Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
St Etienne
Match Time & Date:
22/12/2021
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
Nantes
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard will host Wednesday’s Ligue 1 game between St Etienne and Nantes. Les Verts quickly bounced back from the Ligue 1 loss to Reims, with the team beating Lyon – La Duchere in the Coupe de France at the weekend. St Etienne are eager to escape the relegation zone in the Ligue 1 standings, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against les Canaris. Midfielder Denis Bouanga serves a one-game ban, while all Etienne Green, Harold Moukoudi, and Romain Hamouma should miss out with injuries.
Nantes, on the other hand, are eyeing their third consecutive league win as they defeated both Lorient and Lens before the Coupe de France triumph over Sochaux. St Etienne, though, want this win more than Nantes, and we predict that the relegation-threatened hosts are going to pick up vital three points from the match. Midfielder Ludovic Blas is banned for the visitors.
Highlighted Player (Ryad Boudebouz):
Despite being born in Colmar, France on February 19, 1990 Ryad Boudebouz represents Algeria on the international stage. The Montpellier midfielder played for both France U17 and France U19 teams in the past, but he made his senior debut with Algeria on May 28, 2010 in a friendly against Republic of Ireland.
Speaking of his club career, Boudebouz played for Colmar and Sochaux at youth level and he continued playing for Sochaux first team. After scoring 24 goals in 164 appearances in the league for the club, he moved to Bastia in 2013 and he played 66 games for les Bleus.
Ryad Boudebouz played for the Corsican side from 2013 to 2015 and he signed a four-year deal with Montpellier and you should know that he netted 11 goals in 33 appearances for la Paillade in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign. His main position is attacking midfield, but he is capable of playing at both left and right winger as well.
Highlighted Team (Nantes):
Founded on April 21, 1943 Nantes is a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Canaris are considered one of the most famous French clubs and they had a lot of success during the sixties and the seventies. Nantes won their first Ligue 1 title in the 1964/1965 season and 36 years later (2000/2001) they clinched their eighth (last) domestic trophy.
Speaking of the club’s European success, les Canaris did well to make it to the Champions League semis in 1996, but Italian giants Juventus proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Nantes welcome their rivals at La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau and the capacity of the stadium is 38.004.
The likes of Vahid Halilhodzic, Adel Selimi, Michel Der Zakarian, Viorel Moldovan, Mario Yepes, Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, Claude Makelele, Christian Karembeu and Dimitri Payet are the notable footballers who played for the club in the past. Nantes are well known for their yellow jerseys and that is the reason why they are nicknamed the Canaries (les Canaris).
