Betting preview: Auxerre faced with a tough challenge when Paris Saint Germain visits

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

Stumbling Auxerre are aching to pull off a surprise win when they play top team Paris Saint Germain in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home regulars will have modest confidence.

Insights:
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (84) in Ligue 1

Auxerre and Paris Saint Germain should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Auxerre form and stats

The complete Ligue 1 results playing at home this season for Auxerre are 5-7-5 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

No payout for Auxerre in their previous match, an away game at Brest that ended in defeat 0-1. Radu had a busy but productive day in the Brest match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Clermont that ended 1-1.

Auxerre have scored {16 league goals} here from 17 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Auxerre have conceded 23 goals.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 13 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Ligue 1. A great winning streak in away games for Paris Saint Germain as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Monaco have they travelled home without three points.

Paris Saint Germain had fun at their own home (Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps) last time out, beating Ajaccio 5-0. Mbappé (2), Ruiz and Hakimi scored. As mentioned above, PSG was the only team on the pitch versus Ajaccio in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Mbappé has found the net for this side five fixtures in a row. The capability! The attacker Mbappé got a match rating of 8.43 in that game. Mbappé scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Troyes with the score of 3-1.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this club's 15 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Paris Saint Germain are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Paris Saint Germain have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Auxerre.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Paris Saint Germain - Auxerre 5-0.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
26 goals
Paris Saint GermainL. Messi
L. Messi
15 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
13 goals

Auxerre missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Auxerre Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 5 17 35
8 5 0 Won W 5 13 26
10 7 2 Drew D 0 1 3
17 5 2 Lost L 0 3 6
32 16 3 Scored S 13 41 84
57 23 6 Conceded C 3 13 35
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
74% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 83%
46% 35% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 76% 69%
23% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 40%
17% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 23%
54% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 54%
20% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 47% 37%
31% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 11%
 
3.5 4.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 5.6 5.4
5.4 4.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 3.9
1.4 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.5
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.4 12.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18 15.8 15.8
3.2 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 7 7.1
28% 24% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 34%
 
12.6 10.3 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.4 12.7 11.7
5 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Paris Saint Germain have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Auxerre.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most points (40) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (41) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (84) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+28) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+49) in Ligue 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 Paris Saint Germain 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 14

Paris Saint Germain:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 14

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