Ligue 1: What this game might miss in style it should make up for in tempo and dedication. Get ready for Toulouse - Auxerre!
- Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Toulouse are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Auxerre is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Toulouse form and stats
6 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Toulouse have to build on here at Stadium de Toulouse in the Ligue 1. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Toulouse.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 382 minutes without scoring a league goal. Aboukhlal was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maxime Dupe not having conceded a league goal in 327 minutes.
The Toulouse coach Montanier and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Nice (placed 9th). The Toulouse goalkeeper Dupé was crucial in the match against Nice last time out, making eight saves. Goalkeeper Dupé got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.81 out of ten. Dupé topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Toulouse drew at home versus Nantes.This is expected to be a close game, with Toulouse perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Toulouse as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Toulouse has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Toulouse has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Toulouse have conceded 26 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Auxerre form and stats
Auxerre have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 3-3-12 (18 played). Auxerre has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Paris Saint Germain with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Sinayoko got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Sinayoko scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Auxerre manager Pélissier faced defeat when travelling to Brest and losing 0-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Auxerre playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Auxerre wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
The attacking power of Auxerre when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 18 league matches away. Auxerre struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Auxerre - Toulouse 0-5. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Toulouse won six, Auxerre were winners in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 12 goals |  Z. Aboukhlal 8 goals |  B. van den Boomen 5 goals |
Toulouse missing players
Auxerre missing players
| Toulouse | Auxerre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 48 | 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 33 |
| 55 | 26 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 34 | 59 |
| 92% | 94% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 81% | 78% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 78% | 75% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 31% | 39% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 56% | 56% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 11% | 19% |
| 31% | 33% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12.2 | 13.3 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.3 | 11.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 36% | 28% |
| 14.2 | 13.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.9 | 5 |
- Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Auxerre haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14 | 50 | 84 |
| 2 | Lens | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 34 | 78 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 29 | 73 |
| 4 | Monaco | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 69 | 54 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 65 |
| 5 | Lille | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 63 |
| 6 | Rennes | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 65 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 62 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 59 |
| 8 | Clermont | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 | -7 | 53 |
| 9 | Nice | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 52 |
| 10 | Lorient | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 0 | 52 |
| 11 | Reims | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 51 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 60 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 47 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 44 |
| 14 | Brest | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 41 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -7 | 39 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 59 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 34 | -26 | 34 |
| 17 | Nantes | 36 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -18 | 33 |
| 18 | Troyes | 36 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 78 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 49 | -35 | 23 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 41 | -49 | 23 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 36 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 79 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 44 | -48 | 15 |
