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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS VfL Wolfsburg Arena - Wolfsburg Thursday 12 December 2019 21.00CET (21.00 local time) VfL Wolfsburg Group I - Matchday 6 AS Saint-Étienne Last updated 06/08/2020 18:14CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 18 Legend 19 1 VfL Wolfsburg - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 12 December 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kolodziejczak 13; 03/10/2019 GS AS Saint-Étienne - VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Saint-Etienne William 15 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 AS Saint-Étienne 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 VfL Wolfsburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Villeneuve Vieirinha 45+1, 11/12/2014 GS LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg 0-3 d'Ascq Rodríguez 65, 89 (P) De Bruyne 82; Origi 02/10/2014 GS VfL Wolfsburg - LOSC Lille 1-1 Wolfsburg 77 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Wolfsburg - Paris Saint- 1-3 Hasebe 63; Luyindula 26/02/2009 R3 Wolfsburg Germain agg: 1-5 38 (P), 73, Rothen 60 Paris Saint-Germain - VfL 18/02/2009 R3 2-0 Paris Hoarau 80, 83 Wolfsburg UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 4-0 Dindane 42, Keita 48, 03/08/2005 SF RC Lens - VfL Wolfsburg Lens agg: 4-0 Jemaa 89, 90 27/07/2005 SF VfL Wolfsburg - RC Lens 0-0 Wolfsburg UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers M.Petrov 22, Biliskov 2-2 01/08/2001 SF VfL Wolfsburg - ES Troyes AC Wolfsburg 35; Amzine 29, agg: 2-3 Rothen 90 25/07/2001 SF ES Troyes AC - VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 Troyes Goussé 8 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Tomislav Maric 50; 02/08/2000 SF VfL Wolfsburg - AJ Auxerre Wolfsburg agg 2-3 (aet) Kłos 26, Cissé 100 ET Sebescen 71 (og); 26/07/2000 SF AJ Auxerre - VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Auxerre Rische 21 VfL Wolfsburg - CS Sedan- 2-1 Akonnor 33, Adjaoud 22/07/2000 R3 Wolfsburg Ardennes agg: 2-1 78 (og); N'diefi 57 2 VfL Wolfsburg - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 12 December 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg UEFA Intertoto Cup CS Sedan-Ardennes - VfL 15/07/2000 R3 0-0 Sedan Wolfsburg AS Saint-Étienne - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AS Saint-Étienne - 1. FSV Mainz 24/11/2016 GS 0-0 Saint-Etienne 05 1. FSV Mainz 05 - AS Saint- 15/09/2016 GS 1-1 Mainz Bungert 57; Berić 88 Étienne UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Benalouane 64, Grax AS Saint-Étienne - SV Werder 2-2 18/03/2009 R16 Saint-Etienne 90+2; Prödl 6, Pizarro Bremen agg: 2-3 27 SV Werder Bremen - AS Saint- 12/03/2009 R16 1-0 Bremen Naldo 20 Étienne European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Berliner FC Dynamo - AS Saint- 2-0 01/09/1981 PR Berlin Netz 38, Riediger 82 Étienne agg: 3-1 AS Saint-Étienne - Berliner FC Lopez 74; Lopez 25 26/08/1981 PR 1-1 Saint-Etienne Dynamo (og) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AS Saint-Étienne - Hamburger 1-0 10/12/1980 R3 Saint-Etienne Paganelli 10 SV agg: 6-0 Hartwig 8 (og), Platini Hamburger SV - AS Saint- 26/11/1980 R3 0-5 Hamburg 26, 87, Larios 39, Étienne Zimako 85 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Thychosen 11, 19/03/1980 QF Monchengladbach - AS Saint-Étienne agg: 6-1 Hannes 15 Platini 55 (P); AS Saint-Étienne - VfL Borussia 05/03/1980 QF 1-4 Saint-Etienne Nielsen 15, 21, Mönchengladbach Nickel 18, Lienen 36 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - AS Saint- 12/05/1976 F 1-0 Glasgow Roth 57 Étienne 3 VfL Wolfsburg - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 12 December 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - AS Saint- 2-0 Beckenbauer 2, 23/04/1975 SF Munich Étienne agg: 2-0 Dürnberger 69 AS Saint-Étienne - FC Bayern 09/04/1975 SF 0-0 Saint-Etienne München UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Simmet 46, Glowacz 28/09/1971 R1 1. FC Köln - AS Saint-Étienne Cologne agg: 3-2 62; Revelli 75 Sarramagna 85; 15/09/1971 R1 AS Saint-Étienne - 1. FC Köln 1-1 Saint-Etienne Simmet 80 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AS