Amiens – St Etienne PREDICTION & TIPS
Amiens and Saint-Étienne play at the Stade de la Licorne in a 24-round Ligue 1 game. In the final match between these teams in this competition on 19-08-2017, Saint Étienne won at home (3-0). Although this is a game between 15th and 14th of the overall ranking, it is actually a game between the 12th place in home games and the 18th as a visitor.
Analysis of Amiens
The home team is currently in 15th place with 25 points earned after 7 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Guingamp by (3-1). In the last match, lost out to the Angers by (1-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 17 points, against only 8 in their games as a visitor. For the championship, Amiens had 17 points out of 30, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 matches at their stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 23 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the 13 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Amiens sees their second consecutive win for the French championship as a match against the poor performance they have played away from home, where they have lost their last four games and have not slammed the net in any of them. In the last round, the team had even more possession than the opponent, but finished only three times, leaving then defeated by Angers away from home. The offensive sector showed once again that it has been the big problem of the team, since it is among the four worst of the competition, having stopped to shake the opposing network in ten matches, the second less ends. Playing at home, the club has won just over 50% of the points it has played so far. For this duel, it is likely that coach Pélissier organize the team in the 4-2-3-1, without major problems to climb the initial eleven.
Analysis of Saint Étienne
After 7 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, the visiting team is in 14th place, having won 26 points. In the last match, they beat Caen at home (2-1), having lost 1-0 in their last match against Nice. This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 7 points as a visitor and 19 in their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 18 goals conceded at home, against 5 goals scored and 20 suffered as a visitor. In the championship, Saint Étienne had 4 points out of 30, after 1 win, 1 draw and 8 defeats in their last 10 away games.
In this competition, he lost his last 6 games as a visitor and did not win any of the last 8 games he played as a visitor. In his games as a visitor there are some more frequent results: at 1-0 intervals (4 in 12 matches) and 0-0 (4 in 12 matches) and at the end of the 90 ‘3-0 (4 in 12 matches). The team allowed their opponents goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 23 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard.
Saint Étienne comes on the pitch for this match trying to repeat outside the same performance that has been before their fans in the French Championship, since coming from two victories as principal, while as visitor comes from six consecutive defeats. In the last round, the team played a balanced game against Caen, but had a good defensive performance, and even having left behind on the scoreboard, got the turn and the three points. However, good defensive performance has not been a constant throughout the competition, so much so that the team has one of the four most defensive defenses. Already their attack also leaves to be wished, being the third that less finalizes. As a visitor, the club owns the third worst campaign, and in that condition scored only five goals. The 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 should be the scheme adopted for this duel, highlighting Cabella in the creation.
Amiens – St Etienne FREE TIPS
Amiens – Win @ 2.25
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
