Turbulence during away games has been known to ASSE players since the start of the season. Between the failure of Dijon, the more than delicate meetings at QRM and Pau, the Valenciennes equalizer in stoppage time, not a match without having to cling to his seat, without clinging to the hand of his neighbor to try to reassure themselves.
If the Greens manage to reach Brittany on time this Saturday, it is therefore a first meeting without the slightest air hole outside that the players of Laurent Batlles will try to achieve on the side of Guingamp. A duel against one of the teams in Ligue 2 form, potentially leading if they win their late match against Rodez.
Erase individual mistakes
To achieve this, this reference match outside Forez, the Saint-Etienne staff targeted several areas for improvement. To begin with, erase too many and often fatal individual errors (Sow’s slip in Valenciennes, Green’s expulsion in Pau, etc.). Also display more technical mastery, do not let yourself be overwhelmed at the start of the halves.
After 9 days of Ligue 2, ASSE is one of the last four teams not to have won a single away game yet (with QRM, Grenoble and Nîmes). Without going so far as to speak of victory, achieving a full match at Guingamp and continuing the series of invincibility (four games) would be the sign of a Saint-Etienne team which is getting closer to the real thing. A defeat, on the other hand, and the Greens would most likely spend the international break in the shoes of a relegation player.
Guingamp – ASSE, 9th day of Ligue 2, a match to live in full this Saturday (if all goes well) from 2:30 p.m. (if all goes well) on France Bleu Saint-Etienne Loire, with our partners from Evect.