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Anderlecht and Saint Étienne play at the Stade Constant Vanden Stock in a Europa League (Group Stage) match. Special attention is required for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Anderlecht
The home team is currently in 1st place with 11 points earned after 3 wins and 2 draws. In the penultimate match, won at home to Mainz by (6-1). In the last match, he won out for the Qabala by (1-3). This is a team affected by the home factor, the stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats as a visitor, with 26 goals scored and 18 conceded, against 11 wins, 2 draws And 2 defeats at home, with 40 goals scored and 13 conceded. In the last game he played for 1e Klasse, he beat Kortrijk by (1-3). Anderlecht have recorded 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in the last 10 home games.
In this competition, he has not lost 7 games. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 5 of the last 7 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has marked with great regularity, since it has always marked at least one goal in the last 7 games in this competition. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 1 periods in the last 14 home games in all competitions: he has scored 5 of his 12 goals between the minutes (16′-30 ‘).
Anderlecht’s team come to this motivated game, due to victory in the field of Kortrijk, by 1-3: the goals were scored by Stanciu, Teodorczyk and Obradovic. It is worth mentioning that the home team is already qualified for the next phase of the Europa League. Normally coach René Weiler lines up in 4-2-3-1 opting for a more supported style of play, leaving for the attack through organized attacks, mainly through the sides. Teodorczyk is Anderlecht’s top scorer with 13 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Deschacht, Appiah and Kawaya, all injured.
Saint Étienne
After 2 wins and 3 draws, the visiting team is currently in 2nd place with 9 points. In the last match, they drew 0-0 at home against Mainz, after the previous match, to have won by (1-2) away with Qabala. This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, because in the last 30 games it registers 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; Against 4 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. The team arrives in this match after a defeat away with Rennes by (2-0). In the last four matches he played outside the Europa League, Saint Étienne won 3 and drew 1.
For this competition, you have not lost any of the last 4 games outside your stadium. This is a team that scores a few times first: just opened the scoring in 2 of their last 9 games for the Europa League, these 2 reached the break in lead in 1 and won in the late 90 ‘in all. In 9 games for the Europa League, he suffered the first goal 4 times but managed to turn the score in 2. In the last 12 away games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: he scored 5 of his 12 goals between the minutes (76 ‘ -90 ‘).
Saint-Étienne’s side come to this game with a 2-0 defeat away to Rennes 2-0, winning their second consecutive game without winning the official matches. Like its adversary, the French team already is classified for the next phase of the competition. The team led by Christophe Galtier presents good matches with well organized moves using the sides to create danger to the opponent: Hamouma and Tannane are excellent in the transition defense-attack. Robert Beric is the team’s top scorer this season with 3 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Malcuit, suspended, as well as Lemoine, Beric, Pinheiro and Maiga, players that are injured.
Prediction: Anderlecht 1x @ 1.50