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AJ Auxerre

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AJ Auxerre will be hoping to bounce back here following a 3-2 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to Montpellier.

In that match, AJ Auxerre managed 46% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For AJ Auxerre, the scorers were Hamed Junior Traorè (18') and Ado Onaiwu (72'). Montpellier got 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. Akor Adams (65', 75') and Modibo Sagnan (71') scored for Montpellier.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that AJ Auxerre have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that AJ Auxerre have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 13 goals along the way. That pattern might not be sustained into this next game, though.

Heading into this contest, AJ Auxerre haven't won against Brest in their previous 6 league matches.

Brest

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Brest will come into the clash following a 2-0 Ligue 1 win with the downing of Toulouse in their last outing.

In that match, Brest managed 43% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Brest, goals were scored by Mama Baldé (21') and Romain Faivre (91'). At the other end, Toulouse got 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Indicating their bias toward action-packed matches, we’ve had goals 21 times in the previous 6 games in which Brest have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.5 goals each clash. Opposition teams have managed 11 of this grand total.

Pre-game facts show that Brest:

• remain unbeaten by AJ Auxerre when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 13/10/2017 reveals that these fixtures have not been happy ones for AJ Auxerre. They have not been able to get themselves any victories at all while Brest have remained in the ascendancy, finishing as winners in 67% of those games where they have faced each other.

11 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 3 of them from AJA and 8 netted by Les Ty' Zefs. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 35 on 14/05/2023 which ended up with the score at Brest 1-0 AJ Auxerre.

On that day, Brest had 46% possession and 14 shots on goal with 10 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jérémy Le Douaron (69').

AJ Auxerre had 10 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Eric Wattellier.

📰 Team News: AJ Auxerre

Nathan Buayi-Kiala (Cruciate ligament injury) and Lasso Coulibaly (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be able to play for AJ Auxerre boss Christophe Pélissier.

We think that AJA should kick off with a 3-2-4-1 formation this time, handing starts to Donovan Leon, Sinaly Diomande, Rayan Raveloson, Gabriel Osho, Ki-Jana Hoever, Clement Akpa, Hamed Traore, Kevin Danois, Elisha Owusu, Lassine Sinayoko and Ado Onaiwu.

🗞️ Team News: Brest

Brest boss Éric Roy has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Pierre Lees-Melou (Broken fibula) and Bradley Locko (Achilles tendon rupture) will miss out on this game.

It’s our belief that Les Ty' Zefs will likely play in a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Marco Bizot, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Soumaila Coulibaly, Massadio Haidara, Mahdi Camara, Jonas Martin, Hugo Magnetti, Romain Del Castillo, Ludovic Ajorque and Romain Faivre.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Brest and AJ Auxerre might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. That’s why we have predicted a tight encounter with a 0-0 draw at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 16:03 27/09/2024