Auxerre vs. Angers - prediction, team news, lineups

Separated by 3 places successful the Ligue 1 table, third-bottom Auxerre invited Angers to Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps successful Sunday’s 32nd round, aiming to marque 1 last propulsion to permission the relegation playoff spot.

Les Ajaistes are 5 points down 15th-placed Nice and request to extremity their four-match winless tally to bolster fading hopes of avoiding a post-season playoff to clasp their top-flight status.

Match preview

A cursory look astatine the win-loss array shows that Auxerre person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 5 Ligue 1 fixtures, aft suffering six defeats successful the erstwhile 11.

However, Christophe Pelissier’s men person secured lone 1 triumph during that period, which has created immoderate region from second-bottom Nantes, but not capable to steer wide of danger.

Heading into this weekend, the 16th-placed Ajaistes are 5 points wide of Nantes, but they are arsenic galore points adrift of Nice, contempt the 15th-placed broadside earning lone 3 points from their past 5 games.

With lone 9 points near to play for, Auxerre request to crook draws into wins successful the last 3 games to person a realistic accidental of overtaking the squad supra them successful the table.

That besides requires Nice to neglect to triumph immoderate of their last 3 matches of the regular season, including a head-to-head gathering betwixt the 2 sides successful the campaign’s penultimate weekend.

Before looking up to adjacent weekend’s gathering with Nice, though, Auxerre indispensable archetypal instrumentality attraction of concern against Angers, who look to beryllium connected the proverbial formation arsenic the play concludes.

Nine points abstracted this weekend’s visitors from the hosts, mathematically meaning Le SCO are acold from location and hosed successful the conflict to debar slipping into the relegation playoff spot.

Still, Alexandre Dujeux’s squad are improbable to gaffe that debased successful the last weeks of the season, with Le Havre and Nice the much apt sides to driblet to 16th if Auxerre prime up immoderate signifier successful gameweeks 32, 33 and 34.

That concern perchance explains wherefore Angers person won conscionable 1 of their past 10 top-flight matches, suffering 7 defeats successful that period.

The ongoing tally of results has followed what was a affirmative commencement to February, which saw Les Noirs et Blancs unafraid back-to-back wins successful Ligue 1 for the 3rd clip successful 2025-26.

However, the diminution successful signifier since those wins implicit Metz and Toulouse leaves Angers second-bottom, having earned conscionable 5 points from a imaginable 30, a tally amended than lone Metz’s three.

It is improbable to beryllium fatal to their prospects of losing their top-flight status, but a stronger commencement to adjacent word is imperative to debar opening 2026-27 connected the backmost foot.

Auxerre Ligue 1 form:

Angers Ligue 1 form:

Team News

Auxerre volition apt miss Donovan Leon owed to a thigh injury, Oussama El Azzouzi due to the fact that of a genu problem, and Nathan Buayi-Kiala arsenic good for a genu issue, portion they volition measure Fredrik Oppegard’s rib problem.

Although nary subordinate has scored arsenic galore arsenic Lassine Sinayoko’s 8 for the hosts, helium whitethorn request to extremity the run powerfully aft scoring conscionable doubly successful his past 5 appearances.

Danny Namaso has shown the indispensable game-changing quality for Les Ajaistes this term, scoring 3 and mounting up arsenic many, adjacent if helium has to connection much than 1 extremity publication successful 5 to supply much-needed assistance to Sinayoko successful the season’s denouement.

The visitors person Carlens Arcus (groin), Yassin Belkhdim (arm), Harouna Djibirin, Marius Courcoul and Marius Louer each sidelined with injuries.

With Sidiki Cherif astatine Fenerbahce, Angers person had to trust connected Prosper Peter to transportation the goalscoring burden, and helium has travel up trumps of late, uncovering the backmost of the nett doubly successful his past 3 games to instrumentality his tally for the run to five.

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

De Percin; Senaya, Diomande, Okoh, Mensah; Danois, Owusu; Faivre, Namaso, Casimir; Sinayoko

Angers imaginable starting lineup:

Koffi; Bamba, Biumla, Lefort; Raolisoa, Belkebla, Capelle, Van den Boomen, Ekomie; Peter, Sbai

We say: Auxerre 2-1 Angers 

While Auxerre person not precisely been convincing of late, they stay the much motivated broadside heading into this weekend’s gathering and should fancy their chances against susceptible visitors.

Angers could inactive marque things awkward, but a constrictive occurrence for the location broadside seems a tenable call.

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