Saint-Etienne take on the visitors Montpellier in the round 2 match of French Ligue 1. The match takes place at Joffrey-Richard Stadium on Sunday, August 21st.
Saint-Etienne had disappointing start of the new season in Ligue 1, losing away clash to Bordeaux, 2-3. However, the team’s main priority is to gain the place in Europa League group stage. The team is close to reaching their objectives as they won their away leg this Thursday at Beitar, 2-1, making huge step towards to the group stage.
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Montpellier finished only 12th in the league last season and had to prepare for the new season in France only. The first round match of season 2016/17 ended with win over Angers in quite even match. Despite quite low place at the end of last season, Montpellier played quite well on the road in 2016, taking four wins, three draws and only one defeat in last eight away games.
Montpellier is one of the most convenient opponents for Saint Etienne. Today’s hosts won seven head-to-heads in a row and unbeaten in matches with Montpellier since 2012. Considering excellent results of Saint-Etienne in matches with the Paladins, we can expect the hosts to prevail in the match and be closer to a victory.
Prediction for the match: Saint-Etienne to win with +0.0 Asian handicap.
