SAINT-ÉTIENNE, Faransa – A ranar Asabar, Saint-Étienne za ta kara da Rennes a filin wasa na Geoffroy-Guichard a wasan mako na 21 a gasar Ligue 1. Wasanni biyu da za a yi da karfe 9:05 na dare agogon Najeriya na da matukar muhimmanci ga kungiyoyin biyu da ke neman kaucewa faduwa daga gasar.
Saint-Étienne, wadda Eirik Horneland ke jagoranta, tana matsayi na 16 a kan teburi da maki 18, kuma tana cikin hadarin faduwa. Duk da nasarar da suka samu a gida, inda kashi 89 cikin 100 na maki suka samu a Geoffroy-Guichard, nasarar da suka samu a kan Lille da ci 4-1 a makon jiya ta kara dagula musu lissafi. Rashin tsaro ya kasance babbar matsala, inda suka zura kwallaye 43 a ragar su, don haka dole ne su gyara kafin karawa da Rennes.
Rennes, a daya bangaren, tana matsayi na 15 da maki 20. Duk da kokarinsu na kashe makudan kudade a kasuwar saye da sayar da ‘yan wasa a watan Janairu, rashin nasarar da suke samu a waje ya ci gaba da zama babban abin damuwa. Suna da maki daya kacal daga wasanni tara da suka buga a waje. Duk da haka, nasarar da suka samu a kan Strasbourg da ci 1-0 a makon jiya ta kawo karshen jerin rashin nasarar da suka yi, kuma sabon koci Julien Stéphan zai yi fatan cewa za su iya ci gaba da samun wannan gagarumar nasara.
“Muna da kwarin gwiwa bayan nasarar da muka samu a makon jiya,” in ji Stéphan. “Mun san cewa wasa da Saint-Étienne zai kasance mai wahala, amma mun shirya kuma za mu yi iya kokarinmu don samun sakamako mai kyau.”
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A tarihi, Rennes ta fi Saint-Étienne karfi. A cikin wasanni biyar da suka yi a baya, Rennes ta yi nasara sau hudu, yayin da Saint-Étienne ta yi nasara sau daya. Sabuwar karawa ta kare da ci 5-0 a gidan Rennes.
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Saint-Étienne za ta fuskanci wasan ne ba tare da wasu muhimman ‘yan wasa ba. Za a ci gaba da dakatar da Yvann Maçon saboda rashin da’a, yayin da kuma za a dakatar da Dennis Appiah saboda jan kati da ya samu a makon jiya. Duk da haka, Saint-Étienne za ta yi maraba da sabon dan wasan gaba Irvin Cardona, wanda aka sa ran zai fara wasan.
Rennes za ta fara wasan ne da sabbin ‘yan wasa da dama. Masu tsaron baya Alidu Seidu da Christopher Wooh, da kuma dan wasan tsakiya Azor Matusiwa, duk ana sa ran za su fara wasan bayan da suka koma kungiyar a watan Janairu. Duk da haka, Rennes ba za ta samu sabis na dan wasanta na gaba Amine Gouiri ba, wanda ya samu rauni a cinya.
An yi hasashen cewa wasan zai kasance mai cike da rudani, inda kungiyoyin biyu za su yi ta kokarin zura kwallo a raga. Saint-Étienne za ta yi kokarin yin amfani da karfin da take da shi a gida, yayin da Rennes za ta yi kokarin kawo karshen jerin rashin nasarar da ta yi a waje. An yi hasashen cewa Rennes za ta samu nasara a wasan, amma Saint-Étienne za ta ba ta gwagwarmaya sosai.
Jerin ‘Yan wasa da ake tsammani:
Saint-Étienne: Larsonneur; Appiah, Briançon, Nade, Pétrot; Bouchouari, Tardieu, Lobry; Cafaro, Krasso, Wadji
Rennes: Mandanda; Traoré, Wooh, Theate, Truffert; Santamaria, Ugochukwu, Majer; Doku, Kalimuendo, Terrier
Hasashe: Saint-Étienne 1-2 Rennes
