefeated for six meetings after having notably stood up to Lille on the numerical advantage, while ASSE is still falling apart, with five losses in a row. The Gones can get closer to the podium while the Greens could sink a little more towards the red zone. This game of extremes promises to be hot.
Stats to know (with Opta):
Lyon has lost only one of its last 6 derbies in Ligue 1 against St Etienne (4 wins, 1 draw), it was October 6, 2019 on the occasion of Claude Puel’s first match at the head of the Greens (1-0 at Geoffroy-Guichard).
Lyon have been undefeated for 6 home matches against St Etienne in Ligue 1 (4 wins, 2 draws) and could chain a third victory in their stadium against their Saint Etienne rival for the first time since December 2000-August 2007 (5).
Lyon have scored at least one goal in their last 9 St Etienne receptions in Ligue 1 (15 goals in all over the period), their best streak against this top-flight opponent.
Lyon are undefeated in their last 6 matches in Ligue 1 (2 wins, 4 draws), their best series under Rudi Garcia and their best series since April-May 2019 (also 6).
St Etienne have lost their last 5 Ligue 1 matches, their longest running streak and their longest in the top flight since October-November 2008 (7). ASSE are the team that have lost the most games in L1 in 2020 (11).
Lyon are undefeated in their last 8 home matches (4 wins, 4 draws), the longest running streak alongside Bordeaux and Monaco.
St Etienne have won just one of their last 11 Ligue 1 trips (1 draw, 9 losses), to Marseille on September 17 (2-0).
Lyon have scored 5 penalty goals in Ligue 1 2020/21, no team have scored more after 9 league matches in the last 70 seasons.
Lyon and St Etienne are 2 of the 3 teams (along with Nîmes) to have yet to score a header in Ligue 1 2020/21. Lyon are however the team which tries the most crosses in the game in the elite this season (177, St Etienne 12th with 107). Moreover, Lyon are the only team not to have conceded a header in L1 2020/21 yet.
Karl Toko Ekambi is the author of 4 of the last 6 goals scored by Lyon players in Ligue 1. St Etienne is nevertheless the team against which he played the most matches without ever scoring in L1 (4, with Metz and Nantes).
Scorer and decisive passer at least once in each of his 11 top seasons, Romain Hamouma (St Etienne) is the only player to have scored at least one goal and delivered at least one assist in each of the last 11 seasons in Ligue 1.