Delicate operation this Sunday. On behalf of the 20th day of League 1, AS Saint-Etienne (16th) will travel to the Stade de la Meinau to face the RC Strasbourg (15th). Only 1 point separates the two formations of Claude Puel and Thierry laurey. Hence the interest and the stake of this meeting.
Facing the Alsatians, the coach of the Greens will have to deal with a lot of absentees. Affected by Covid-19, Denis Bouanga, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Zaydou Youssouf and Charles Abi will be in quarantine. For their part, Retsos, Khazri, Silva, Mason and Neyou are injured and are also forfeited. Finally, Moukoudi is uncertain after being hit in the adductors against the Reims stadium.
On the Strasbourg side, it is not much better since Thierry Laurey will (again) have to do without Matz Sels, Idiss Saadi, Lebo Mothiba, Lamine Koné, Bingourou Kamara, joined this week by Mohamed Simakan injured for 2 months.
Both teams will probably be relieved if they come out of this meeting without additional injury.