St Etienne
Nice
May 26 19:45
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promotion play-off first leg between AS Saint-Étienne and OGC Nice. This is one of the most extraordinary two-legged encounters in French football's 2025-26 season.Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne, the Chaudron, one of European football's most electric and intimidating cauldrons, hosts Tuesday evening's Ligue 1 relegation
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St Etienne
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Les Verts, one of French football's most passionately supported clubs with ten Ligue 1 titles, arrive this play-off first leg having produced one of French football's most extraordinary sequences in recent memory. Their 7-6 penalty shootout win over Rodez was the kind of result that only Saint-Étienne can generate, chaotic, thrilling, ultimately successful. The Geoffroy-Guichard on a night when promotion and top-flight return is at stake generates what is genuinely acknowledged as one of European football's most terrifying home atmospheres for visiting sides.
Nice
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Nice arrive this play-off first leg in the most peculiar circumstances of any club in French football this season. Coupe de France finalists who lost to Lens, 16th in Ligue 1 despite their recent Coupe de France adventure, now facing a two-legged fight to preserve their 24-year Ligue 1 membership. Despite losing the cup final, Nice retain the quality of a squad assembled to compete in European football, with a transfer budget that trumps Saint-Étienne's resources.
Prediction
The nature of this fixture as a play-off outing between sides searching for a route back into the top-flight sets it up for two goal returns.
What are the best odds for the game?
Saint-Étienne are given 2.26 odds to win at home, while Nice are pegged at 2.98 for the away win. A draw is staged at 3.44 odds.
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