Monaco – Saint-Etienne: first test for the Monegasques against the Stéphanois, back in the elite

It's time for the restart for the 'AS Monaco, opposed to Stéphanois who are making their return to Ligue 1. Facing the promoted team, the Monegasques intend to start the season and send a message to the competition.

This evening, Ligue 1 continues its return with a trap match for AS Monaco which will start proud AS Saint-Etienne at 9:00 p.m.

Great ambitions

Second in the French championship last season, the Monegasques begin a new season this Saturday evening against AS Saint-Etienne. For Minamino and his partners, the objective will be to stay at the top of the ranking as confirmed by Adi Hütter at a press conference: "We can always dream of titles in life, it's human nature. But above all, we are very clear in our objectives, we want to stay at the top of the rankings and why not move up the groups to C1 (it is now a single group, Editor's note). AS Monaco has always been an ambitious club, and we have a very good team this season, but it is still a different challenge from last year.” 

ASM's coach looked ahead to this tricky match against the promoted Stéphanois by praising the opponent's qualities: “We expect them to play 4-3-3 with Sissoko up front, a solid striker who they play long balls to. We will certainly have more possession and will have to find ways to keep them under pressure, while playing our style of play. Last season we dropped a lot of points on the way to shelter, we will therefore have to be careful to reduce the gap with Paris Saint-Germain in particular and the best “teams”.

A big challenge

Back in the elite after an exciting season and a rise to Ligue 1, a big challenge awaits AS Saint-Etienne but the Greens are ready and Olivier Dall'Oglio does not want to burn the éétapes. The Saint-Étienne coach remains modest and does not want to aim too high: "Maintaining. There is also an objective to help the players progress. It will be important to establish a style that resembles Saint-Étienne with solid and united boys. This will be the basis before anything else. We have results objectives, but also construction". Facing Monaco, Saint-Etienne begins this season against a rival for the title. The coach expects a complicated encounter: “Of course, like all teams, with the transfer window continuing until the end of August, we will be completely ready in September. But we have worked for this match against Monaco, a rival for the title. We know it will be very complicated, but we will go there with our current weapons: youth, enthusiasm, courage”. 

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At the press conference, he took the opportunity to highlight the fans' enthusiasm: “We saw green jerseys everywhere this summer, even in Spain and Germany. There is also this extraordinary season ticket campaign. It's magnificent! It's up to us to maintain that. We have to build a team around all that. I'm taking this opportunity to make an appeal. We're going to launch a lot of young players from training or from outside. They'll need encouragement! The public knows how to do it. They know how to be grateful, condition of putting all the ingredients for”. 

&At what time does Monaco – Saint-Etienne start ?

The kick-off of the match of the first day of Ligue 1 opposing Monaco and Saint-Etienne is scheduled Saturday 17 August at 9:00 p.m. at the Stade Louis II (Monaco). Clément Turpin will be the referee for the match.

On which channel can you watch Monaco – Saint-Etienne ?

New holder of the TV rights for Ligue 1, DAZN will broadcast the match between the Monegasques and the Stéphanois.

How to follow Monaco – Saint-Etienne in streaming ?

If you want to watch the match of the first day of the French championship between Monaco and ASSE on your computer, smartphone or tablet, you will need to subscribe to a subscription on DAZN. 

What are the probable compositions of Monaco – Saint-Etienne ?

Monaco: Kohn – Kehrer, Maripan, Salisu – Vanderson, Camara, Zakaria, Henrique – Minamino, Embolo, Golovin.

Saint-Etienne : Larsonneur (G) – Pedro, Batubinsika, Abdelhamid, N'Zuzi – Fomba, Tardieu, Mouton – Davitachvili, I. Sissoko, Cafaro.

What are the predictions for Monaco – Saint-Etienne ?

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Betclic : Monaco: 1.41/Draw: 4.90/Saint-Etienne : 7.00

Bwin : Monaco : 1.41 /Nul : 4.50/Saint-Etienne : 6.25

NetBet :&amp ;nbsp;Monaco: 1.42/Draw: 4.90/Saint-Etienne: 6.40

Unibet:: Monaco: 1.42/Zero: 5.00/Saint-Etienne: 6.85