This Friday against AJ Auxerre, AS Saint-Étienne will have to do without three suspended players. Two other players from Eirik Horneland's squad will have to avoid the warning otherwise they will have to serve, in turn, an automatic suspension match.
To say that the Greens will be diminished against AJ Auxerre is an understatement and the length of AS Saint-Étienne's winter transfer window becomes problematic when facing the Icaunais. Ibrahim Sissoko must still serve two games of suspension before finally making his return to competition. Benjamin Bouchouari et Louis Mouton will miss this match due to an accumulation of warnings leading to an automatic match suspension.
This is also the risk that hangs over two important players in the Saint-Etienne system. Lucas Stassinthe Greens striker must still hold a meeting before he is no longer under threat. Captain of AS Saint-Étienne since the arrival of Eirik Horneland, Gautier Larsonneur received a yellow card during the opposition against Nantes, for having protested too vehemently against the decisions of the center referee. The Greens goalkeeper will have to keep his pace during the next three matches, at the risk of being sanctioned with an automatic suspension match.
-The list of boxes at ASSE:
| Players | 1er carton | 2e carton | 3e carton | Match before the 10th |
| I. Sissoko | Suspended against AJA and LOSC | |||
| B. Bouchouari | D12 – MHSC | J15 – TFC | D17 – PSG | Suspended in front of the AJA |
| L. Mouton | J10 – RCSA | CF – OM | D17 – PSG | Suspended in front of the AJA |
| L. Stassin | J11 – THEY | J15 – TFC | 1 match | |
| G. Larsonneur | J13 – SRFC | J18 – FCN | 3 matches | |
| Z. Davitashvili | D12 – MHSC | 2 matches | ||
| D. Appiah | J15 – TFC | 5 matches | ||
| P. Ekwah | CF – OM | 6 matches | ||
| I. Miladinovic | CF – OM | 6 matches | ||
| M. Cafaro | CF – OM | 6 matches | ||
| L. Petrot | J16 – SDRs | 7 matches | ||
| A. Boakye | J16 – SDRs | 7 matches | ||
| D. Batubinska | J18 – FCN | 9 matches |
