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PRESS KIT Week Date & Time Saturday, March 9, - : Stadium Stade Geoffroy-Guichard /8/ - Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week PREVIEW : AS SAINT-ETIENNE - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Feature Preview AS Saint-Etienne must redress a worrying run of form when they host Montpellier Hérault SC on Saturday if they hope to remain in contention for a European qualifying place. Les Verts were in fourth place - synonymous with a UEFA Europa League spot - following their Week triumph in Bordeaux, and were still there two games later. However, their - victory over Les Girondins is their last maximum points haul in five league outings, and the three points they have picked up since mean they came into the weekend clinging on to eighth place, four points adrift of fourth place, now occupied by their bitter rivals Olympique Lyonnais. "Things can change so quickly in football. It's certain that we didn't show anything at all in this game - people must be asking themselves which of the two teams is playing for a place in Europe," said captain Loïc Perrin following last weekend's - defeat at En Avant Guingamp, Saint-Etienne's fourth loss in their last five competitive fixtures. "We have to bounce back quickly. I still believe we can do it. There are eight games left, a lot of points to pick up, and there is not much between the teams in the table, so I'm still confident. We're just going to have to produce more." Coach Christophe Galtier, whose side were ten points better off at the same stage last season, added: "We gave them everything they needed to get their confidence back. I think we prepared well for the game, but there's what you do during the week and the reality of the match. As well as not doing anything going forward, we defended very badly. Guingamp deserved their win and we helped them. Very few of the players that played tonight showed the desire to be picked again. We have no excuses. We're going to have to change our attitude if we want to qualify for Europe." UEFA Champions League participants following their surprise - title win, Montpellier have no European ambitions this term, and their own worrying slump means they have to be wary that their seven-season stay in the top flight does not come to an end. Just three points separate Frédéric Hantz's men from the Ligue relegation zone after a two-game winless run - albeit including a goalless draw at freshly-crowned champions Paris Saint-Germain - saw the buffer between themselves and the bottom three shrink from a far more healthy six points. "Perhaps, sub-consciously, we thought we had done the hard work," defender Jérôme Roussillon conceded. "But that's football. Nothing can ever be taken for granted, particularly this season. We can only count on ourselves and try to take the points against Saint-Etienne on Saturday. " There is hope yet that Hantz can steer them to safety. In his eight games in charge, the former SC Bastia boss has revived the club's flagging fortunes, and his side would be fifth if the season had started when Hantz took over eight games ago. However, following the - defeat at home to OGC Nice last week, he remains aware there is still much work to be done to assure top-flight survival. "There's frustration as we weren't rewarded for our first half. The match was decided then when we lacked precision. We faced Nice at the wrong time as they've got big players back and had just beaten Troyes," the Montpellier coach, whose team are unbeaten in four away games, explained. "It's a good reminder to us that we'll be fighting relegation to the end. A good performance would have /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week allowed us to breathe more easily. Between a team in fourth and one that's th, we saw a big difference technically." - HISTORY: AS Saint-Etienne have won of their home league games against Montpellier Hérault SC. - Montpellier have won just once in Saint-Etienne - a - triumph on October, 99. Franck Rizzetto (9') and Thierry Laurey (9'), the current GFC Ajaccio coach and who played for both clubs, got the goals. Current FC Nantes coach Michel Der Zakarian was also in the Montpellier side