Sunday, the 21st day of Ligue 1 ends with the derby between Saint-Etienne and Lyon. Saint-Etienne must take points in order to get closer to maintenance while Lyon is fighting for the place of the leader.

Saint-Etienne vs Lyon Free Betting Tips – Ligue 1

Already in great difficulty last year, Saint-Etienne is not reassuring this season either. On the contrary, the Greens are only 16th in the standings with a weak lead of 4 points over the first relegation Dijon. In a very negative spiral, Forez players are unable to reverse the trend for the moment. After sharing the points with Nîmes (2-2), Monaco (2-2) and PSG (1-1), Claude Puel’s men were first beaten by Reims (3-1) then by Strasbourg on Sunday last (1-0).

Lyon, for its part, advances to the rival with full of ambitions. Indeed, with only 2 points behind the leaders of Paris and Lille, the Gones can still hope to win a new crown of Champion of France, 13 years after their last title. On the other hand, Rudi Garcia’s men will have to bounce back. After having started well 2021 with a painful victory against Lens (3-2), they were able to snatch the point of the draw against Rennes after being led by 2 goals at the entrance of the last quarter of an hour (2-2). Finally, last Sunday, they were surprised at the end of the game against Metz (0-1) and are therefore forced to react.

The workforce for Saint-Etienne vs Lyon

Striker Khazri, midfielder Neyou, side Gabriel Silva, defensive rookie Retsos and important Mason are still not fit to play this meeting. The 10 tested positive for Covid last weekend, Kolodziejczak, Hamouma, Debuchy, Youssouf, Bouanga, Abi, Bajic, Green, Monnet-Paquet and Moukoudi remain very uncertain for this meeting.

If we put aside the excellent midfielder Paqueta who is suspended for this poster, the Gones could be complete for this trip to the rival. It would therefore be the young Caqueret who could make his return to the 11 holders. Top scorer Depay (11 goals), former Angevin Toko-Ekambi (9 goals) and summer rookie Kadewere (7 goals) should form the Lyon attacking trio.

The probable compositions for Saint-Etienne vs Lyon:

Saint-Etienne: Moulin – Sissoko, Sow, Tshibuabua, Trauco – Gourna, Camara – Nordin, Boudebouz, Auchiche – Krasso.
Lyon: Lopes – Dubois, Marcelo, Denayer, Cornet – Caqueret, Mendes, Aouar – Kadewere, Depay, Toko-Ekambi.

The key point for the match Saint-Etienne vs Lyon

This meeting will be played behind closed doors.
Lyon won in pain in the first leg (2-1).

Saint-Etienne vs Lyon Free Betting Tips

Saint-Etienne is really in difficulty this season and there is no doubt that the Lyonnais will want to kill two birds with one stone by pushing down the rival and trying to get back to 1st place. Lyon victory!

Betting Tips: Lyon
Odds: 1.41