Nimes – St Etienne SOCCER PICKS
Nîmes and Saint-Étienne meet at the Stade des Costières, in a match for the 11 th round of the League 1. There is only a record of 1 recent direct match between these two teams, on 07-01-2018, which ended with the victory of the Saint-Étienne by (2-0). Despite being a match between 15th and 6th of the table, it is actually a match between the 15th classified in home matches and the 12th as a visitor.
Nîmes:
The home team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 10 points won, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Reims, by (0-0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Olympique Lyonnais, by (2-0). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. For the league, Nîmes won 5 points out of 12 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 4 home matches.
For this competition, he does not win 8 games ago. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In 10 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback.
The Nîmes enters this unmotivated day, after a foreign defeat, by 2-0, in the visit to the land of Lyon. The home club usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, favoring a more offensive style of play, attacking through the side runners. The Nîmes is a team that chooses to use a style of possession of the ball, advancing on the ground through short passes, being that usually, mostly, use the central corridor to invest in the offensive process. For this game the home coach should not be able to count on Sourzac and Valdivia, because they are injured.
Saint-Étienne:
The away team is currently in the 6 th position of the league, with 16 points won, after 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Lille, by (3-1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Rennes, by (1-1). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they have won 11 points, against only 5 in their away games. For the league, Saint-Étienne won 5 points out of 15 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 5 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 10 matches in this competition, they have only won 1 result in the 4 matches they have conceded the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 6 away matches for all competitions: they have suffered 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Saint-Étienne enters this match after a draw at home, a ball, at the reception at Rennes. The stranger set can act in a tactical system in 4-4-2, being that it will have to adopt a more defensive posture, with the objective of trying not to suffer the first goal. The responsible for putting the defenses of the rivals in the right direction is the Slovenian Robert Beric, his best quality being the aerial game. The foreign coach should not be able to count on Hamouma, because he is injured.
