AS Saint-Etienne vs KAA Gent, Europe 2019-20 GROUP STAGE
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Match Preview
AS Saint-Etienne vs KAA Gent — Europe at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
- AS Saint-Etienne 6 games · 4 pts (2025/26)
- KAA Gent 6 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Irfan Peljto, Davor Beljo, Admir Sehovic
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 -
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. AS Saint-Etienne is hosting KAA Gent for another epic battle.
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yann M'Vila, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Brecht Dejaegere made 294 appearances and scored 14 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 25' It looks surprising AS Saint-Etienne does not make any changes. Thomas Kaminski has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Wesley Fofana suffering a number of foals already.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering KAA Gent that had 294 games and scored 442 goals.
- 45' KAA Gent receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 45.
- 50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
- 55' KAA Gent seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 60' It’s high time Jess Thorup made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 64' It’s a booking for KAA Gent player. Michael Ngadeu gets a Yellow card.
- 64' Time for substitution for AS Saint-Etienne. Jean-Eudes Aholou is replaced by Arnaud Nordin.
- 69' It looks like no one’s ball. KAA Gent is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 71' Another substitution for KAA Gent to replace Roman Yaremchuk by Giorgi Kvilitaia on 71 minute.
- 73' Time for substitution for AS Saint-Etienne. Lois Diony is replaced by Zaydou Youssouf.
- 76' A meaty challenge results in booking for Michael Ngadeu on 76.
- 78' Another change for KAA Gent made on 78 minute. Laurent Depoitre leaves to be changed by Alessio Castro-Montes.
- 79' It’s a booking for AS Saint-Etienne player. Mahdi Camara gets a Yellow card.
- 80' Time for substitution for AS Saint-Etienne. Yann M'Vila is replaced by Robert Beric.
- 85' Stephane Ruffier has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 32 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 90' KAA Gent is showing some good football. However, KAA Gent are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- The final score is 0-0.
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AS Saint-Etienne
Starting XI- 17
- 9
- 16
- 24
- 8
- 6
- 5
- 20
- 14
- 7
- 32
Bench- 13
- 18
- 30
- 27
- 28
- 2
- 15
Coach Claude PuelKAA Gent
Starting XI- 29
- 6
- 23
- 15
- 24
- 7
- 16
- 32
- 8
- 5
- 1
Bench- 9
- 11
- 21
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19
Brecht Dejaegere ↑ 80'
- 26
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13
Giorgi Kvilitaia ↑ 71'
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14
Alessio Castro-Montes ↑ 78'
Coach Jess Thorup -
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