Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Brest
Match Time & Date:
01/12/2021
19:00
Prediction: 2-1
St Etienne
High-flying Brest will look to extend their winning run to five games when they take on St Etienne in the Ligue 1 round 16. Les Pirates look unstoppable at the moment, and we are positive that they will adopt yet another attack-minded approach against les Verts. Midfielder Hianga’a M’Bock is out of contention through illness, while all Denys Bain, Sebastien Cibois, and Paul Lasne remain in the recovery room.
St Etienne, on the other hand, produced a fine display in a 3-1 loss to PSG. Claude Puel can’t count on suspended centre-back Kolodziejczak for the midweek clash, while all Arnaud Nordin, Romain Hamouma, Gabriel Silva, and Yvan Neyou are sidelined with injuries. Anyhow, since Brest have been in a splendid form of late, St Etienne are likely to return home empty-handed. In their last meeting in the French top flight Brest emerged triumphant.
Highlighted Player (Steve Mounié):
Steve Mounie is a Beninese footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town as a striker. Mounie is a product of Montpellier youth academy and, as a result, he was given a chance to prove his worth in the blue and orange shirt in Ligue 1 at senior level.
After scoring 14 goals in 37 appearances for la Paillade in the French elite division, the 190-cm-tall attacker moved to Huddersfield Town in 2017, but it has to be noted that he spent the 2015/2016 season at Nimes as a loan player. Steve Mounie signed a four-year deal with the Terriers and he made his competitive debut for the club on August 12, 2017, scoring a brace in a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace.
The attacker who was born in Parakou (Benin) on September 29, 1994 will represent the Benin national team at the 2019 Africa Cup of nations. Mounie scored his first ever goal for the national team in a 2-1 win over South Sudan in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (St Etienne):
Saint Etienne are a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Verts were founded in 1919 by employees of a grocery store chain based in Saint Etienne. Saint Etienne wear green shirts and white shorts when playing at home ground and they play their home matches at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
The stadium was opener on 13 September, 1931 and following the renovation the capacity of the venue increased to 42 000. In 1981 les Verts won their tenth Ligue 1 trophy, but they have been in the shadow of Ligue 1 giants Lyon and PSG in the 21st century.
Speaking of the club’s European success, Saint Etienne made it to the European Cup (Champions League) final in 1976, but Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Anyhow, that is regarded as the club’s biggest success. It has to be noted that the likes of Michel Platini, Jacques Santini, Laurent Blanc and Aime Jacquet all played for Saint Etienne in the past.
