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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Geoffroy Guichard - Saint- Etienne Thursday 3 October 2019 AS Saint-Étienne 18.55CET (18.55 local time) VfL Wolfsburg Group I - Matchday 2 Last updated 06/08/2020 18:05CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 AS Saint-Étienne - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams 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 2 AS Saint-Étienne - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne 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 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 3 AS Saint-Étienne - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne 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 CS Sedan-Ardennes - VfL 15/07/2000 R3 0-0 Sedan Wolfsburg Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AS Saint-Étienne 9 2 6 1 9 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 19 3 7 9 16 24 VfL Wolfsburg 6 1 3 2 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 2 5 5 11 17 4 AS Saint-Étienne - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Match background Ligue 1 takes on the Bundesliga in UEFA Europa League Group I as Saint-Étienne, defeated on matchday one, host a Wolfsburg side that kicked off their first European campaign in four years with a solid home win. • St-Étienne went down 3-2 at Gent in Belgium on opening night despite a fine strike from Wahbi Khazri, while Wolfsburg comfortably saw off Ukrainian group stage debutants Olexandriya, goals from Maximilian Arnold, Admir Mehmedi and Josip Brekalo earning a 3-1 win. Previous meetings • Although the clubs are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition, this is St-Étienne's 20th match against German opposition, the previous 19 having brought just three wins. They have drawn six of their nine home games (W2 L1), including each of the last three, most recently 0-0 against Mainz in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Wolfsburg's only win in six trips to France (D2 L3) came on their last visit, on matchday six of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League, when they won 3-0 at LOSC Lille to secure their place in the round of 32. That ended a nine-match winless run against French sides, home and away. Form guide St-Étienne • Absent from Europe since they reached the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League round of 32, St-Étienne made it back 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). • Les Verts are unbeaten at home in the UEFA Europa League group stage, but seven of those nine matches have been drawn. They were on a run of ten matches undefeated in group fixtures (W5 D5) until their matchday one reverse at Gent. Wolfsburg • A sixth-placed finish in last season's Bundesliga ensured Wolfsburg direct entry into the group stage and a first European campaign 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 proved successful and ending 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 are unbeaten in their last five UEFA Europa League away fixtures (W3 D2). Their overall away record in the competition is W3 D4 L2, both defeats having come in England. Links and trivia • Wolfsburg skipper Josuha Guilavogui started his career with St-Étienne, making over 100 appearances for the club from 2010 to 2014. • Guilavogui played for Les Verts alongside Loïc Perrin, Stéphane Ruffier, Jessy Moulin and Romain Hamouma. • Wolfsburg's Marcel Tisserand (Monaco, Lens, Toulouse) and Jérôme Roussillon (Sochaux, Montpellier) have both played in Ligue 1. The coaches • Ghislain Printant stepped up from his position as Jean-Louis Gasset's assistant to become Saint-Étienne’s head coach in June 2019 – a month after his 58th birthday. Only once previously had he taken charge of a Ligue 1 club, at Corsican side Bastia from November 2014 to January 2016, leading the team to the final of the French League Cup. A goalkeeper at amateur level, he was also Gasset's No2 for a short spell at Montpellier in 2017 before the pair moved to St-Étienne. • Austrian coach Oliver Glasner signed a three-year contract in the spring of 2019 to succeed Bruno Labbadia at Wolfsburg.