Strasbourg vs Saint-Etienne: prediction for the Ligue 1 match

Julien Stephan is yet to find communication with his players. After a failure in the previous season Strasbourg are having problems with collecting points. In nine rounds Racing recorded three victories and two draws, which brought them 11 points and 12th spot in the standings. 

After a victory over Lens (1:0) White-Blues lost to Lille (1:2) and then split the points with Montpellier (1:1) on an away game. 

Djiku, Mothiba, Sahi, Thomasson and Fila are unavailable this weekend. 

Saint-Etienne are failing to impress in the current season so far. Start of the current campaign turned out to be unsuccessful - in nine rounds Saints collected only four draws, which brought only four points and a bottom spot in the standings. 

We should note that team has the worst defensive record in the league, team conceded more than two goals per game on average. After a string of defeats Saints drew to Lyon (1:1).

Da Silva, Macon, Moueffek and Sissoko are unavailable for the game.