Auxerre vs Nice - prediction, team news, lineups

Auxerre volition invited Nice to the Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps connected Saturday evening successful a important Ligue 1 relegation battle, with some sides inactive warring to sphere their top-flight presumption heading into the last 2 matches of the season.

The hosts presently inhabit the relegation play-off spot, but triumph present would spot them leapfrog the visitors successful the standings, portion the Eagles are desperately trying to debar being dragged into an unthinkable endurance playoff contempt reaching the Coupe de France final.

Match preview

Auxerre caput into this decisive brushwood with renewed content aft producing 1 of their champion performances of the play past weekend, defeating Angers 3-1 to support their endurance hopes firmly alive.

That triumph not lone lifted morale astir the club, but besides ensured Christophe Pelissier’s men stay wrong touching region of information heading into the penultimate circular of fixtures.

The Burgundy outfit person endured a frustrating run overall, spending overmuch of the play battling adjacent the ft of the table, but they present cognize a triumph present would determination them supra Nice and warrant they cannot decorativeness successful the automatic relegation places.

Auxerre’s main contented passim the run has been a deficiency of attacking accumulation astatine home, with lone 1 broadside scoring less goals connected their ain turf successful Ligue 1 this play than their humble tally of 16.

Still, the hosts look to beryllium uncovering signifier astatine the close moment, and they present person the accidental to unafraid consecutive league victories for the archetypal clip since April 2025, portion besides chasing back-to-back location wins for the archetypal clip since November past year.

A triumph present would warrant that Pelissier’s men cannot decorativeness successful the bottommost 2 this weekend, portion it would besides let them to swap places with the visitors heading into the last circular of fixtures.

Nice, meanwhile, are enduring a miserable extremity to what has been an highly disappointing play by their standards, though they are inactive preparing for a Coupe de France last against Lens aboriginal this month, an juncture that could go an unwanted distraction arsenic their Ligue 1 endurance remains acold from secure.

Les Aiglons caput into this fixture without a league triumph successful six matches, drafting 4 and losing 2 during that run, with their latest outing ending successful a 1-1 stalemate against Lens.

Finishing successful the relegation play-off spot would correspond a large drop-off for a nine that finished 4th successful the league past season, particularly arsenic expectations were heightened astatine the commencement of the season.

However, 1 encouraging origin for Franck Haise’s broadside is their grounds against teams astir them successful the table, having won 3 of 4 league matches this word against sides presently beneath them.

Nice besides boast a beardown caller grounds successful this fixture, winning the reverse brushwood 3-1 earlier successful the season, and they are present aiming to implicit a league treble implicit Auxerre for the archetypal clip since the 2008-09 campaign.

Still, their caller distant signifier remains concerning, with the Riviera nine winless successful their past 3 league matches connected the road, drafting 2 and losing one.

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Team News

Auxerre person respective wounded concerns heading into this important brushwood aft some Danny Namaso and Romain Faivre were forced disconnected during the triumph implicit Angers.

Donovan Leon remains unavailable with a thigh injury, portion Oussama El Azzouzi and Nathan Buayi-Kiala are some sidelined with genu problems.

Fredrik Oppegard is besides being assessed aft suffering a rib issue, leaving Pelissier with antiaircraft concerns up of Saturday’s clash.

Sekou Mara, who grabbed a brace past clip out, is expected to proceed starring the attack, with Lassine Sinayoko apt to supply enactment successful the last third.

Nice are hoping Elye Wahi volition retrieve successful clip aft missing caller matches, though the striker remains a doubt.

Moise Bombito could again miss retired due to the fact that of a little limb injury, Mohamed Abdelmonem is sidelined with a musculus problem, portion Everton Pereira continues to conflict with an ankle issue.

Jonathan Clauss is besides questionable aft sitting retired the gully against Lens, which could unit further reshuffling successful the antiaircraft unit.

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

De Percin; Sy, Diomande, Okoh, Mensah; Ahamada, Owusu, Danois; Sinayoko, Mara, Cissokho

Nice imaginable starting lineup:

Diouf; Mendy, Bah, Oppong; Louchet, Boudache, Boudaoui, Sanson, Bard; Cho, Diop

We say: Auxerre 1-1 Nice

With truthful overmuch astatine involvement for some sides, this has each the ingredients of a tense and nervy contention betwixt 2 teams struggling for confidence.

Auxerre’s momentum from past weekend’s triumph could springiness them an edge, but Nice person greater idiosyncratic prime and cognize avoiding decision would inactive support them supra the hosts heading into the last day. A gully whitethorn yet suit neither broadside fully, but it feels the astir apt outcome.

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