📏 Form Guide

Rodez

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Rodez will be hoping for a better result after a 1-0 Ligue 2 losing effort in their last game against SM Caen.

In that game, Rodez managed 48% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Rodez was Dembo Sylla (45' Own goal). Caen had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Fixtures involving Rodez have tended to be lively ones lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games alone, a grand total of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 12 of these coming from Rodez. That aside, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern will be replicated in this game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Rodez:

• haven't won against AJ Auxerre in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.

AJ Auxerre

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After tasting defeat last time out to Quevilly-Rouen in Ligue 2 competition, AJ Auxerre and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, AJ Auxerre managed 60% possession and 18 shots on goal with 8 on target. For AJ Auxerre, the goalscorers were Gauthier Hein (31') and Ado Onaiwu (58', 95'). For their opponents, Quevilly-Rouen Métropole had 18 shots on goal with 7 on target. Kalifa Coulibaly (8'), Balthazar Pierret (66'), Mamadou Camara (92') and Papa Ndiaga Yade (100') scored for Quevilly-Rouen.

During their 6 latest matches, Christophe Pélissier's AJ Auxerre have found the back of the net 8 times therefore yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.33.

Ahead of this clash, AJ Auxerre are undefeated by Rodez when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 31/10/2020 shows us that Rodez have won 2 of them and AJ Auxerre 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 8 for Rodez and 11 being from AJA. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Ligue 2 match day 9 on 30/09/2023 and the score finished AJ Auxerre 3-1 Rodez.

On that day, AJ Auxerre had 65% possession and 15 shots at goal with 4 on target. Goals were scored by Gauthier Hein (33'), Gaëtan Perrin (72') and Rayan Raveloson (95').

Rodez had 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. Kyllian Corredor (95') was the scorer.

The referee was Faouzi Benchabane.

🗞️ Team News: Rodez

Joris Chougrani (Knee injury), Éric Vandenabeele (Broken fibula), Lucas Buades (Foot injury), Sébastien Cibois (Injury to abdominal muscles) and Lionel Mpasi-Nzau (Knee injury) will be missing for Rodez manager Didier Santini.

🗞️ Team News: AJ Auxerre

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there’s only the one fitness issue for the AJ Auxerre boss Christophe Pélissier to contend with. Ange Loïc N’Gatta (Knock) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Rodez may well find it hard to hit the back of the net against this AJ Auxerre lineup who we reckon will end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re therefore expecting a very even match with a 0-1 winning margin for AJ Auxerre at the conclusion of the game.

Hoping for a good game.

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

Andre Moura, 12:05 20/04/2024