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Even though this this first match of the 32nd Ligue 1 will be played between two multiple French champions, St. Etienne is welcoming it from the ninth position on the table, but also with 41 points backlog for the third Monaco. In addition, the Parisians and their teammates had a series of 11 wins and only one draw, while they are particularly convincing in their last two appearances, in which they achieved eight and did not score any goals

St. Etienne

All this tells us only that the home team will have an extremely difficult task on Friday night, especially since the guests from Paris have no mercy towards anyone, so they are welcoming this match after a series of nine consecutive wins in Ligue 1. But on the other hand, football players of St.Etienne have considerably improved their form in the last two months, and in that period they have made five wins and four draws, which again led them to struggle for placement in Europe.

Namely, even though they are at the moment only at the ninth place on the table, they are just three points away from fifth Montpellier, while at the same time the teams are in the relegation zone and they already have a big difference. Of course for this revival of St. Etienne, the biggest merit belong to the coach Gassett, who took over them at the end of last year, while they did a very good job in the winter transition period, bringing Debuchy, Subotic and M'Vile. We should also add that  defender M'Bengue is still injured.

Probable lineups AS Saint-Etienne: Ruffier – Debuchy, Perrin, Subotić, Silva – M'Vila, Selnaes – Bamba, Cabella, Monnet-Paquet – Hamouma

Paris Saint-Germain

What more can we say about the team of PSG and their dominance this year in France than it is just a matter of time when another trophy will come, because they have a big point of advantage over all their companions at this time. Otherwise, they won the first trophy just over the weekend, when they in the big finals of the League Cup with convincing 3-0 overcame the current champion Monaco, while they are on the right track to do the same in the National Cup, as they have already reached the semi-finals.

However, this season they were defeated in the Champions League, where they were eliminated from Real Madrid in the round of sixteen, so all of these trophies in domestic competitions would probably not be enough to keep the Spanish coach Emery on the bench. Apart from that, there are rumours about departure of the first star of this team, Neymar, who has been injured for some time due to injury, so that his absence is abundantly used by other players who want to prove themselves before the start of the new season.

Probable lineups Paris Saint-Germain: Areola – Meunier, Marquinhos, Silva, Kurzawa – Rabiot, Diarra, Verratti – Mbappe, Cavani, di Maria

Verdict:

Even though the guests from Paris do not have the mercy for their rivals in France, we also have to know that St. Etienne has recently improved its form considerably and therefore we feel that they should not experience a debacle in this championship match.

Pick:  Asian Handicap +1.5 St. Etienne 1.91 - 91/100 @1XBet