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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Geoffroy Guichard - Saint- Etienne Thursday 29 September 2016 AS Saint-Étienne 21.05CET (21.05 local time) RSC Anderlecht Group C - Matchday 2 Last updated 28/09/2016 03:16CET Match background 2 Legend 3 1 AS Saint-Étienne - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Match background St-Étienne will seek to avoid a fourth successive 1-1 draw in the UEFA Europa League group stage as Anderlecht fly south in Group C. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • In their sole previous encounter with Belgian opponents, St-Étienne drew 1-1 at Club Brugge in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage. • Anderlecht's 20 games against French sides have ended W7 D9 L4 (W3 D5 L2 in France). Most recently, they played Monaco in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage, drawing 1-1 at home and winning 2-0 in the principality. Form guide • St-Étienne are unbeaten in five European fixtures (W2 D3) after drawing their opening Group C match 1-1 at Mainz. • That was their third straight 1-1 UEFA Europa League group stage draw. Of their 17 group games in this competition, 11 have finished in draws. • Anderlecht are on a three-match winning streak in Europe, having scored three goals in each of those outings. • St-Étienne have qualified in two of their past three UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group campaigns. • Anderlecht have made it through all five previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • St-Étienne's Florentin Pogba is the older brother of Manchester United's Paul Pogba. Links and trivia • The journey from Brussels to St-Étienne is around 600km, due south. • Anderlecht's Dennis Appiah and St-Étienne's Stéphane Ruffier (2010–11) and Kévin Malcuit (2010–12) were club- mates at Monaco. • Anderlecht's on-loan Uroš Spajić (Toulouse 2013–) and Sofiane Hanni (Nantes 2009–11) also have Ligue 1 experience. The coaches • St-Étienne coach since 2009, Christophe Galtier steered Les Verts to French League Cup success in 2012/13. He had worked as assistant to Alain Perrin at St-Étienne before getting the senior job. Originally a defender, he started his playing career at home-town club Marseille. • Capped once by Switzerland, René Weiler is in his first season as Anderlecht coach having spent his first two years of coaching abroad with Nürnberg in Germany from 2014–16. The one-time defender established his coaching reputation in his home country with Schaffhausen and Aarau. 2 AS Saint-Étienne - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 29 September 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Legend Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 3.