Auxerre vs Brest - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking successive Ligue 1 home triumphs, Auxerre instrumentality to Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps connected Sunday for a day with Brest.

On matchday four, the Burgundy nine claimed their archetypal triumph of the campaign, 1-0 astatine location to Nice, moving them retired of the relegation places, portion Stade Brestois are seventh with 5 points contempt a 1-0 decision versus Paris Saint-Germain the past clip out.

Match preview

A play that has often looked disastrous successful Burgundy yet got connected way past weekend, with Auxerre collecting their archetypal points of 2026-27.

That was besides Will Still's archetypal triumph arsenic a Ligue 1 manager since the 2024-25 play astatine Lens, putting his caller broadside a constituent supra the relegation enactment heading into matchday five.

While a cleanable expanse past week was overmuch needed for the worst antiaircraft squad regarding goals conceded, they volition privation to beryllium much accordant wide successful that area, arsenic AJA presently boast an mean of 2.8 goals allowed aft 4 matches, the highest ratio successful the contention to date.

Auxerre person points successful six of their past 7 Ligue 1 affairs astatine Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps, emerging victorious successful 3 of those past 4 instances.

This weekend, they person a accidental to cod consecutive cleanable sheets successful this contention for lone the 2nd clip successful 2026.

They are unbeaten successful 3 of their past 4 league meetings astatine location against Brest, winning those past 2 specified outings by a 3-0 score.

Brest kept it adjacent passim their matchday 4 matter but yet could not decorativeness their chances against the reigning champions successful Brittany.

That was the archetypal decision suffered by caller manager Julien Lachuer arsenic his broadside failed to find the backmost of the nett for the archetypal clip each season.

A triumph connected Sunday would springiness them 2 successful a enactment distant from home, equalling their longest specified tally successful the contention this year.

In conscionable 2 distant matches domestically this play they person scored a combined 4 goals, 1 much than they managed successful their last 7 league outings arsenic the visitors a play ago.

This twelvemonth they are unbeaten distant from location erstwhile netting the opening goal, doing truthful conscionable erstwhile this play successful a 2-1 triumph astatine Le Havre.

On Sunday, Les Pirates tin extremity a lengthy winless tally versus Auxerre astatine Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps successful the apical flight, past winning a Ligue 1 lucifer against them successful Burgundy backmost successful 2011 (1-0).

Auxerre Ligue 1 form:

Brest Ligue 1 form:

Team News

A genu wounded volition apt support Assane Diousse retired for Auxerre this weekend, Marvin Senaya has a sore hamstring, Sekou Fofana is dealing with a groin strain and Bryan Okoh is recovering from a cruciate ligament tear.

Cameron Archer scored the lone extremity successful their past outing, with the Southampton loanee starring the squad with 2 truthful acold successful this campaign, portion Mamadou Diop made 5 saves for his archetypal cleanable expanse of the season.

Due to a calf strain, we mightiness not spot Brendan Chardonnet successful the Brest lineup for this one, Mamady Diambou is questionable with an ankle strain, portion Romain Cagnon and Mama Balde are dealing with knocks.

Kamory Doumbia is successful a three-way necktie for goals successful Ligue 1 heading into this matchday, with the midfielder from Mali netting 4 times truthful far.

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

Diop; Makosso, Tuanzebe, Akpa; Sy, Faivre, Danois, Oppegard; Loader, Archer, Lascary

Brest imaginable starting lineup:

Selvik; Lala, Le Guen, Lloris, Locko; Chotard, Magnetti; Tousart, Doumbia, Mboup; Ajorque

We say: Auxerre 2-1 Brest

For arsenic potent arsenic Brest person been successful the attacking 3rd this season, they are conscionable arsenic susceptible connected the counter, and we judge that AJA’s vigor and newfound assurance volition transportation them to different triumph this weekend.

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