On the 20th of February, in this week 25 match, Saint-Étienne hosts Strasbourg at Stade Geoffroy-guichard in a Ligue 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 18th placed Saint-Étienne is fresh off their 2-1 win against Clermont. Hountondji scored the first goal for Clermont in the 39th minute, then Mahdi Camara got the equalizer for Saint-Étienne in the 71st minute on a feed from Sada Thioub Finally they completed the comback victory in the 82nd minute on a goal by Timothée Kolodziejczak to cap off a wild match. Saint-Étienne looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Strasbourg is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Angers SCO. Kévin Gameiro struck first for Strasbourg in the 11th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Angers SCO was frustrated by Strasbourg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Strasbourg ended the match with the shutout victory. Strasbourg looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
Saint-Étienne and Strasbourg last played eachother at the Stade De La Meinau on Sunday Oct 17th. Strasbourg was victorious by a score of 5 to 1. Maxime Le Marchand struck first for Strasbourg in the 26th minute, then Zaydou Youssouf added another on an own goal in the 38th minute.
Strasbourg is glad to have Kévin Gameiro in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Saint-Étienne is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Batista Mendy and Wahbi Khazri each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Pascal Dupraz’s Saint-Étienne squad will be without Enzo Crivelli, Gabriel Silva, Miguel Trauco and Mahdi Camara, while Julien Stéphan’s Strasbourg squad will be without Maxime Le Marchand.