St Etienne vs Reims Prediction & Betting Tips (4 January)

Nothing is going well in Saint-Etienne. The last 3 results in Ligue 1 - defeats at Rennes 5-0, Marseille 0-2 and Toulouse 2-1 - convinced the leaders to fire coach Olivier Dall'Oglio. Interim Laurent Huard led the Greens during a new reception of OM, on December 22 in the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, but the Forez club sank 0-4 and left the competition as soon as it entered the game. matter. Since then, Saint-Etienne has hired Norwegian coach Eirik Horneland who will lead his first match on the bench this Saturday. His mission will be to avoid relegation at the end of the season.

For the moment, the promoted is not in the nails, given his positioning as a virtual roadblock. Reims, 10th in Ligue 1, 4 points behind 6th, has a record of 5 wins, 5 draws and as many defeats. The Marne club wasted several rounds at the end of the year by posting a defeat against Lens 0-2 and 3 draws, including 2 in its last outings, then at Strasbourg 0-0 and against Monaco 0-0. Luka Elsner's team, however, was able to move forward again from its debut in the Coupe de France. She defeated the fans of Mutzig Régional 1; 1-3 just before Christmas. 

Saint-Etienne records the return from suspension of Cafaro (1 goal) compared to the last Championship match but loses its central defender Abdelhamid and its center forward Sissoko (3 goals) for the same reason. Sent off in the Coupe de France, Sissoko was suspended for 5 games and will therefore be available again in February. The new coach of the Greens deplores the already known withdrawals of the attackers Old and Wadji (no goals each), the executive full-back Maçon and the midfielder Monconduit who has not yet been able to play this season. On the other hand, several elements have left the infirmary and are applying to return to the group. This is the case of the senior defender Nadé, the Ghanaian offensive player Boakye (no goals in 8 matches), the other backs Cornud and Pétrot and the important midfielder Bouchouari. On the other hand, Luka Elsner must still take into account the absences of midfielder Khadra for several months and of Danish offensive Daramy until the end of the season.

The defenders Abd. Koné (only 2 matches) and Okumu (important) are in doubt. The second city has missed the last 4 Ligue 1 matches due to injury. The attacking trio should once again combine Nakamura (6 goals) with Diakité (4 goals) and Ito (3 goals).