After a difficult start to the season marked by a huge 8-0 slap in Nice, AS Saint-Etienne finally seems to be launched. A success against Auxerre allowed him to leave the red zone to settle in 13th place. The Greens are on pace to maintain.
Will we see ASSE in Ligue 1 next season? There were many doubts at the start of the season. The Greens started the championship with three defeats and very poor collective performances. To make matters worse, they suffered two very big slaps in a few weeks: a 4-0 defeat in Brest and above all an 8-0 wreck in Nice. A nasty evening on the Côte d’Azur which was quickly digested in the end. A draw in Nantes and a success against Auxerre in the process gave Sainté 4 points as well as a significant boost. ASSE is no longer relegated and even occupies 13th place in the championship.
ASSE on the path to maintaining
Enough to take the pressure off Olivier Dall’Oglio’s shoulders. This is all the more the case as we are optimistic about the question of remaining at the club. According to information from Progrès, ASSE has made its little calculations concerning maintenance at the end of the season. With 7 points obtained in 7 matches, the Greens are on the minimum pace to keep their place in the elite. We are on an average of one point per match, so 34 potential points at the end of the championship.
A sum slightly higher than that of 15th last season, Le Havre. The HAC finished first non-relegation with 32 points, three units above the unfortunate play-off Metz. Even Nantes 14th had only taken 33 points. Well off to a good start, ASSE still wants to do more to be completely calm. “ A total of 34 points could be enough to maintain directly. To be calm, you will need a little more. And this is surely the path that the Greens intend to take. So in the 42, the old symbolic bar could keep part of its meaning », relates Le Progrès. A legitimate caution as the upcoming program promises to be tough. ASSE has not yet faced OL, OM, PSG as well as Lens who is the Greens’ next opponent.