Ligue 1: Tipsway are looking at an engaging and highly important battle involving Auxerre and Nantes at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps. They both need to win this!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Auxerre form and stats
Auxerre have collected 17 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-5-5. When Auxerre hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Auxerre, Troyes, Angers SCO, Brest, Ajaccio and Strasbourg), they have won 3 of 5 matches!
The Auxerre goalkeeper Ionut Andrei Radu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.
It's back home for Auxerre, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ajaccio away with the result 3-0. Touré and Costa found the net in that victory. The 3-0 win against Ajaccio was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle. Attacking player Perrin bested all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.11 out of 10. Perrin hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Before that, Auxerre had a home game versus Troyes which ended with a victory 1-0.Low on goals? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Auxerre here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 14 games). Auxerre have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Auxerre has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-6-7 (15 played).
Nantes's last game was the home draw against Monaco (2-2). A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Monaco. Nantes were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Blas scoring the equalizer. Lafont had red hot gloves after the game against Monaco, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made.
Before that one, the victory at home against Olympique Lyonnais in the Coupe de France (1-0).
As for defending, Nantes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Nantes - Auxerre 1-0 was the score in these teams' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Auxerre victories, two draws and five Nantes wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Blas 7 goals |  M. Abdallah 7 goals |  M. Simon 5 goals |
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| Auxerre | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 27 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 51 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 23 | 42 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 83% |
| 73% | 64% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 70% |
| 47% | 36% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 47% | 47% |
| 27% | 29% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| 50% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 53% | 50% |
| 23% | 36% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 30% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11.5 | 12.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.5 | 11.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 29% | 23% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | 26% |
| 12.1 | 9.6 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 12.9 | 13 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 11 | 41 | 69 |
| 2 | Lens | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 28 | 63 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 25 | 61 |
| 4 | Monaco | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 58 |
| 5 | Lille | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 6 | Rennes | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 50 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 47 |
| 8 | Reims | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 47 |
| 9 | Nice | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
| 10 | Lorient | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 45 |
| 11 | Clermont | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -6 | 38 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 37 |
| 14 | Nantes | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 31 |
| 15 | Auxerre | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -24 | 29 |
| 16 | Brest | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -14 | 28 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -14 | 26 |
| 18 | Troyes | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -26 | 21 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -34 | 21 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -41 | 14 |
