With the reception of Lorient this Sunday, the club of Saint Etienne can really launch into the race to Europe. If they want to win a European ticket at the end of the season, the Greens must not lose points in front of the red lantern.
Beaten to go, 2 goals to 1, Saint Etienne will have to heart to take his revenge, especially that in the Forez, the Stephanois remain on 3 victories before the Hake.
St. Etienne
To remain in the race to Europe, Saint Etienne must be irreproachable at home. The men of Christophe Galtier must be as efficient and motivated as in the derby before Lyon and this 2-0 victory.
Only OGC Nice has won in the Cauldron and since the beginning of the season, some formations struggling for their support have lost to Geoffroy Guichard, Montpellier (3-1), Bastia (1-0) or The SCO Angers (2-1).
Having just stumbled in Nice (0-1), last Wednesday, Saint Etienne must therefore leave the front in its enclosure. The Greens will still be deprived of M’Bengue, Beric, Tannane and Ruffier, but FC Lorient will also have some absentees, Ciani and Barthelmé. Attention, Lautoa and Moukandjo could be back, which is good news for Bernard Casoni.
Lorient
Since the arrival of Bernard Casoni, we are constantly repeating that FC Lorient is progressing, but the Merlus struggle to get out of the red zone. Jeremie Aliadière’s partners (1 goal) remain on two good performances, a victory in Lille (1-0) and a draw at home before Toulouse (1-1).
Except for this success in Lille, FC Lorient has been too rare (7 points since the beginning of the season), but attention, Saint Etienne also conceded a few draws on his lands in front of teams at the bottom of the table Such as Dijon (1-1) and AS Nancy Lorraine (0-0).
Saint Etienne is only the 12th attack of the Ligue 1, so why not bet on a parity score. FC Lorient can open the scoring and surprise the Greens in the first half.
Prediction: St Etienne win
Odds: 1.90
