Wednesday evening, Saint-Etienne receives the PSG for a meeting of the 18th day of Ligue 1. Saint-Etienne must take points in order to take the lead on the red zone while the PSG aim for the head of the standings.
Saint-Etienne vs PSG Soccer Betting Tips – Ligue 1
Like the difficulties encountered last year by the club, Saint-Etienne is in the second part of the table after a rather catastrophic first part of the season. Despite several good games during the first weeks of competition, the Greens sank and went on a long series of 11 days without achieving any success. Finally, Claude Puel’s men regained some colour by winning against Bordeaux (1-2). Subsequently, they were held in check by Nîmes (2-2) then by Monaco having played almost the entire match 11 against 10 (2-2) and still find themselves stuck in 14th place in the standings.
PSG, for their part, are behind their usual split times. Used to monopolizing 1st place and killing all suspense in Ligue 1 from the 1st half of the season, the capital club finds itself in 3rd position in the standings just behind Lyon and Lille. Not always very convincing in the game, the Parisians were beaten by Lyon (0-1) before dominating Lorient (2-0) and conceding new points to Lille (0-0). The victory obtained against Strasbourg (4-0) in the last match before Christmas was not enough to convince the leaders to keep Thomas Tuchel in his post which was dismissed during the truce. It is a former member of the house, Mauricio Pochettino, who took place on the bench and who will coach for his first match on Wednesday.
The staff for Saint-Etienne vs PSG
Undesirable for months, Stéphane Ruffier was finally dismissed by the club on Monday. In addition to that, the striker Khazri and the important Mason are in the infirmary and the midfielders Neyou Noupa and Camara are suspended for this poster. Injured for several months, the Greek defensive rookie Retsos is back in the group and should integrate a defence at 5.
For his first on the Parisian bench, Mauricio Pochettino will be deprived of several executives such as defender Kimpembe, star Neymar, full-backs Florenzi, Kurzawa and Bernat, as well as midfielders Rafinha, Paredes and Danilo. To this, we add that centre forward Icardi is still not back after several months without playing. On the other hand, Sarabia and Diallo are present after being injured at the end of 2020. Up front, despite his difficulties, Mbappé remains the top scorer in Ligue 1 with 12 goals.
The probable compositions for Saint-Etienne vs PSG:
Saint-Etienne: Moulin – Debuchy, Moukoudi, Kolodziejsczak, Retsos, Trauco – Gourna Douath, Youssouf – Monnet Paquet, Boudebouz, Aouchiche – Bouanga.
PSG: Navas – Dagba, Marquinhos, Kehrer, Bekker – Gueye, Verratti, Herrera – Di Maria, Kean, Mbappé
The key points for the match Saint-Etienne vs PSG
This meeting will be played behind closed doors.
Saint-Etienne is one of the favourite victims of PSG in recent seasons (16 Parisian victories and 2 draws since 2014).
Saint-Etienne vs PSG Soccer Betting Tips
The change of coach at PSG could cause an electric shock in the heads of the Parisians who could win quite easily against the Greens deprived of their two usual defensive midfielders. PSG victory
Betting Tips: PSG wins by 2 goals or more
Odds: 1.88
