Saint-Etienne vs Brest Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Saint-Etienne begin the 20th match day of the campaign sitting in the bottom two and the automatic relegation places as they take on European chasing Stade Brest this weekend.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 13th April, 2025: UK – 2:00pm / US ET – 9:00am / US PT – 6:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – beIN Sports
How to watch online: UK – Ligue 1 pass / US – beIN Sports
Saint-Etienne Preview: Struggling ASSE
Saint-Etienne sacked Olivier Dall’Oglio in early January to appoint Eirik Horneland but it hasn’t quite been a game-changer for ASSE as they remain in the bottom two and they suffered their 17th defeat of the campaign last weekend.
The hosts went away to face Will Still’s Lens at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the north of France last weekend and suffered a 1-0 defeat due to a 75th minute winner scored by Lens’ second-half substitute Goduine Koyalipou.
Brest Preview: Brest pushing for Europe
Former Sunderland coach Eric Roy appears to be able to get Stade Brest to once again punch above their weight as they chase an unlikely top seven finish and potential European qualification from Ligue 1 after last season’s shock third place finish.
The visitors’ most recent outing saw them defeat Monaco by two goals to one at Stade Francis-Le Ble last weekend, courtesy of a 94th minute winner scored by Mahdi Camara. That means they have now collected ten points from their last four matches in Ligue 1.
Saint-Etienne Team News: Fully fit
Saint-Etienne come into this one with a fully fit and available squad one for this one so they will be able to name an unchanged eleven for this one with no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Larsonneur; Macon, Bernauer, Nade, Petrot; Bouchouari, Ekwah, Tardieu; Cardona, Stassin, Davitashvili
Unavailable:
Questionable:
Brest Team News: Several doubts
As they make the trip to Stade Geoffrey-Guichard this weekend, Brest are dealing with several doubts for this one such as Borussia Dortmund loanee Soumaila Coulibaly as well as AFC Bournemouth loanee Romain Faivre.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Bizot; Lala, Chardonnet, Ndiaye, Haidara; Camara, Lees-Melou, Magnetti; Pereira Lage, Ajorque, Sima
Unavailable: Bourgault (Injured), Locko (Injured)
Questionable: Le Cardinal (Injured), Coulibaly (Injured), Martin (Injured), Faivre (Injured), Salah (Injured)
Saint-Etienne vs Brest Prediction
Saint-Etienne came up to the top-flight with a low-scoring and more defensive style of football and they have badly struggled for goals throughout the campaign, despite the continued emergence of Georgia international attacker Zuriko Davitashvili. They now face a Brest side that have been in excellent form since they were knocked out of both the UEFA Champions League and the Coupe de France in early spring. Siding with Brest is the way to go for this one in Saint-Etienne.
Saint-Etienne vs Brest Tip: Brest to win