that day. - Saint-Etienne are unbeaten in their last seven home games against Montpellier, winning six of them. They have won the last two without conceding a goal. - The only other time Montpellier have avoided defeat in Saint-Etienne in recent times was a - draw on November. Joris Marveaux (') cancelled out Banel Nicolita's nd-minute opener for the hosts. - LAST SEASON: The Week meeting ended - to the hosts - Max-Alain Gradel (') got the only goal. Saint-Etienne had also won the earlier meeting in Week - Florentin Pogba (') and Paul Baysse (') scored while Les Verts' Tiémoko Ismaël Diomandé was sent off minutes from time for a second bookable offence. - THIS SEASON: Saint-Etienne won the Week fixture - - Moustapha Sall (') and Nolan Roux (9') struck before Marveaux pulled one back (9+'). - AS SAINT-ETIENNE - GENERAL: Saint-Etienne ended Week in eighth place in Ligue with points, having won, drawn six and lost of their games to date. They are four points behind fourth-placed Olympique Lyonnais and a further point adrift of third-placed OGC Nice. - ASSE are winless in five league games (D L), and have lost four of their last five outings in all competitions. Prior to that run, they had gone six games unbeaten in all competitions (W D). - Their last league win came in Bordeaux in Week (-). - This time last season, Saint-Etienne were fifth with points. - Saint-Etienne had not been lower than eighth since defeating SC Bastia - in Week. They have spent two weeks in second place. - Last weekend, Les Verts were beaten - at En Avant Guingamp. Jimmy Briand (') and Sloan Privat (') got the goals. - The Saint-Etienne line-up v EAG (--): Ruffier; Pierre-Gabriel, Bayal Sall, Perrin, Tabanou; Corgnet (Soderlund '), Selnaes, Pajot; Tannane (Monnet-Paquet '), Maupay (Assou-Ekotto '), Eysseric - Saint-Etienne have scored goals so far this season, giving them the th-best attack in the division coming into round of games. They have scored three goals thrice this season (- v Stade de Reims, Wk ; - v EA Guingamp, Wk, - v Bordeaux Wk ), but have failed to score at all in nine games, including in both of the last two. - Valentin Eysseric has five goals while Roux has four. - Eysseric has provided three assists, while Neal Maupay, Hamouma, Alexander Söderlund and Kévin Monnet-Paquet have laid on two goals. - Galtier's side have conceded goals, giving them the joint ninth-best defence coming into Week. They have kept ten clean sheets, but have conceded three or more goals in three separate games, including - defeats at home to OGC Nice and away to Paris Saint-Germain. - Stéphane Ruffier has played every minute of every game this season. He is the only Saint-Etienne player to have featured in every game so far. - Ruffier was the only Saint-Etienne player to start all 8 Ligue matches last season. /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week - Moustapha Sall (v Guingamp, Wk ) and Kévin Malcuit (v AS Monaco, Wk 8) are the only Saint-Etienne players to have been sent off in Ligue this season. - HOME FORM: ASSE have picked up points from their home games to date, the tenth-best record (W D L). - They have scored 9 and conceded - only six teams have scored fewer home goals, with the same number having conceded fewer times on home soil. - They are winless in three home L games (D L), and have lost their last two home games in all competitions. - Saint-Etienne have the fifth-highest average attendance this season at 9,9. - Last season, ASSE had the third-best home record (W D L), picking up points. - COUPE DE NCE: ASSE were knocked out by Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals on March. Edinson Cavani (') and Marquinhos (') scored before Valentin Eysseric (') replied from the penalty spot. Lucas Moura clinched victory in added time (9+'). - ASSE went to fellow Ligue side ESTAC Troyes for their Round of tie on 9 February and won - after extra-time. Oussama Tannane (') and Neal Maupay (') scored for ASSE. Veteran Benjamin Nivet (8') scored the Troyes goal. - ASSE saw off Ligue side AC Ajaccio in the Round of, winning - after extra-time on January - They needed penalties to win away to Raon-l'Étape of the fifth tier after a - draw in the previous round. - COUPE DE LA LIGUE: For