Ligue 1 - Saint Etienne v Sochaux
ST. ETIENNE vs SOCHAUX
In the history, home team St. Etienne hosted Sochaux 48 times. In these matches they beat Sochaux 30 times, drew 9 times and lost 9 times. Managed to score 83 goals and conceded 41 goals. I believe home team has the best crowd in French leagues. St. Etienne’s performance at home matches in the last years are above the successes of any club in Europe. They conceded 4 goals at home last season in 19 matches. And they managed 43 points in all of those games. Sauget (Nancy), Matsui (Le Mans), Grax (Sochaux) are joined to the team and the strength of St. Etienne got better. It is bad they lost Guarin to Porto. But they saved majority of the team by not selling them. Sall will not be in the squad due to his penalty. St. Etienne lost last week against Valenciennes 1-0 by Danic’s penalty goal in 27th minute but I could see St. Etienne was the better team.
Sochaux transferred Faty, Mezague and Alvaro Santos but they lost N’Daw, Grax and Brechet. Gavanon, Daf the defender, and new transfer Alvaro are not playing. Afolabi is doubtful. Sochaux has a serious challenge as these players are necessary for them. Last week in opening game at home against Grenoble they were not very good in the first half but showed a great play in second half and managed to lead the game with the goal of Mevlut the young Turkish striker but dramatically they conceded 2 goals in the last minutes and shocked their fans. I believe placing stakes on home team is one of the best bet on today’s matches. Good luck.
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