Saint-Etienne v Amiens Betting Tips: 1, 2017-08-19

Saint-Etienne seek to preserve 100% winning record when Amiens visit

International Football Tips

SAINT-ETIENNE v AMIENS

Saturday 19th August 2017 – Kickoff: 2000hrs

Football – France – Ligue 1 Betting Tips

Saint-Etienne will be looking to preserve their 100% winning record so far in the new French Ligue 1 season on Saturday night when they take on lowly Amiens at their Stade Geoffroy-Guichard as they seek to keep in touch with early league leaders, Monaco.

Back-to-back wins over Nice and Caen have given tonight’s hosts the perfect start to their new campaign as they look to erase a disappointing ninth place finish at the end of last season. Saint -Etienne possessed a pretty strong 7-9-3  24/18 home record last term, and they’ve suffered just two defeats from their last 13 league matches on home turf.

It’s been some 13 seasons since Saint-Etienne last played Amiens in competitive football, but they look to have early momentum and confidence behind them here as they look to make it three Ligue 1 wins on the trot. Manager Oscar Garcia can again choose from a fully fit squad.

Visitors Amiens achieved promotion from Ligue 2 along with Strasbourg at the end of last season, but their start to the new top flight has largely been a flop so far having lost both of their matches 2-0 to PSG and Angers respectively.

They find themselves now having to make a tricky trip to Saint-Etienne looking to avoid a third consecutive defeat, and therefore, morale is likely to be fragile ahead of this road trip. In addition, Amiens have failed to score in both of their league matches, and fans must be wondering why they let former striker Kamara leave in the summer to Championship side, Fulham.

It’ll be interesting to see how Amiens fare in the step up in level this season, particularly away from home, as they lost five on the road in their promotion season in Ligue 2 last term.

Pick: Saint-Etienne to win @ 1.57 Comeon