the third season in succession, Saint-Etienne were knocked out by Paris Saint-Germain, losing - at the Parc des Princes in the round of in December - Cavani (8') got the only goal of the game. - EUROPA LEAGUE: Saint-Etienne were eliminated in the Round of on away goals by Swiss side FC Basel 89 on February. Leading - from the first leg in France, Saint-Etienne were going through when Moustapha Bayal Sall (9') equalised Luca Zuffi's th-minute strike, but the Basel player struck again two minutes into added time to take his team into the next round. - Saint-Etienne had beaten Basel - in the first leg at home on February 8. Sall (9'), Kevin Monnet-Paquet (9') and Jean-Christophe Bahebeck (') scored for ASSE. Walter Samuel (') and Marc Janko (' pen.) struck for Basel. - They reached the knockout stage by finishing second in Group G with nine points, behind winners Lazio of Italy. - JANUARY TRANSFERS IN: Alexander Söderlund from Rosenborg BK (NOR): Oussama Tannane from Heracles Almelo (NED), Franck Tabanou (Swansea City, WAL, loan), Selnaes (Rosenborg BK, NOR) - OUT: Bamba (Paris FC, loan), Diomandé (SM Caen), Saint-Louis (Evian TG FC) - TEAM NEWS: Robert Beric is expected to miss the rest of the season with a cruciate knee ligament injury suffered against Lyon in November, though he returned to light training during the week. Captain Loïc Perrin returned after a spell on the sidelines against Reims last weekend. Bahebeck (hamstring), Hamouma (calf), Pierre-Yves Polomat, Renaud Cohade and Jonathan Brison (ankle) all missed the Reims game while Fabien Lemoine returns after serving a one-game ban. - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - GENERAL: Montpellier come into Week in th place in the Ligue table with points, having won, drawn six and lost of their games to date. They are three points clear of the relegation zone. - They have failed to win in two (D L), but had won three in a row prior to that in a four-game unbeaten run. - At the same stage last season, Montpellier were seventh with points. - Montpellier have spent the entire season so far in the bottom half of the table. They have spent weeks in the relegation zone, including the first ten weeks of the season, while they have not been higher than th. - Last weekend, Montpellier were beaten - at home to OGC Nice - Valère Germain (') and Alassane Pléa (') scored for the visitors. - Montpellier team against Nice (---): Pionnier; Rémy, Hilton, Congré, Roussillon; Saïhi (Dabo '), Martin; Camara (Ninga '), Boudebouz, Bérigaud (Sanson 8'); Yatabaré /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week - The - win against Gazélec Ajaccio in Week allowed Frédéric Hantz to record the biggest ever win for a new Montpellier coach on his Ligue debut. The last MHSC coach to win his first top-flight game in charge was Jean-Louis Gasset in November 998 (- v Paris Saint-Germain). - Hantz has managed points from eight games in charge (W, D, L) - that is the fifth-best record in that time. - Montpellier have the joint-ninth-best attack in Ligue with goals. They have scored three or more goals in five matches this season. They have also failed to score in outings, including their first four matches and their last two outings. - Casimir Ninga is their leading scorer in Ligue with six goals, followed by Souleymane Camara with five. Mustapha Yatabaré and Bryan Dabo have four. - Ryad Boudebouz has provided eight assists - only PSG pair Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Angel Di Maria ( apiece) have provided more. - MHSC have conceded goals this season - only nine clubs have let in more. They have kept seven clean sheets, including their goalless draw at Paris Saint-Germain in Week 9, while their - home defeat to AS Monaco in Week is the only game in which they have conceded more than twice. - No Montpellier player has started every game this season. Boudebouz has featured in every game (9 starts) while Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton and Dabo have made 9 appearances. - Montpellier have picked up just one red card this season - Daniel Congré was sent off against SC Bastia in Week. - AWAY FORM: MHSC are th in the away table with points from games (W, D, L). - MHSC have scored times and