Auxerre vs. Paris FC - prediction, team news, lineups

Ten places abstracted Auxerre and Paris FC successful the Ligue 1 table up of Saturday's matchday 10 fixture astatine Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps.

Liam Rosenior's men could theoretically decorativeness the play joint-top if they unafraid maximum points against the broadside with the division's worst antiaircraft grounds and Paris Saint-Germain suffer to Troyes.

Match preview

Rosenior faced sizeable disapproval aft his forgettable spell astatine Chelsea earlier this year, but the Englishman has Paris FC flying aft 9 matchdays.

Les Bleus beryllium 4th successful the part with 17 points from a imaginable 27, level with third-placed Lyon, 1 down second-placed Lille and conscionable 3 adrift of section rivals PSG.

Much of their early-season occurrence admittedly stems from their beardown signifier astatine Stade Jean-Bouin, wherever they stay unbeaten aft collecting 13 of a imaginable 15 points.

However, they person struggled to replicate those performances connected their travels, losing fractional of their 4 distant matches, including the past 2 against Lorient (1-0) and Lens (2-1).

Paris person not won distant since aboriginal October's 3-2 occurrence astatine Marseille, and a instrumentality of conscionable 4 points from 12 connected the roadworthy undermines their prospects of drafting level with PSG earlier Luis Enrique's men look Troyes aboriginal connected Saturday.

Will Still's Auxerre person made a patchy commencement to the campaign, compounded by their nonaccomplishment to support cleanable sheets successful 8 of their 9 Ligue 1 fixtures.

The 14th-placed club's lone shutout came successful September's 1-0 triumph implicit Nice, but Les Ajaistes person been incapable to support opponents astatine bay since.

That antiaircraft weakness leaves Still's squad vulnerable, and they participate Saturday's brushwood having conceded 23 league goals, 3 much than bottom-placed Le Havre, further underlining their difficulties.

While their 13 goals transcend the totals of each but 2 bottom-half clubs, Brest (16) and Strasbourg (17), this weekend's hosts permission themselves with sizeable enactment to bash by conceding acold excessively freely.

Nonetheless, eagle-eyed observers volition enactment that Auxerre person conceded conscionable 5 goals successful beforehand of their supporters portion scoring arsenic galore themselves, offering encouragement up of matchday 10.

Given Paris' distant struggles, Les Ajaistes, who person collected 7 points from 12 connected location soil, volition backmost themselves to unafraid maximum points against Rosenior's high-flying side.

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Team News

Lamfia Dioubate was dismissed aft 11 minutes of the 5-1 decision to Strasbourg past clip out, leaving Auxerre without the midfielder.

While Sekou Fofana is touch-and-go owed to a groin issue, Bryan Okoh, Remy Labeau Lascary and Assane Diousse are each sidelined for the hosts.

Cameron Archer leads Auxerre's scoring charts with six goals, 3 much than Danny Namaso, and the Englishman volition purpose to physique connected his prolific commencement to the campaign.

Paris, meanwhile, could beryllium without Ligue 1's starring scorer Lassine Sinayoko, whose 8 goals surpass everyone else's tally successful the competition, portion his 5 assists underline his dual threat.

Given that Sinayoko has scored fractional of Les Bleus' 16 league goals, the visitors whitethorn person to trust connected alternate sources; lone Maxime Lopez and Pablo Pagis person besides scored much than erstwhile for Rosenior's side, leaving the manager abbreviated of proven match-winners.

Apart from Sinayoko, the superior nine person respective different wounded doubts: Adama Camara (hamstring), Luca Koleosho (muscle), Jonathan Ikone (thigh) and Nhoa Sangui (muscle) could each miss out.

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

Nardi; Makosso, Tuanzebe, Akpa; Sy, Danois, Ahamada, Oppegard; Faivre, Namaso; Archer

Paris FC imaginable starting lineup:

Trapp; Traore, Chergui, Coppola, Otavio; Lopez, Lees Melou; Kebbal, Pagis, Simon; Sissoko

We say: Auxerre 1-1 Paris FC

Auxerre's league-worst antiaircraft grounds is concerning, but conceding conscionable 5 goals crossed 4 location matches suggests that Saturday's duty whitethorn beryllium little straightforward than the array implies.

Paris person struggled to replicate their location performances connected the road, and Sinayoko's imaginable lack could permission Rosenior's men settling for a point.

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