Strasbourg vs Auxerre - prediction, team news, lineups

Strasbourg volition anticipation to ascent retired of the Ligue 1 relegation playoff portion with a triumph connected Sunday astatine Stade de la Meinau against Auxerre.

The Alsatian nine dropped to 16th aft a 3-0 decision astatine Rennes connected matchday eight, portion Auxerre beryllium 3 points supra them successful 12th aft drafting Le Mans 1-1.

Match preview

It has been a unsmooth autumn for Strasbourg, who present beryllium conscionable 2 points supra the automatic driblet heading into matchday nine.

Hugo Oliveira’s broadside person mislaid their past 4 league fixtures and could endure 5 successive Ligue 1 defeats connected Sunday for the archetypal clip this decade.

In six of their 8 league fixtures this season, they person conceded aggregate strikes, portion they person yet to support a cleanable expanse domestically successful 2026-27.

Strasbourg person failed to triumph 2 of their 3 home location contests this play contempt scoring archetypal connected those 2 occasions, portion their lone triumph astatine Stade de la Meinau  occurred aft conceding archetypal against Lens (2-1).

Last season’s Conference League semi-finalists person conceded the joint-most goals successful Ligue 1 aft 8 matchdays (18) and they person the fourth-worst expected goals allowed successful this contention (15.7).

That said, Le Racing person fared good against Auxerre successful Alsace, winning their past 5 competitory location games against them and person not mislaid to the Burgundy nine successful Strasbourg since 2004 (2-0).

From doom and gloom to renewed hope, Will Still's Auxerre run has been a bid of ups and downs, with much ups successful caller times.

The erstwhile Southampton brag has seen his squad gain points successful 4 of their past 5 league contests, going from the relegation portion aboriginal connected to 5 points supra that automatic driblet astatine the moment.

This play Still tin bash thing his predecessor, Christophe Pelissier, failed to bash domestically past season, triumph consecutive distant matches successful the apical flight.

Auxerre person won the third-most possessions successful the last 3rd per lucifer this play (5.8) but person besides committed the second-most fouls per crippled successful Ligue 1 (15.1).

Of their joint-league-high 18 goals allowed domestically, 13 person occurred extracurricular of their location field, Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps.

AJA person failed to find the backmost of the nett successful 4 of their past 5 Ligue 1 meetings against Strasbourg, losing this nonstop fixture past play 3-0.

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Team News

Do not expect to spot Ismael Doukoure oregon Sebastian Nanasi diagnostic for Strasbourg this play owed to injuries, portion Fabio Balde has a musculus strain and Joaquin Panichelli is inactive recovering from a cruciate ligament tear.

Meanwhile, Maxi Oyedele, Deivid Washington, Hermann Malonga and Sam Amo-Ameyaw are each questionable owed to knocks.

At Auxerre, Remy Labeau is questionable with a sore leg, Sekou Fofana has a groin strain, Assane Diousse and Bryan Okoh are recovering from cruciate ligament tears, portion Marvin Senaya and Telli Siwe person hamstring issues.

Cameron Archer scored their equalising extremity connected matchday eight, and the Southampton loanee leads the squad with 5 successful this competition.

Strasbourg imaginable starting lineup:

Jorgensen; Antwi, Mitchell, Coulibaly, Oso; Diop, El Mourabet; Yassine, Sousa, Reyna; Godo

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

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

We say: Strasbourg 2-0 Auxerre

As improved arsenic Auxerre person been lately, they person looked retired of sorts defensively distant from location each play which is wherefore we judge Strasbourg volition instrumentality to winning ways.

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