Preview: Strasbourg vs. Auxerre - prediction, team news, lineups

Strasbourg volition statesman 2025 by welcoming Auxerre to Stade de la Meinau connected Sunday connected matchday 16 of the Ligue 1 run for some sides.

The nine from Alsace are 13th successful the table, defeating Le Havre 3-0 successful their erstwhile home affair, portion AJA beryllium eighth aft earning a 2-2 effect versus Lens.

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Down the agelong of 2024, Strasbourg gained immoderate momentum, going unbeaten successful their last 3 matches of the twelvemonth crossed each competitions.

Liam Rosenior has seen his broadside triumph their past 2 games by a 3-0 margin, ousting RC Calais from the Coupe de France conscionable days earlier Christmas.

Le Racing, however, are winless successful their erstwhile 2 home encounters astatine Stade de la Meinau, claiming a 0-0 gully with Reims the past clip out.

On 5 occasions successful 2024-25, Strasbourg person failed to triumph a league fixture erstwhile scoring the opening goal, dropping 12 points arsenic a result.

After 15 home matches this season, they person accumulated 17 points, the aforesaid magnitude they had astatine this signifier of their erstwhile campaign.

They are unbeaten successful 4 consecutive meetings astatine location against Auxerre successful Ligue 1, maintaining a cleanable expanse connected 3 successive occasions.

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One of the biggest surprises successful the French apical formation truthful acold this season, Auxerre are coming into 2025 with eyes connected an improbable spot successful Europe.

Christophe Pelissier's men are conscionable 4 points down Lyon for a spot successful the Europa Conference League successful what is their archetypal play backmost successful the French apical flight.

The Ligue 2 champions from a play agone participate this twelvemonth connected a four-match winless tally crossed each competitions, exiting the Coupe de France with a 1-0 decision to Dunkerque past month.

AJA person been among the champion location teams successful the contention this play but person not been arsenic beardown extracurricular Stade Abbe Deschamps, with their 4 defeats successful Ligue 1 occurring arsenic the visitors.

This season, they person picked up 21 points, 8 much than they had aft 15 home matchdays successful their erstwhile top-flight run successful 2022-23.

It has been implicit 2 decades since their erstwhile triumph astatine Strasbourg successful Ligue 1, claiming a 2-0 triumph successful a 2004 sojourn to Southeast France.

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Team News

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On Saturday, Strasbourg could miss Moise Sahi and Thomas Delaine owed to genu issues, portion Yoni Gomis has a sore ft and Tidiane Diallo is dealing with a knock.

Goals from Habib Diarra, Sebastian Nanasi and Chelsea loanee Andrey Santos were much than capable to spot them gain a convincing triumph implicit Le Havre.

Auxerre mightiness beryllium without Saad Agouzoul and Ange-Loic N'Gatta owed to knocks, portion Lasso Coulibaly and Nathan Buayi-Kiala are apt sidelined due to the fact that of cruciate ligament injuries and Rayan Raveloson volition beryllium suspended.

We say: Strasbourg 2-0 Auxerre

Away from home, Auxerre are acold excessively passive and babelike connected their goalkeeper Donovan Leon, truthful we judge an in-form Strasbourg broadside should beryllium capable to instrumentality vantage of that this weekend.

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