As part of one of the confrontations of the French Football Championship, the main forces of Saint-Etienne and Angers will clash. Will the favorite be able to win in the upcoming confrontation?
"Saint-Etienne"
After the failure in the last season of the French championship, when the "white-green" miraculously did not fly out to Ligue 2, the team came to the new tournament in a new composition. The new team is trying to play Claude Puel. After 10 matches played, Saint-Etienne has only 4 points scored, which allows the hosts to be located only in last place in the standings, with four draws. It is worth noting that the team's defensive play still leaves much to be desired, because during the 10 matches the hosts have already missed the frame 23 times. After a home draw with Lyon (1:1), Saint-Etienne defeated Strasbourg (1:5), showing a terrible level of play in the defensive line.
"Angers"
Angers started its 29th season on a positive note. In the entire history of the performance in the elite division, the team took third place only once. At the same time, she did not achieve more serious achievements. For 10 rounds of the current championship, the players of the guest team were able to achieve 4 victories, and also drew 4 times, scoring 16 points. With this result, Angers is on the 5th line in the standings. After the away parity in the match with Troyes, the black-and-whites were able to beat Metz with a score of 3:2 on their own field, however, in the next meeting they lost with a minimum score to PSG (1:2).
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Disqualifications:
- Yussuf (red card) – Saint-Etienne.
- Injuries:
- Green (concussion), Da Silva (calf injury), Kolodzeychak (hip injury), Macon (calf injury), Sissoko (hip) - all Saint-Etienne. Bamba (knee), Khaled (hip) - both "Angers".
Statistics and figures:
- The opponents have approximately equal chances;
- Saint-Etienne has not won in the last 13 games;
- "Angers" managed to win only once in 5 meetings;
- Saint-Etienne has conceded at least 1 goal in 18 consecutive games;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of Saint-Etienne.
Forecast
I do not believe at all that Saint-Etienne will be able to win this meeting. The team has not won the championship for several months, and therefore, in a duel with a more or less stable Angers, the white-greens have no chance of success.