conceded on occasions in away fixtures. - Montpellier are unbeaten in their last four away games (W D). - MHSC had the ninth-best away record in Ligue last term, collecting points from 9 games (W, D, 8L). - COUPE DE NCE: Montpellier won away to lower-league RC Epernay Champagne before bowing out in the round of with a - defeat away at Olympique de Marseille on January. - COUPE DE LA LIGUE: Montpellier were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing - at FC Lorient in the round of in October. - JANUARY TRANSFERS IN: None. - OUT: None. - TEAM NEWS: Paul Lasne (ACL, operated November) and Geoffrey Jourdren (shoulder) and Marveaux (back) missed the Nice game. AS Saint-Etienne - Founded in 99, Saint-Etienne are France's most successful club, with ten top-flight titles (9, ', ', '8, '9, ', ', ', ' and '8), six Coupes de France (9, '8, ', ', ' and '), one Coupe de la Ligue () and five Challenges des Champions, the forerunner of the Trophée des Champions (9, ', ', '8 and '9). - Les Verts (The Greens) are one of four French clubs to have reached a European Cup final, having lost - to Bayern Munich in Glasgow in 9. - Last season, Sainté finished fifth in Ligue - a place down on - ut with the same points tally - a club record 9. ASSE fell in the group stage of the Europa League, went out of the Coupe de la Ligue in the quarters, beaten - at home by PSG, and lost - at PSG in the Coupe de France semis. - This is Saint-Etienne's th consecutive top-flight season, their best run since unbroken years ended in 98. It is their rd top-flight season overall, a tally bettered only by Sochaux and Marseille. - Les Verts' home stadium is the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, also known as 'Le Chaudron' (The Cauldron). Renovations ahead of Euro /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week have seen the capacity rise from, to over,. - Coach Christophe Galtier took over from Alain Perrin on December, 9. Galtier was previously assistant coach to Perrin at Al-Ayn (UAE, ), Portsmouth (ENG, ), Sochaux (-), OL (-8) and ASSE (8-December 9). - Notable former Saint-Etienne players include French internationals Michel Platini, Aimé Jacquet, Jacques Santini and Laurent Blanc, all of whom have gone on to coach Les Bleus. Montpellier Hérault SC - The first trace of the club dates back to 99, when Stade Olympique Montpelliérain were formed, but the club in its current guise dates to 9, when current president Louis Nicollin took over. They adopted their current name, Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, in 989. - This will be Montpellier's th top-flight season and seventh in a row. Last season they finished seventh, their best performance since winning the Ligue title in -. - MHSC pipped PSG to win Ligue for the first time in. Their only other major trophy to date is the Coupe de France in 99, when they beat RC Paris - after extra time in the final at the Parc des Princes with Laurent Blanc among their scorers. - In 99-9, with a team featuring Carlos Valderrama, Blanc and Eric Cantona, MHSC reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost - on aggregate to eventual winners Manchester United. - Current PSG coach Blanc is Montpellier's all-time leading scorer with a total of 8 goals. - Montpellier play at the,9-seat Stade de la Mosson et du Mondial '98 on the outskirts of the city, which was upgraded to its current capacity in time to host matches at the 998 World Cup. - Frédéric Hantz, 9, was appointed coach in January on an initial deal through to the end of the season. Hantz succeeded the duo of Pascal Baills and Bruno Martini, who had themselves only been in charge for a month following the resignation of Rolland Courbis. Courbis had been in charge since December. - Hantz had been a free agent since leaving SC Bastia in May. A native of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, he played for FC Metz and OGC Nice among others in the 99s. As a coach, he is best known for his four-year stint in charge of Bastia, in which he led the Corsicans to back-to-back promotions and helped them consolidate in Ligue. /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week KEY STATISTICS : AS SAINT-ETIENNE - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC