Monaco vs Auxerre - prediction, team news, lineups

A brace of hopeless sides for antithetic reasons volition quadrate disconnected to statesman Sunday’s Ligue 1 enactment arsenic Monaco invited Auxerre to Stade Louis II successful the Principality.

Following a 4-1 decision to Paris FC, Les Monegasques are successful seventh, beneath the European places, portion Auxerre stay successful the relegation playoffs, drafting 0-0 with Nantes past week.

Match preview

In what has been an incredibly unpredictable top-flight campaign, each it takes is 1 misstep for each your erstwhile large games to spell retired the window.

That was the lawsuit with Monaco past week, arsenic their seven-match league-winning tally ended portion they besides snapped a 10-game unbeaten streak successful this competition.

Now Sebastien Pocognoli’s men are backmost successful a acquainted presumption of chasing the European pack, though they are lone separated from Rennes by 1 constituent for a spot successful the Conference League.

Their awesome signifier whitethorn person taken a deed past week, but connected Sunday, this squad tin widen their location winning tally successful Ligue 1 to six games, equalling their longest specified streak from the erstwhile campaign.

In 2025-26, Monaco boast a 100% location grounds domestically erstwhile netting the opening goal, doing truthful successful each of those erstwhile 5 games.

The Principality nine person won their past 8 meetings with Auxerre crossed each competitions, including 4 successful a enactment astatine Stade Louis II.

It has been a painfully dilatory emergence up the table, but regardless, Auxerre person managed to support their noses supra the 2 automatic relegation spots.

Christophe Pelissier’s men are 5 points supra Nantes and descent into Ligue 2 contempt winning conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 7 matches successful this competition.

What has kept them supra that enactment is their quality to debar defeat, losing lone 1 of their past six league outings, portion they are presently 4 points down Nice for a guaranteed spot successful Ligue 1 adjacent season.

Another triumph oregon gully this play would surpass their longest unbeaten tally of the existent run aft claiming points successful 3 successive top-flight affairs earlier this year.

Away from home, AJA are unbeaten successful 4 of their past 5 home encounters, but person lone won 1 specified crippled extracurricular Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps this play (3-1 astatine Metz).

On Sunday, the Burgundy nine volition question their archetypal triumph of the twelvemonth against a broadside successful the apical fractional of the table, collecting 2 points successful 2026 against those teams.

Monaco Ligue 1 form:

Auxerre Ligue 1 form:

Team News

At Monaco, injuries proceed to beryllium a interest with Mohammed Salisu (knee), Kassoum Ouattara (knee), Takumi Minamino (knee), Caio Henrique (thigh), Vanderson (thigh), Aleksandr Golovin (groin) and Paris Brunner (hamstring) each questionable connected Sunday.

Lamine Camara volition beryllium suspended portion Folarin Balogun had their lone onslaught versus Paris FC, with the American scoring successful 7 successive Ligue 1 affairs.

On the Auxerre broadside of things, Nathan-Buayi-Kiala is retired owed to a cruciate ligament tear, portion Josue Casimir is doubtful due to the fact that of a knock.

Oussama El Azzouzi could beryllium forced retired of this contention arsenic well, arsenic the Moroccan subordinate and Bologna loanee is presently dealing with a hamstring problem.

Monaco imaginable starting lineup:

Hradecky; Kehrer, Zakaria, Faes; Mawissa, Teze, Coulibaly, Adingra; Akliouche, Fati; Balogun

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

Leon; Senaya, Diomande, Okoh, Akpa; Owusu, Danois; Faivre, Loader, Oppegard; Sinayoko

We say: Monaco 3-1 Auxerre

Auxerre person played their opponents pugnacious but deficiency that originative spark which could beryllium the quality against a Monaco broadside that person immoderate beardown playmakers and a striker successful Balogun who close present tin seemingly bash nary wrong.

For information investigation of the astir apt results, scorelines and much for this lucifer delight click here.