For the second time in a row, AS Saint-Etienne managed to win on home soil this Saturday at the expense of MHSC. After getting the better of Auxerre (3-1) and Strasbourg (2-0) in their boiling Chaudron, the Greens won this time by the smallest of margins (1-0).
It was thanks to an achievement by the young Moroccan Bouchouari that the Stéphanois were able to make the difference. This just after returning from the locker room, an adjusted recovery difficult to read for the Pailladins goalkeeper. The one and only banderilla planted in an otherwise engaged and balanced match.
For Montpellier, which had just stopped the bleeding to the detriment of Brest (3-1), the relapse was brutal and left the club flanked by the red lantern, three points from the waterline. Six lengths from its opponent of the day, an ASSE which is greening up a little and temporarily rises to 13e
position.
