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Saint-Etienne vs Angers Preview: Team News & Prediction

by Alex Lawes · February 21 2025, 15:23
Saint-Etienne vs Angers Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Saint-Etienne, following their promotion to the top-flight last season, sit third-from-bottom in the relegation playoff place ahead of this weekend’s clash with mid-table Angers.

Kick-off date/time: Saturday 22nd February, 2025: UK – 6:00pm / US ET – 1:00pm / US PT – 10:00am

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – beIN Sports

How to watch online: UK – Ligue 1 pass / US – beIN Sports

Saint-Etienne Team News: A few issues

New Zealand international attacking midfielder Ben Old has been sidelined due to an ACL injury throughout the campaign and he remains unavailable alongside defender Dennis Appiah with ASSE having a few other long-term doubts, too.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Larsonneur; Petrot, Batubinsika, Nade, Cornud; Bouchouari, Ekwah, Tardieu; Boakye, Stassin, Davitashvili

Unavailable: Appiah (Injured), Old (Injured)

Questionable: Macon (Injured), Moueffek (Injured), Wadji (Injured)

Angers Team News: Aholou suspension

Angers midfielder Jean-Eudes Aholou is missing through suspension for this weekend’s trip to Stade Geoffrey-Guichard. They are also without defender Cedric Hountondji, whilst Haiti international Carlens Arcus is a doubt.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Fofana; Raolisoa, Bamba, Lefort, Hanin; El Melali, Belkelba; Ferhat, Belkhdim, Allevinah; Lepaul

Unavailable: Hountondji (Injured), Aholou (Suspended)

Questionable: Arcus (Injured), Biumla (Injured), Dieng (Injured), Allevinah (Injured)

Saint-Etienne vs Angers Prediction

Saint-Etienne have been competitive at times this season, despite deeming it necessary to swap managers from Olivier Dall’Oglio to Eirik Horneland over the winter break. They were thrashed 5-1 by Olympique de Marseille at Stade Velodrome last weekend, though. They now face an Angers side that have a Coupe de France quarter-final to prepare for in midweek against a Stade de Reims side that they defeated by a goal to nil last weekend. These are two sides that gained promotion to the top-flight last season with a defensive and reactive gameplan and they have combined to score just 43 goals so far this season with a low-scoring affair seeming almost inevitable for this one.

Saint-Etienne vs Angers Tip: Under 2.5 goals

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