Niort take on the visitors St. Etienne in the round 19 match of French Ligue 2. The match will be played on Monday, January 16th at Stade René Gaillard (Niort).
Niort are not showing much even at the level of the 2nd division of the country. "Suede" in their entire history (and in 2025 they will celebrate their 100th anniversary) only spent 1 season in the "elite" division, in Ligue 1 - and that was in the late 80s of the last century. After that, there was a deep decline, but still managed to gain a foothold at least in the 2nd division of the country. Last season was a modest but safe 13th place. Now Charles Kabore’s team (who has been playing here since 2022) started very poorly, but towards the end of autumn he began to add more and more noticeably. Away 1-1 with Rodez extended the unbeaten streak, including the cup, to 6 matches in a row.
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Saint-Etienne may be completely deadlocked. The Greens won 10 gold medals in the national championship, won cups more than once and, in 1976, reached the final of the European Champions Cup. Yes, these are long-standing successes, but a couple of years ago there was a 4th place in Ligue 1 and reaching another cup final. But then things got worse, and last season the Stefanois fell to relegation from 18th place. It seemed that this would be a kind of "purgatory", from which the team would only come out stronger. That's only if Saint-Etienne will change his "registration", then because of a new decrease. Very few victories, and, accordingly, points. But in the last round, we finally won against Laval, however, only 1-0.
Saint-Étienne had 3 wins in a row in head-to-heads. True, they happened on 2003-2004 - it is hardly worth considering this seriously. Niort may well at least extend their unbeaten streak. Let's pick that they don't lose.
Prediction for the match: Niort not to lose (1X).