AS Saint-Etienne Montpellier Hérault SC HOME STATISTICS AWAY STATISTICS Form Guide W-L-D-L W-D-W-D Standings th th Points tally / Total possible / / Points per game.. Win(s) Draw(s) Loss(es) GF 9 GA Goals per game.. Yellow card(s) Red card(s) FIRST GOAL SCORED When... AS Saint-Etienne score first Montpellier Hérault SC score first Win(s) Draw(s) Loss(es) When... AS Saint-Etienne concede first Montpellier Hérault SC concede first Win(s) Draw(s) Loss(es) /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week OFFICIALS : AS SAINT-ETIENNE - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Referee Referee's assitants Fourth official Delegate Delegate's assistants Jérôme MIGUELGORRY Régis GAILLARD - Christophe MOUYSSET William LAVIS Georges CECCALDI Brigitte THIEBAUT Jérôme MIGUELGORRY Nationality French Date of birth //9 Age 9 Height Weight Ligue Rank, m kg Aquitaine Federal Referee Season / Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Ligue Season / Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Coupe de la Ligue /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com 8

Week PLAYERS USED - AS SAINT-ETIENNE - LIGUE No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien Anthony MAISONNIAL //998 Stéphane RUFFIER 9//98 Jessy MOULIN //98 Défenseur Kévin THEOPHILE CATHERINE /8/989 Pierre-Yves POLOMAT //99 9 898 9 Florentin POGBA 8/9/99 8 8 Jonathan BRISON //98 Loïc PERRIN 8//98 8 8 Kévin MALCUIT //99 Moustapha SALL SEN //98 9 9 François CLERC /8/98 8 Benoit ASSOU-EKOTTO //98 98 Milieu Vincent PAJOT 8/9/99 8 Jérémy CLEMENT 8//98 9 8 Benjamin CORGNET //98 9 Renaud COHADE 9/9/98 8 Valentin EYSSERIC //99 Franck TABANOU //989 8 9 Erin PINHEIRO CAP //99 Ole SELNAES NOR //99 Jonathan BAMBA //99 9 8 Fabien LEMOINE //98 8 8 8 Tiémoko Ismaël DIOMANDE IVO 8/8/99 Attaquant Oussama TANNANE HOL //99 Jean-Christophe BAHEBECK //99 8 9 Nolan ROUX //988 Neal MAUPAY 8//99 9 9 Romain HAMOUMA /9/98 Kévin MONNET-PAQUET 8/9/988 9 88 Alexander SÖDERLUND NOR 8//98 9 8 Robert BERIC SLO 9 //99 For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for AS Saint-Etienne /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com 9

Week PLAYERS USED - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - LIGUE No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien Laurent PIONNIER //98 98 Geoffrey JOURDREN //98 8 Jonathan LIGALI 8//99 Défenseur Mamadou NDIAYE SEN 8//99 Daniel CONGRE //98 9 9 8 Vitorino HILTON BRE /9/9 9 9 9 Ramy BENSEBAINI ALG //99 William REMY //99 88 Jérôme ROUSSILLON //99 Mathieu DEPLAGNE //99 8 Dylan GISSI ITA //99 Milieu Joris MARVEAUX /8/98 8 8 Jonas MARTIN 9//99 8 Ryad BOUDEBOUZ 9//99 9 8 8 Ellyes SKHIRI //99 98 Bryan DABO 8//99 9 Paul LASNE //989 9 Morgan SANSON 8/8/99 8 Sébastien WÜTHRICH SUI 9//99 Jamel SAIHI //98 Anthony RIBELIN 8//99 - Attaquant Anthony MOUNIER /9/98 9 Mustapha YATABARE //98 9 99 Florian SOTOCA //99 9 Souleymane CAMARA SEN //98 Kévin BERIGAUD 9//988 9 89 Steve MOUNIE 9/9/99 9 8 Djamel BAKAR //989 9 9 Casimir NINGA TCA //99 Quentin CORNETTE //99 Jean DEZA per 9//99 9 For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for Montpellier Hérault SC /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week RESULTS/FIXTURES - AS SAINT-ETIENNE Week 8/9/ Toulouse FC - AS Saint-Etienne - L th Week 8// AS Saint-Etienne - Girondins de Bordeaux - D th Week 8// FC Lorient - AS Saint-Etienne - W th Week 8// AS Saint-Etienne - SC Bastia - W th Week 9// Montpellier Hérault SC - AS Saint-Etienne - W th Week 9// AS Saint-Etienne - FC Nantes - W rd Week 9// ESTAC Troyes - AS Saint-Etienne - W nd Week 8 9// AS Saint-Etienne - OGC Nice - L nd Week 9 // SM Caen - AS Saint-Etienne - L th Week // AS Saint-Etienne - GFC Ajaccio - W th Week // Paris Saint-Germain - AS Saint-Etienne - L th Week // AS Saint-Etienne - Stade de Reims - W th Week /8/ Olympique Lyonnais - AS Saint-Etienne - L th Week // AS Saint-Etienne - Olympique de Marseille - L th Week /9/ AS Saint-Etienne - EA Guingamp - W th Week // LOSC - AS Saint-Etienne - L th Week // AS Saint-Etienne - Stade Rennais FC - D th Week 8 // AS Monaco - AS Saint-Etienne - L th Week 9 // AS Saint-Etienne - Angers SCO - W th Week // FC Nantes - AS Saint-Etienne - L th Week // AS Saint-Etienne - Olympique Lyonnais - W th Week // Stade de Reims - AS Saint-Etienne - D th Week // AS Saint-Etienne - Paris Saint-Germain - L 8th Week // Stade Rennais FC - AS Saint-Etienne - W th Week // Girondins de Bordeaux - AS Saint-Etienne - W th Week // AS Saint-Etienne - AS Monaco - D th Week // Olympique de Marseille - AS Saint-Etienne - D th Week 8 /8/ AS Saint-Etienne - SM Caen - L 8th Week 9 // Angers SCO - AS Saint-Etienne - D th Week // EA Guingamp - AS Saint-Etienne - L 8th Week /9/ - - - Week // GFC Ajaccio - AS Saint-Etienne - - - Week /9/ AS Saint-Etienne - ESTAC Troyes - - - Week // SC Bastia - AS Saint-Etienne - - - Week // AS Saint-Etienne - FC Lorient - - - Week // AS Saint-Etienne - Toulouse FC - - - Week // OGC Nice - AS Saint-Etienne - - - Week 8 // AS Saint-Etienne - LOSC - - - /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week RESULTS/FIXTURES - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Week 8/8/ Montpellier Hérault SC - Angers SCO - L th Week /8/ Stade Rennais FC - Montpellier Hérault SC - L th Week /8/ Montpellier Hérault SC - Paris Saint-Germain - L 9th Week 9/8/ ESTAC Troyes - Montpellier Hérault SC - D 9th Week /9/ Montpellier Hérault SC - AS Saint-Etienne - L 9th Week 9/9/ SM Caen - Montpellier Hérault SC - L 9th Week /9/ Montpellier Hérault SC - AS Monaco - L th Week 8 /9/ Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Lorient - W 8th Week 9 // LOSC - Montpellier Hérault SC - L 8th Week 8// Girondins de Bordeaux - Montpellier Hérault SC - D 8th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - SC Bastia - W th Week // Toulouse FC - Montpellier Hérault SC - D th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Nantes - W th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - Stade de Reims - W th Week // Olympique Lyonnais - Montpellier Hérault SC - W th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - GFC Ajaccio - L th Week // Olympique de Marseille - Montpellier Hérault SC - D th Week 8 // Montpellier Hérault SC - EA Guingamp - W th Week 9 8// OGC Nice - Montpellier Hérault SC - L th Week 9// Montpellier Hérault SC - Girondins de Bordeaux - L th Week // SC Bastia - Montpellier Hérault SC - L th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - SM Caen - L 8th Week // GFC Ajaccio - Montpellier Hérault SC - W th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique de Marseille - L 8th Week // FC Lorient - Montpellier Hérault SC - D 8th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - Toulouse FC - W th Week // Angers SCO - Montpellier Hérault SC - W th Week 8 // Montpellier Hérault SC - LOSC - W th Week 9 // Paris Saint-Germain - Montpellier Hérault SC - D th Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - OGC Nice - L th Week 9// - - - Week // EA Guingamp - Montpellier Hérault SC - - - Week 9// Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique Lyonnais - - - Week // FC Nantes - Montpellier Hérault SC - - - Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - ESTAC Troyes - - - Week // Stade de Reims - Montpellier Hérault SC - - - Week // Montpellier Hérault SC - Stade Rennais FC - - - Week 8 // AS Monaco - Montpellier Hérault SC - - - /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week TOP SCORERS : AS SAINT-ETIENNE Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins Valentin EYSSERIC Nolan ROUX Romain HAMOUMA Loïc PERRIN Robert BERIC Moustapha SALL 9 Alexander SÖDERLUND 8 8 Kévin MONNET-PAQUET 88 9 Oussama TANNANE Benjamin CORGNET 9 Jonathan BAMBA 9 Jean-Christophe BAHEBECK Vincent PAJOT GOALS SCORED PER MINUTES First Half - ' - ' - ' Stoppage Time Second Half - ' - ' 9-9' Stoppage Time GOALS CONCEDED PER MINUTES First Half - ' - ' - ' Stoppage Time Second Half - ' - ' - 9' Stoppage Time /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week TOP SCORERS : MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins Casimir NINGA Souleymane CAMARA Bryan DABO Mustapha YATABARE 99 Kévin BERIGAUD 89 Jonas MARTIN Jérôme ROUSSILLON 8 Ramy BENSEBAINI 9 Ryad BOUDEBOUZ 8 Vitorino HILTON 9 Ellyes SKHIRI 98 Joris MARVEAUX Daniel CONGRE 8 GOALS SCORED PER MINUTES First Half - ' - ' - ' Stoppage Time Second Half - ' 8 - ' - 9' Stoppage Time GOALS CONCEDED PER MINUTES First Half - ' - ' - ' Stoppage