Saint-Etienne and Lille will meet on Sunday, September 25, in the seventh round of Ligue 1. The match will take place on the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard since 16:00.
AS Saint-Etienne (10th)
The team coached by Christophe Galtier has had a solid start to the season, the eight official matches unbeaten in all competitions (Ligue 1 and the Europa League). However, one can not say that “greens” were very much impressed with the results being equal that characterizes the team in Loire (five draws and three wins).
Football fans have not had much play in the last six games they have been involved from the Saint-Etienne, all these disputes ending below the “2.5 goals”. But ultimately, the Galtier does not care very much the aesthetics, but the result and can boast that his students did not receive goal in four of the last six games. Moreover, they have shown and the very inspiration last month, managed to win a point on the final both in displacement Parc des Princes against PSG champions (1-1) and in the Mainz in Europa League (1-1), culminating with victory in the last phase of the game in dealing with the field propiu Bastia.
Efficiency was the watchword and bizarre match the previous stage, when Saint-Etienne earned a draw (0-0) on the field of Nantes, despite the fact that he was forced by circumstances to make two changes since the first ten minutes , critical situation to which was added the red card received by Malcuit still 16 minutes (error that resulted after the last changes available since the first half of the first inning). It is the second time this season when “STEPHANOIS” are forced to play outnumbered and “snatch” a goalless draw, previous similar accident happening in the second leg against Beitar play-off Europa League.
So Beric & co. became a highly uncomfortable, with the main objective outside defense, which manages more matches enrolled exactly when needed.
Saint-Etienne will play in the middle of next week at home, against those of Anderlecht, in the second stage of the Europa League.
Lille OSC (No. 18)
Frederic Antonetti team coached by the situation became desperate. Accounting for just one victory, one draw and four defeats, Lille are further developments shown last season, when he managed to finish in fifth place, two points above the opponent in this round. Moreover, the band from northern France missed and access in the Europa League, being eliminated by Azeris in Gabala in qualifying.
Despite very poor results, it is not negligible that the OSC failed to score in five of the six stages that were leaked, showing pretty good on the offensive phase. The big issues are on the defensive, Enyeama & co. an average of 1.62 goals conceded in all official parties in the new season.
For Antonetti and his things are as simple as it is tangled, the only option was interrupting negative series and the return to form of a few months ago.
direct meetings
Saint-Etienne match with could drop in a very good moment for Lille last season as both disputes were won by “dogs” (1-0 both at home, and away).
Overall, there is a balance between the two confrontations pronounced in recent seasons: four victories Lille, Saint-Etienne three wins and three draws. It also stands low number of goals, only two of the aforementioned parties marking the “over 2.5 goals”.
probable
If and performance figures so far are in favor of the hosts, numerous outages occurred after the last round duel could give big beats head against an opponent with a knife found in bone. Loic Perrin, Pierre-Yves Polom, Florentin Pogba, Fabien Lemoine, Henri Saivet, M’Bengue are injured and will not evolve, while Kevin Malcuit is obliged to atone stage suspension after a red card earned in Nantes. Furthermore, Kevin Theophile-Catherine is still uncertain because of physical problems.
The guests were almost all valid group, the exception being Mounir Obbadi who is injured.
Saint-Etienne: Ruffier – Gabriel, Dabo, Lacroix Theophile-Catherine – Pajot, Selnaes, Veretout – Hamouma, Beric, Monnet-Paquet
Lille Enyeama – Corchez, Civelli, Basa, Palmieri – Amalfitano, Amadou, Sankhare – Lopes Eder, Bautheac
