St Etienne take on the visitors Amiens at "Stade Geoffroy-Guichard" in the gameweek three of the French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Saturday, August 19th.
St Etienne held to their football style across 10 recent years. The main task for "Les Verts" is to show solid play in defense while they will surely get some moments in offense. With the same motto St Etienne have entered a new season and, as a result, won both starting clashes of the elite division with the same 1:0 scoreline against Nice and Caen. St Etienne are the home team even despite their moderate results in front of their supporters in 2017 as the side simply failed in the second lap of last season's Ligue 1.
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From the very first games in the elite division Amiens have felt the difference between the Ligue 2 and the Ligue 1 even though they finished last season with six-match winning streak. In the opening rounds "Les Licornes" played against previous season's champion and vice-champion - Monaco and Paris SG and predictably lost both clashes with the same 0:2 scoreline.
Last time St Etienne and Amiens met was in 2004. After that head-to-head the hosting side promoted to the Ligue 1 while the visitors have performed in minor divisions for 13 years more. Taking into consideration the start of the season, I believe that the hosts will not concede a goal again and the visiting side will concede less than two goals. The admirers of risky predictions may back 1:0 scoreline.
Prediction for the match: St Etienne to win.
