AS Saint-Étienne has not accustomed its followers to displaying great control of the ball. Even under the leadership of Christophe Galtier, during the last few prosperous years, the Forez club did not play a possession game.
This was, however, the case during the match against the Football Club de Nantes. Faced with the Canaries cowering in their camp who regularly got rid of the ball, Eirik Horneland's team displayed significant mastery in the game. The statistics agency choose reveals having recorded the highest possession in a Ligue 1 match for Saint-Étienne, since collecting the data (editor’s note: 2006-2007 season). Very precisely, ASSE had 74.9% of ball possession in this meeting, a possession which even reached 78% at the end of the first period.
Since the start of the season, the Greens have often given up the ball to the opponent under the orders of Olivier Dall'Oglio. This is a new radical change in the way of approaching matches and playing them, brought about by the Norwegian technician. In addition to this record possession, the Stéphanois also completed 740 passes during the match. This is also a record for a meeting in the Greens' elite. Finally, with 653 successful passes, ASSE also obtained its highest total.
-Despite everything, it should be noted that this mastery had difficulty leading to clear opportunities. This is certainly an area of work for Horneland and his staff, whose influence we can see more and more often on the Greens' game.
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