Saint-Étienne - FC Bayern 3-0 01/10/1969 R1 Saint-Etienne Revelli 2, 59, Keita 81 München agg: 3-2 FC Bayern München - AS Saint- Brenninger 22, Roth 17/09/1969 R1 2-0 Munich Étienne 53 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1. FC Nürnberg - AS Saint- 3-0 Strehl 27, Wild 63, 14/11/1962 R2 Nuremberg Étienne agg: 3-0 Haseneder 73 AS Saint-Étienne - 1. FC 18/10/1962 R2 0-0 Saint-Etienne Nürnberg Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA VfL Wolfsburg 6 1 3 2 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 13 2 6 5 12 18 AS Saint-Étienne 10 2 7 1 9 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 20 3 8 9 17 25 4 VfL Wolfsburg - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 12 December 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg Match background Wolfsburg host Saint-Étienne knowing that they are through to the knockout phase of the UEFA Europa League while their opponents will be playing their final European encounter of the season. • The German side booked their round of 32 berth with a 1-0 win at Olexandriya on Matchday 5 – their eighth successive UEFA Europa League away game without defeat – thanks to Wout Weghorst's penalty in first-half added time. The Ukrainian club are the only opponents that Wolfsburg have beaten in Group I – they were also 3-1 victors at home on Matchday 1 – but the Bundesliga club's tally of eight points is four more than third-placed St-Étienne have managed, the French side having drawn every game since opening with a 3-2 defeat at Gent, who are also through and top the group with nine points. • In order to dislodge Gent from top spot and qualify as group winners Wolfsburg must beat St-Étienne and hope that the Belgian side do not follow suit in their final fixture at home to bottom-placed Olexandriya. Previous meetings • The teams met for the first time in UEFA competition on Matchday 2, drawing 1-1 at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard. Both goals were scored early on by defenders, Timothée Kolodziejczak's 13th-minute opener for St-Étienne prompting a swift response from Wolfsburg's Willian. • Wolfsburg have won only once in six home games against French visitors (D3 L2), the first of those, against Sedan (2-1) in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Home and away their record against French opposition is W2 D6 L5. • This is St-Étienne's 21st match against German opposition, the previous 20 having brought just three wins (D8 L9). They have lost seven of their nine away matches, though gained a first draw on the most recent visit, 1-1 at Mainz in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League group stage thanks to a late Robert Berić equaliser. Les Verts were also defeated by German opposition in the 1976 European Cup final, going down 1-0 to Bayern München in Glasgow. Form guide Wolfsburg • A sixth-placed finish in last season's Bundesliga ensured Wolfsburg direct entry into the group stage and a first European adventure since they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 2015/16. • The German club are competing in the UEFA Europa League group stage for a second time, their 2014/15 campaign having ended in the quarter-finals at the hands of Napoli. They also reached the last eight in the competition's inaugural 2009/10 season having finished third in their UEFA Champions League section. • Quarter-finalists therefore in each of their last three European campaigns, Wolfsburg won all five home fixtures in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League and have a UEFA Europa League home record of W6 D1 L4, losing the most recent of those fixtures 1-3 to Gent on Matchday 4. St-Étienne • Absent from Europe since they reached the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League round of 32, St-Étienne returned by finishing fourth in Ligue 1 last term to secure a fourth group stage appearance in this competition. • Unable to get out of their group in 2014/15, when they drew their first five matches and lost the last, they were successful in both 2015/16 and 2016/17 before exiting both times at the round of 32 stage, latterly to eventual winners Manchester United (0-3 a, 0-1 h).