Do not break his unbeaten streak, nor the hearts of his supporters. This is the mission of the US Orléans for this 21st day de National played on Valentine’s Day. The Loiretains, 10th, welcome at the stadium of the Source, the Red Star, 14th, which has only three points ahead of the relegation zone. After their draw in Chambly (2-2), Xavier Collin’s men want regain victory to draw a near-definitive line on the struggle for maintenance and focus more on a mad climb to the top of the rankings.
“It’s a very complicated championship, you have to be consistent, you can see that everyone can beat everyone. We are on a good dynamic, we want to maintain it, it is up to us to put the necessary ingredients. We don’t look at what the others are doing, but it is sure that a victory against Red Star would make it possible to look definitively upwards“, confirms the Orleans coach.
Which Red Star against the USO?
For their part, Habib Beye’s players continue to blow hot and cold in the league. In 2022, they count two losses (facing Laval and Chambly), a draw opposite Stade Briochin and a victory in Boulogne-sur-Mer. “The Red Star is a very successful team on the outside, which has great attacking potential: Ba has scored 11 goals, Durant 8. There is quality but not always efficiency, we will have to be careful . We have to find the right balance between our desire to attack, to put intensity and rhythm but also to defend well.“, details Xavier Collin.
In the first leg, US Orléans lost 1-0 at the Bauer stadium against Red Star, on a goal by Cheick Ndoye.
The Orleans group
Xavier Collin has called up 18 players for this meeting against the Parisians. First appearance in the group of winter transfer window rookie Mohamed Cissé. The Orleans coach must always do without Timothé Nkada, injured, nor the young Théo Ahiléalso physically affected.
But it is especially defensively that questions arose on the eve of the match. Djessine Seba is suspended and Cédric Yambéré only in the recovery phase after his injury suffered before the victory against Sedan. Are we still moving towards a 3-5-2 defensive system? If so, a midfielder could be aligned alongside Stone Mambo and Nicolas Saint-Ruf, namely Ismaël Keita or Loïc Goujon, who have already helped out in this position.
USO-Red Star to live on France Bleu Orléans
US Orléans-Red Star is live and in full at 6:30 p.m. this Monday at the Stade de la Source on France Bleu Orléans and France Bleu.fr, with the pre-match and the predictions competition from 6:10 p.m.