Time Second Half - ' - ' 9-9' Stoppage Time /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week HEAD TO HEAD - AS SAINT-ETIENNE / MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Ligue / Ligue / Coupe de la Ligue / Ligue // Week - / Ligue // Week - / Ligue /9/ Week - / Ligue // Week - / Ligue 9/8/ Week - 9/ Ligue // Week - 999/ Ligue // Week - 99/99 Ligue //99 Week - 99/99 Ligue 8//99 Week - 99/99 Ligue //99 Week 9-99/99 Ligue /8/99 Week - 99/99 Ligue //99 Week - 99/99 Ligue 8/8/99 Week - 989/99 Ligue //99 Week - 988/989 Ligue //989 Week - 98/988 Ligue //98 Week - 98/98 Ligue 9//98 Week - 98/98 Ligue //98 Week - 98/98 Ligue //98 Week - L L CDL TOTAL Number of meetings 9 Total wins AS SAINT-ETIENNE Total wins MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC Total draws - /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week SCHEDULE - LIGUE - WEEK Friday, March 8, - : Saturday, March 9, - : Saturday, March 9, - : Saturday, March 9, - : Saturday, March 9, - : Saturday, March 9, - : Saturday, March 9, - : Sunday, March, - : Sunday, March, - : Sunday, March, - : Olympique de Marseille - Stade Rennais FC LOSC - Toulouse FC SM Caen - ESTAC Troyes Angers SCO - FC Lorient Stade de Reims - EA Guingamp Olympique Lyonnais - FC Nantes Girondins de Bordeaux - SC Bastia OGC Nice - GFC Ajaccio Paris Saint-Germain - AS Monaco UPCOMING MATCHES - LIGUE - WEEK Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : Saturday, April, - : AS Monaco - Girondins de Bordeaux Paris Saint-Germain - OGC Nice FC Nantes - LOSC FC Lorient - Olympique Lyonnais SC Bastia - Olympique de Marseille GFC Ajaccio - AS Saint-Etienne Stade Rennais FC - Stade de Reims ESTAC Troyes - Angers SCO EA Guingamp - Montpellier Hérault SC Toulouse FC - SM Caen /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week STANDINGS - LIGUE - AT THE END OF WEEK Rk Club Pts P W D L GF GA +/- Paris Saint-Germain AS Monaco OGC Nice 8 9 Olympique Lyonnais Stade Rennais FC FC Nantes 8 9 8 SM Caen 9-8 AS Saint-Etienne - 9 LOSC 9 8 Olympique de Marseille 9 8 9 FC Lorient 9 9 9 - Angers SCO 9 9 9 - SC Bastia 9 8 - Girondins de Bordeaux 8 9 8 8 - Montpellier Hérault SC EA Guingamp 9 8-9 Stade de Reims 8 9-9 8 GFC Ajaccio -9 9 Toulouse FC 8 - ESTAC Troyes 8 8 - /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com

Week OFFICIAL GOAL SCORERS - LIGUE - AT THE END OF WEEK Rk Name Club Gls Pen A Pld Mins PTS Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC Paris Saint-Germain 99 Edinson CAVANI Paris Saint-Germain 9 9 Alexandre LACAZETTE Olympique Lyonnais 9 Michy BATSHUAYI Olympique de Marseille Wissam BEN YEDDER Toulouse FC 9 Benjamin MOUKANDJO FC Lorient 89 Hatem BEN ARFA OGC Nice 8 8 Valère GERMAIN OGC Nice 9 Andy DELORT SM Caen 8 Angel DI MARIA Paris Saint-Germain 9 Ousmane DEMBELE Stade Rennais FC 9 9 Kamil GROSICKI Stade Rennais FC 8 8 Majeed WARIS FC Lorient 8 Floyd AYITE SC Bastia 8 8 9 Sofiane BOUFAL LOSC 8 8 9 Martin BRAITHWAITE Toulouse FC 8 8 Ronny RODELIN SM Caen 8 Mohamed LARBI GFC Ajaccio 89 9 9 Cheikh NDOYE Angers SCO Sloan PRIVAT EA Guingamp /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com 8

Week OFFICIAL ASSISTS - LIGUE - AT THE END OF WEEK Rk Name Club ASS ASP PLD MIN Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC Paris Saint-Germain 99 Angel DI MARIA Paris Saint-Germain 8 Ryad BOUDEBOUZ Montpellier Hérault SC 8 8 8 Nicolas DE PREVILLE Stade de Reims 8 88 Wahbi KHAZRI Girondins de Bordeaux 9 Jimmy BRIAND EA Guingamp Nabil DIRAR AS Monaco 8 Abdelaziz BARRADA Olympique de Marseille 9 Giovanni SIO Stade Rennais FC 98 Valère GERMAIN OGC Nice Jean Michael SERI OGC Nice Michy BATSHUAYI Olympique de Marseille LUCAS MOURA Paris Saint-Germain 8 Blaise MATUIDI Paris Saint-Germain 9 Walid MESLOUB FC Lorient Yannis SALIBUR EA Guingamp Corentin TOLISSO Olympique Lyonnais 8 Rachid GHEZZAL Olympique Lyonnais 9 Yann JOUFFRE FC Lorient Billy KETKEOPHOMPHONE Angers SCO 99 ASS = Assists ASP = Assists from set piece PLD = Number of matches in which the player delivered one or more assists MIN = Number of minutes played in matches in which the player delivered one or more assists /8/ Ligue de Football Professionnel - / - Ligue.com 9

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