Kolo at the level but too alone

The top

Kolo sticks his head out of the water

After a more than mixed season, the Saint-Etienne defender is reborn at the start of the season to a position as a full-back that he had however denied on the arrival of Claude Puel. Posted on the left flank of the green defense this Sunday, he did his job cleanly and soberly. Serious in his defensive interventions, he also brought in front by his passes breaking the lines. Faced with the Montpellier offensive quartet, he is the only Saint-Etienne defender not to have been endangered.

The flops

Mason has the backlash

Having just recovered from his terrible knee injury, the Saint-Etienne side was showing encouraging signs in terms of pace and engagement in the duels during the preparation and the start of the season. Against Montpellier, and in particular Mavididi and Cozza on his right side, he was never able to offer an answer. Regularly overtaken in the first act, Claude Puel preferred to replace him at half-time, leaving him with a record of six ball losses out of the thirty-three balls played, but above all no successful cross.

Moukoudi friable

Rather reassuring last season, whether alongside Cissé or Sow, the Sergeant has a lot more trouble when he is associated with Nadé, and this is not necessarily due to the performance of his teammate. Once again, faced with the liveliness of the Wahi-Germain-Mavididi triplet, the central experienced an ordeal as evidenced by the second Montpellier goal where Mavididi left him there before serving Germain.

Bouanga, passion harvest

With autumn fast approaching, the harvest season is looming. The only problem for the Gabonese striker, he seems to have been working on it for several weeks already. Once again in the Hérault, he spoiled many situations by his hasty shots, all out of the frame (five in total). Beyond this statistical aspect and his undeniable desire to try things, he too often plays against the clock, as evidenced by this abortive duplication with Khazri in the first period, because he delays too much.