Stop or still?
Insatiable at home, the Red Star has recorded 11 successes in as many matches in its lair of the Bauer stadium.
A strength which allows them to outrageously dominate the National Championship.
But beware.
Red Star's last four opponents who traveled to Saint-Ouen (Orléans, Martigues, Le Mans and Goal FC) have all posed problems for the National boss.
The latter will also continue this Friday evening (7:30 p.m.) their 5th meeting in 19 days against Châteauroux for the 24th day after a defeat in Rouen (1-0), successes against Le Mans (4-1) and Goal FC (2-1) then a draw at Avranches last Saturday (0-0).
An exhausting marathon for a team that is not used to playing every three days.
Coach Habib Beye should therefore slightly modify his starting lineup.
Defensive midfielder Ryad Hachem, injured in the adductor muscles and absent during the last two meetings, could make his return.
“It’s a very intense pace,” insisted the Audonian technician during the press conference for the match in Avranches.
All the teams in the red zone play for their survival in National and it is sometimes more difficult than playing teams who open the game. When I see the results, we took 6 points against Le Mans and Goal plus a draw at Avranches , there are positives.
Sometimes we have less success like in Avranches and we have to accept it.
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Red Star will return to Châteauroux for the third time this season.
On October 2, the Audoniens won (1-2) at the Gaston-Petit stadium in the championship.
It’s even their last success on the road.
A month and a half later, Habib Beye's men stumbled (2-1) at Châteauroux in the 7th round of the Coupe de France.
Relegated to the National (14th), the Castelroussins remain on a series of two successes in a row at Versailles (1-3) then against Orléans (2-1).
But the Seine-Saint-Denis players are unplayable at home this season.
With 11 days remaining, Red Star is 10 lengths ahead of third-placed Martigues (with the added bonus of the particular goal average) knowing that the first two are moving up.
Niort (2nd) is 6 points behind Habib Beye's men.
A new victory would bring Red Star even closer to a return to L2 which it left in 2019.