DIRECT. OL – AS Saint-Étienne: the derby stopped at the start between Lyonnais and Stéphanois

The fog is having trouble clearing

Time passes. There will be a lot of additional time.

The match is temporarily stopped

After Lyon supporters blew smoke bombs. We don't see anything at the VAR center. Video referees cannot make safe decisions in contentious situations. In the meantime, Lyonnais and Stéphanois rotate the ball to stay in the match. The referee also multiplies the races.

???? The Groupama Stadium in its clothes of light

The Stéphanois kick off this derby. The Stéphanois wear a black armband after the death yesterday of Rachid Mekhloufi, second top scorer in the history of ASSE.

Willy Delajod is the referee of the match

Him the Savoyard. It was a childhood dream to referee the derby.

The players are in the hallway

They will make their entrance onto the lawn.

Bafétimbi Gomis announces his retirement

Bafétimbi Gomis, who played for Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Marseille, or more recently for Galatasaray, has decided to officially retire.

“A unique match”: two years later, Lyonnais and Stéphanois return to the Derby

Olympique Lyonnais and AS Saint-Etienne meet this Sunday, November 10 (8:45 p.m.), for a highly anticipated Derby. Absent from the calendar for two years after ASSE's descent into Ligue 2, this “one of a kind” match makes its return, to the delight of Ligue 1 followers, but also and above all for supporters of both camps. For Ouest-France, Jean-Christophe, OL supporter, and Mathéo, ASSE supporter, try to explain this rivalry.

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???? “A gift from heaven that Lyon bought me in Saint-Étienne”: what becomes of you Bafétimbi Gomis?

The emblematic Bafétimbi Gomis has just concluded his adventure across the four corners of the world in Japan and is now giving himself time to reflect on whether or not to turn the page on a rich career. During the derby between OL and Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1, the Franco-Senegalese striker spoke to Ouest-France. He looks back on his journey to Türkiye and Saudi Arabia, talks about the derby that he knows so well, but also about Stade Rennais and Brittany, where his wife comes from.

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The Lyonnais in white, the Stéphanois in green

OL knows how to host Saint-Etienne

Lyon have won 6 of their last 7 home games against St Etienne in Ligue 1 (1 draw), after having won only one of the previous 7 (4 draws, 2 defeats).

ASSE does not know how to travel

St Etienne have not won any of their last 12 away games in Ligue 1 (4 draws, 8 defeats), their longest away drought since July 2000-October 2004 (23).

After a rest in the Europa League, the executives are back in the Lyon eleven. With the now traditional trio in attack: Lacazette, Cherki, Fofana. The Gones eleven: Perri – Maitland-Niles, Caleta-Car, Niakhaté, Tagliafico – Matic, Tolisso, Veretout – Cherki, Lacazette, Fofana.

113th derby in Ligue 1 between OL and Saint-Etienne

Lyon and St Etienne will face each other for the 113th time in Ligue 1. This is their 124th clash in all competitions

Alexandre Lacazette likes derbies

Alexandre Lacazette scored 5 goals with Lyon against St Etienne in Ligue 1, in 11 matches, and could become OL's second top scorer in the derby behind Fleury Di Nallo (10 goals) and tied with Angel Rambert.

???? The composition of the ASSE

The first composition has fallen for this derby, that of the Stéphanois! It's classic, even if in attack Sissoko is not rewarded for his goal against Strasbourg. The Greens' eleven: Larsonneur – Mason, Batubinsika, Nadé, Pétrot – Ekwah, Boakye, Bouchouari, Mouton, Davitashvili – Stassin.

OL have lost only one of their last nine matches

In the last nine meetings, all competitions combined, Pierre Sage's men have only been beaten once. It was against Besiktas (0-1) in the Europa League on October 24. Since then, Lyon has had three draws, against Auxerre (2-2), Lille (1-1) and Hoffenheim (2-2) in C3.

John Textor wants to “definitely humiliate” the Greens in the derby

The derby between OL and ASSE returns to Ligue 1 this Sunday, November 10 (8:45 p.m.). At a time when the reunion promises to be hot, the owner of OL announced in L'Équipe that he wanted to see his players “humiliate” the Greens.

➡️WORDS OF JOHN TEXTOR

A derby without Saint-Etienne supporters

This derby promises to be hot despite the absence of Greens supporters at Groupama Stadium, who are banned from traveling.

Lyon and Saint-Etienne fans have been waiting for this for two years

It has been two seasons since Gones and Verts have not faced each other after the Forez club's descent into Ligue 2. The Lyonnais won the last derby (1-0).

????The Stéphanois in recognition of the lawn

????The Greens have arrived at Groupama Stadium, so have the Gones

????These six derbies from the 2010s which marked the rivalry between Lyon and Saint-Étienne

The rivalry between Olympique Lyonnais and AS Saint-Étienne will finally find its place on a football field. This Sunday, September 10 (8:45 p.m.), Lyonnais and Stéphanois meet for the 125th Derby in history. The opportunity to look back at the last significant clashes between OL and ASSE.

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Welcome to this live to follow the derby between Olympique Lyonnais and AS Saint-Etienne at the end of the 11th day of Ligue 1.