Saint-Etienne – Manchester United: 22nd February 2017

AS Saint-Etienne

The band prepared by Galtier has had a successful start of the year, confirming solid during the first part of the current season. However, Saint-Etienne could not even to highlight the strengths and last week, losing both duel with Manchester United (0-3) and facing Montpellier in Ligue 1 (1-2).

If we confine ourselves only to the figures recorded in the failures mentioned above, it can be said in haste as “Les Verts” is situated on a slope slightly downward, but things are a little more complicated. Yes, they lost on “Old Trafford”, but evolution never was so much as a poor score indicates. Also traveling from Montpellier managed to open the score, then paying tribute to his removal in 53 minutes Jorginho (accumulation of yellow cards).

It is hard to believe that Saint-Etienne can return the result of the tour, but will definitely do our best and that’s because official matches this season balance is more than encouraging: only two defeats in 19 matches! Moreover, Galtier’s men succumbed in Ligue 1 just once in front of their fans (0-1 vs. Nice).

Manchester United F.C.

British band lost only two games in the last three months and a half (1-2 vs. 2-3 Fener in Europa League against Hull in the Cup EFL). However, the Premier League is 12 points behind leader Chelsea a very simple reason: it had entered too many draws. Incidentally, the team with the most draws in the English premier league football after Boro.

Bookmakers an cotau on Man U. early in the season with the first chance to conquer the championship trophy. Resounding acquisitions (Mourinho, Pogba, Ibrahimovic, etc.) have made the bookmakers at the time they place it first among the favorites. Trust has not been confirmed on the ground, “Red Devils” pretty quickly losing contact with Conte’s Londoners. Currently ranks sixth, two points behind Arsenal, the team occupying the last position allowing access in the Champions League.

So, given the internal situation in the race, we can expect Mourinho to take in return with Saint-Etienne a little more reserved attitude. The result of the first leg of United’s play allows the passage of time and no more force than necessary