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AJ Auxerre vs Montpellier Live Stream, Predictions
The Ligue 1 meeting at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps on Sunday sees home side AJ Auxerre up against opponents in Montpellier.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for AJ Auxerre v Montpellier, scroll down - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
AJ Auxerre
LLDLLW
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
DWLLLL 📉
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

🏟️ Team Focus:
AJ Auxerre
Formed: 1905
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (18,541)
Captain: Birama Touré
Chairman: James Zhou
Manager: Christophe Pélissier
Competitions: Ligue 1 position 19, Coupe De France (10th Round)
⭐ Key Man: M'Baye Niang

Mostly taking up the Striker position, M'Baye Niang was born in Meulan, France. Having played his first senior match for SM Caen in the 2010 - 2011 season, the talented Forward has scored a sum of 3 league goals in this Ligue 1 2022 - 2023 campaign to date in 14 appearances.
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19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 47 | WWLWL |
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20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 45 | DWDWD |
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20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 43 | WWWWD |
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20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 38 | WWDWD |
5 |
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20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 37 | LWLWL |
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20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 35 | LWDLW |
7 |
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20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 34 | WWDDW |
8 |
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20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 | DDLWD |
9 |
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19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 28 | LLWWW |
10 |
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19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 | DWLDL |
11 |
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19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | -2 | 25 | DWDWD |
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19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 23 | LLWWD |
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19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | -3 | 21 | DDWDW |
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20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 19 | DWLLD |
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19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 17 | DWLLL |
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19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -10 | 15 | DLLDW |
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19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -15 | 15 | WLLDD |
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19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 15 | DWLLL |
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19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -25 | 13 | LLLLL |
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19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | -24 | 8 | LLLLL |
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PSG |
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Nantes |
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Pau FC |
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Monaco |
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AC Ajaccio |
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Nice |
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Brest |
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FC Lorient |
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FC Lorient |
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Clermont Foot |
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Rennes |
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Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 25 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 2.4 |
Time first goal scored | 24 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 7-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-1 |
Nuno Joia Da Costa | 3 |
M'Baye Niang | 3 |
Mattias Autret | 2 |
Gaëtan Perrin | 2 |
Matthis Abline | 1 |
Téji Savanier | 7 |
Elye Wahi | 7 |
Arnaud Nordin | 4 |
Nicolas Cozza | 2 |
Valère Germain | 2 |
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Lyon |
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Brest |
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RC Lens |
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Angers SCO |
AC Ajaccio |
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Clermont Foot |
Marseille |
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Toulouse |
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