Saint-Etienne – AS Monaco

Monaco have won five games in a row. Will the streak continue in the game against Saint-Etienne?

Saint-Etienne and Monaco are both facing important tournament challenges, but at different levels of Ligue 1. Monaco are fighting for a place in the European competitions and sit fifth in the standings. And they have equal points with Rennes and Strasbourg, which means there are good prospects of taking third place or even fighting for second place with Marseille, who are six points ahead. Saint-Etienne, on the other hand, are in the play-off zone and fighting for survival. They are one point away from saving their place, and five teams from 14th to 18th place are within three points of each other. St Etienne are trying to catch up with Bordeaux, who are still in the relegation zone with a four point deficit to the Greens. The form of both teams is not bad. Monaco generally look better than most of the leaders at the moment. Monaco have won five games in a row, including PSG, Rennes and Nice. The latter was beaten in the previous round. In this stretch of five matches, Monaco have scored ten goals, that is two per game on average. This team's entire attacking group is now on the move, and it is led by Ben Yedder with 19 goals in Ligue 1 - he is the third top scorer in the tournament. For Saint-Etienne, Khazri and Bouanga remain the attacking leaders with nine and eight goals respectively. "The Greens have now established a good game in attack. They have scored for five consecutive games. And during this stretch, they have distinguished themselves with nine goals - slightly fewer than Monaco. On the previous matchday, Saint-Etienne drew with Bordeaux (2-2), and the previous matchday they beat Brest (2-1). The Monegasque side are clearly not going to have an easy walk in this game. Although at home, Saint-Etienne have won four matches this season, lost seven and drawn six times. Monaco have six wins and six defeats on the road, with four draws. But more important is the current form of the teams. "The Greens have scored in seven games in a row at home. And they concede even more often - Saint-Etienne have not conceded a goal just once in a season at home. Monaco have scored and conceded in five of their last six away matches. The previous meeting between these opponents ended in a 3-1 win for Monegasque. All this indicates that we can expect a high-scoring game.