Our football match prediction:
Olympique Strasbourg
Match Time & Date:
05/01/2019
12:00 GMT
Prediction: 0-4
St Etienne
Saint-Etienne are travelling to Strasbourg to play the non-league Olympique Strasbourg team who have reached this round by beating the National 2 team Epinal. The Ligue 1 side are clear favourites to win here by a solid goal difference. Olympique Strasbourg have beaten Reipertswiller in their first Coupe de France match of 2018. They won 4:1. For their second win, a single goal was enough. They will be hoping not to be embarrassed against St Etienne. The Ligue 1 side are in fifth place in the standings, level on points with 4th places Montpellier. They have lost twice in the last five matches, to Bordeaux in Round 16 and to Nimes in the League Cup, after a penalty shootout. In the last ten games, they only have the three losses, together with three draws and four wins, including the one against Dijon in the last round. A four plus result for the visitors looks likely.
Highlighted Player (Wahbi Khazri):
After spending his youth career at JS Ajaccio and Bastia, Wahbi Khazri continued playing for les Bleus at senior level. The attacking midfielder, who is capable of playing as a winger as well, netted 31 goals in 171 league games for Bastia and in 2014 he moved to fellow Ligue 1 team Bordeaux. Khazri was producing fine performances with les Girondins from 2014 to 2016 and, as a result, Sunderland chiefs decided to sign him on 30 January, 2016. The Tunisian international, who was born on 8 February, 1991 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France made one appearances for the France U21 team, but he decided to represent Tunisia senior team on the international stage. Khazri played for Tunisia at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but the Eagles of Carthage failed to make it to the knockout stages of the tournament. It has to be noted that the Tunisian international scored two goals in 14 appearances for Sunderland in the 2015/2016 Premier League campaign and he certainly helped the Black Cats secure yet another top flight survival.
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 Geofrroy-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.
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