Auxerre vs Monaco Prediction: Auxerre looking to move away from the relegation zone

Auxerre and Monaco will play each other in a Ligue 1 game at Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps on Wednesday for the first time in more than ten years.

Following a disappointing start to the season with 15 losses, Christophe Pelissier has had more than a month to try and correct what went wrong for his squad. Auxerre has earned just one point against a top 10 opponent this season, which is tied with Montpellier for the fewest. They have frequently been humiliated by stronger and more seasoned top-flight teams leaving them 17th. The good news for them is that they don't have much ground to make up since Toulouse is now only three points ahead of them in 12th place.

Monaco are off to their best top-flight start since 2017–18 with 27 points after 15 domestic matches. With four clean sheets in their past five home games as the visitors, they have displayed a calm and organised defence when playing away from home. Monaco is unbeaten in their past eight Ligue 1 matches against newly promoted clubs, winning five in a row.

Costil; Mensah, Jeanvier, Jubal, Raveloson; Hein, Toure, Sakhi, Sinayoko; Niang, Perrin.

Nubel; Disasi, Badiashile, Maripan, Henrique; Fofana; Diatta, Volland, Golovin; Ben Yedder, Embolo.

Monaco appears much more efficient away from Stade Louis II than they do at home, and their ingenuity in the middle of the field, along with a few strikers who are currently having a good run of form, ought to make it difficult for Auxerre to gain ground in this match.

• Total Corners over 9.5 for 1.87
• Correct Score 1-2 for 8.00
• Home team to score first for 2.75