The Alsace club were on the receiving end of a rampant Reds’ performance in France, as we ran out 5-0 winners at the Stade de la Meinau.
That rollicking victory, with the goals shared between Denis Law (x2), Bobby Charlton, John Connelly and David Herd, proved a sign of things to come, as we’ve tended to have the upper hand when drawn against clubs of a Gallic persuasion.
United have won 17 of our 32 meetings versus Ligue Un outfits, with 11 draws and just four defeats on our record.
Saint-Etienne were dispatched in a 1977 Cup Winners’ Cup tie – our ‘home’ leg infamously played at Home Park in Plymouth, after violence in France – before we edged out Montpellier on the way to success in that same competition 14 years later.