St Etienne take on the visitors Brest in the round 32 match of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Saturday, April 16th at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (Saint-Étienne).
Interesting things happen sometimes in French football. In the last round, Saint-Etienne, allegedly continuing to fight for survival, received six goals from Lorient and at the end of the match did not resist at all. Not only did the shame happen, but the “greens” let go ahead of one of the main competitors. After all, the hosts have such serious rivals ahead that it will be almost impossible to get a couple of victories. Perhaps it will be possible to get draws, but no more. And this is after a good stretch in February. And now - only one victory in seven rounds, over Metz. And we don’t really believe in the success of Saint-Etienne in a home match. In addition, earlier the hosts conceded four goals from Marseille.
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Brest are quite nice team. It seems that they don’t claim to be in European cups next season and will not fight for survival, but the latest results should please fans. They beat Montpellier, Lance, turned out to be stronger than the national champion. The visitors know how to tune in to fights with serious opponents. Ter-Zakarian's team looks good in the last rounds in away matches too. The new coach brought his own vision and, compared to last season, Brest looks much better. Yes, he seems to have no special tournament motivation, but this does not mean that nothing is needed in the duel with Saint-Etienne.
The hosts have a weak defense. It concedes almost one and a half times more than Brest. It is difficult to give advantage to Saint-Etienne, despite the away field factor, where Brest only three wins in this season. And head-to-head confrontations are not in favor of the “greens” – they have not been able to beat the “pirates” in any of the last five fights. Bookmakers give preference to the hosts only because Saint-Etienne is fighting for survival and he needs more points. A dubious prospect of winning the game against strong Brest. x2.
Prediction for the match: Brest to win with +0.5 handicap.
