St Etienne vs Annecy Prediction & Betting Tips (21 March)

Considered the real scarecrow of this championship at the start of the season, this Saint-Etienne team managed as best they could to honor their status, particularly in recent weeks, to establish themselves among the serious contenders for promotion. The Greens also occupy 2nd place in the ranking with 3 points ahead of the first pursuer and 4 behind the Trojan leader. Much more successful since the arrival at the helm of Philippe Montanier, the Forez players had been able to string together 5 consecutive successes, the last of which were against Pau 0-3 and Red Star 2-0 in particular. On the other hand, last week, they were unable to find the resources to defeat Grenoble 0-0. FC Annecy, for its part, has not said its last word in the fight for promotion to the elite.

If it is only in 9th place in the ranking, this team only concedes 4 points to the 5th and last virtually qualified for the play-offs. Consequently, everything is still possible for Laurent Guyot's men who were able to achieve very encouraging successes against Red Star 1-2 and Bastia 2-0. Unfortunately for them, the Reds subsequently fell into line by losing in the last 2 days against Le Mans 0-3 and against Troyes 2-1 on Monday evening, the other 2 teams which make up the podium with ASSE.

There are still quite a few absentees from Saint-Etienne. In fact, we still find defender Bernauer and young full-back Traoré in the infirmary. The starting midfielder Jaber, the defender Lamba, the young El Jamali, the promising N'Guessan and the defender Ferreira must also turn on the flasher this week in the same way as the precious Tardieu Tardieu (3 goals and 3 assists in Ligue 2 this season) and the starting goalkeeper Larsonneur.

Conversely, Belgian striker Stassin (7 goals) who has scored 3 goals over the last 3 days is available. The excellent winger Davitashvili (11 goals, 3 assists) and the very valuable Boakye (5 goals, 7 assists in L2) should also be present to try to tip the scales in favor of the Greens.