St Etienne Push for the Champions League!

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There are just three weeks remaining in the French Ligue 1 and although the title has long been decided, there is a great race for the final Champions League qualifying place.

Two of the teams in contention meet on Friday night as St Etienne host Montpellier at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

St Etienne begin this round of fixtures in fourth place, 1 point behind Lyon who currently occupy the final Champions League position. Montpellier are in fifth place, 7 points adrift of St Etienne but can close the gap to 4 points with a win.

This is a must-win game for both teams in their pursuit of a top three place this season. St Etienne are in good form and with home advantage plus Montpellier’s poor away form, it should be the home side who come out on top.

 

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St Etienne

Montpellier

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard will host Friday’s football game between Saint-Etienne and Montpellier. Saint-Etienne aim to extend their winning run in the Ligue 1 to five games and we predict that they are going to stick to their attacking style of play against Montpellier. Les Verts aim to secure a top-four finish, but that is easier said than done.
The hosts have been scoring goals for fun of late, but the game against Montpellier will be anything but a walk in the park for Wahbi Khazri and Co. La Paillade, on the other hand, recorded three wins in previous four league fixtures and seeing that the visitors are eyeing a place in European competitions, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. It has to be noted, though, that under 2.5 goals have been netted in each of their last three meetings in the French top flight.