📏 Form Guide

AJ Auxerre

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AJ Auxerre are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-3 Ligue 2 success versus USL Dunkerque.

In that game, AJ Auxerre had 59% possession and 23 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For AJ Auxerre, the goals were scored by Lassine Sinayoko (57') and Rayan Raveloson (71'). On the other side, Dunkerque got 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Gessime Yassine (20') and Gaëtan Courtet (61' Own goal) scored for USL Dunkerque.

Matches with AJ Auxerre have usually been lively affairs lately with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past 6 games alone, the sum of 20 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 13 of those being chalked up by AJ Auxerre.

Paris FC

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Paris FC will come into the match following a 3-1 Ligue 2 win versus Angers SCO in their last match.

In that match, Paris FC had 55% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Paris FC, the scorers were Ayoub Jabbari (18') and Ilan Kebbal (83'). For their opponents, Angers got 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. Pierrick Capelle (41') and Yan Valery (79' Own goal) scored for Angers SCO.

Paris FC have been effective going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 12 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Stéphane Gilli will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Paris FC can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same matches. That pattern might not be carried forward into this game, though.

Heading into this fixture, Paris FC have not been beaten by AJ Auxerre in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 22/11/2019, both clubs have shared the honours with AJ Auxerre winning 2 of those games, Paris FC 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 12 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them from AJA and 5 being from PFC. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 10 on 07/10/2023 when it finished Paris FC 0-2 AJ Auxerre.

In that game, Paris FC managed 46% possession and 18 shots on goal with 3 on target.

On the other side, AJ Auxerre had 6 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Lassine Sinayoko (22') and Ado Onaiwu (70') scored.

The match was refereed by Guillaume Paradis.

📋 Team News: AJ Auxerre

The AJ Auxerre manager Christophe Pélissier will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game with a fully injury-free group ready to go.

ℹ️ Team News: Paris FC

Paris FC manager Stéphane Gilli has a number of players out of action. Lamine Gueye (Knee injury), Pierre-Yves Hamel (unknown injury) and Sofiane Alakouch (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be playing here.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that AJ Auxerre will most probably be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Paris FC will be up against it to get a goal of their own although we do reckon that they could well end up converting at least once as well.

We can therefore see a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for AJ Auxerre at the end of the match.

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

Andre Moura, 12:04 04/05/2024