AJ Auxerre vs Montpellier Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

AJ Auxerre

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AJ Auxerre are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-4 Coupe De France success over Niort.

In that game, AJ Auxerre had 57% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For AJ Auxerre, goals were scored by Gaëtan Perrin (39', 67'), Nuno Joia Da Costa (43') and Matthis Abline (64'). For their opponents, Niort had 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Fixtures involving AJ Auxerre have proved to be absorbing ones of late with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of them being chalked up by AJ Auxerre.

Heading into this fixture, AJ Auxerre are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Montpellier

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Nantes in Ligue 1 action, Montpellier and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Montpellier had 47% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Nantes had 12 shots on goal with 7 on target. Andrei Girotto (45'), Mostafa Mohamed (81') and Ludovic Blas (84') scored for Nantes.

The numbers tell their own story, and Montpellier have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in total. In defence, Montpellier have been far from perfect. We will just have to find out if that trend can be continued on here.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 13/03/2010, there has been little to separate the clubs with AJ Auxerre winning 2 of those games, Montpellier 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

In all, 15 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from AJA and 8 netted by La Paillade. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league encounter between the two was Ligue 1 match day 3 on 21/08/2022 which ended up with the score at Montpellier 1-2 AJ Auxerre.

On that day, Montpellier managed 64% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Mamadou Sakho (39').

For their opponents, AJ Auxerre got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Nuno Joia Da Costa (70') and Mattias Autret (75') scored.

The referee was Mathieu Vernice.

📋 Team News: AJ Auxerre

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the AJ Auxerre boss Christophe Pélissier to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group. Théo Pellenard (Torn Knee Ligament) will miss out.

🗞️ Team News: Montpellier

Montpellier manager Romain Pitau has to choose a team with limited availability. Théo Sainte-Luce (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Dimitry Bertaud (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) miss out here.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Montpellier and AJ Auxerre could find scoring goals difficult here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We therefore see a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 01:36 25/01/2023