Who would have thought that AS Saint-Étienne (13th) would travel to Rennes (15th) this Saturday, with a two-point lead over their opponent of the day? Europeans last season, the Bretons are going through a difficult period with three consecutive defeats in Ligue 1 and only have one point ahead of the relegation zone. They have just changed coaches and the poster of the day (which was a League Cup final in 2013, won by ASSE) will mark the first outing of the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli, successor to Julien Stephan, at Roazhon park.
Listen to Stade Rennais/AS Saint-Étienne from 4 p.m. on France Bleu
Comments: Jérémy Marillier and Rodolphe Montagnier
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For Olivier Dall'Oglio's players, the challenge of this trip is to find a defensive base in order to improve performances which have remained too rare away from home since the start of the year. THE Greens have taken 12 of their current 13 points at home while they have conceded 20 goals away from the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. They also only managed four goals away from Forez. The good news for Gautier Larsonneur and his teammates is that Rennes are struggling to score. THE Red and black have not scored in their last three matches. This bodes well for Stéphanois who must be ambitious.
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