Auxerre vs Nantes Prediction: Auxerre are no pushovers now

Two close opponents on the table face each other in this match. Auxerre welcomes Nantes to the Stade de lÁbbe-Deschamps for another Ligue 1 match. Auxerre are growing in confidence after recording 2 wins in their last 2 matches against Troyes and Ajaccio. Nantes played out a 2-2 draw with AS Monaco in their last match and prior to that they knocked off Olympique Lyon in the Coup de France. Nantes won the first match by 1-0 back in January. Will they be able to do the double or are we going to witness an Auxerre dominance?

Auxerre have been able to turn their struggles around to get back to winning ways. They went 3 matches without a win against Nice, Stade Rennes and Strasbourg last month. But since then they have won their last 2 matches against Troyes (1-0) and Ajaccio (3-0). In their last 5 matches, they had 2 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws. In the 3-0 win against Ajaccio, Auxerre registered 4 shots on target, 5 corner kicks and 43% possession. Birama Toure opened the scoring just 3 minutes into the first half and Nuno Da Costa doubled their lead in the 6th minute. Auxerre were gifted an own goal by Mickael Alphonse in the 47th minute to hand them a 3-0 victory.

Auxerre are just 2 points behind the visitors on the table. They 15th on the table, with 29 points. They had 7 wins, 8 draws and 15 defeats and a goal ratio of 27:51.

Team streaks: less than 2.5 goals (5/6), less than 4.5 cards (5/5), less than 10.5 corners (7/8).

Nantes are finally getting good results after a poor run of 4 matches without a win a few weeks ago. In their last 5 matches, they had 3 draws, 1 win and 1 loss. Their last match ended in a 2-2 draw with AS Monaco. Nantes had to come from behind to score 2 goals in the second half after going down by 2 goals in the first half. Axel Disasi and Eliot Matazo both scored for Monaco in the first 30 minutes. And in the second half Mostafa Mohammed and Ludovic Blas drew Nantes level. Nantes had 49% possession, 2 shots on target and 6 corner kicks by the end of 90 minutes.

Nantes are in 14th place on the ligue 1 table, with 31 points from 30 matches played. They had 6 wins, 13 draws and 11 defeats, with a goal ratio of 32:24.

Team streaks: more than 2.5 goals (5/7), both teams scoring (5/7), first to concede (8/10), less than 4.5 cards (10/10).

Auxerre and Nantes have played 20 matches against each other before now. Auxerre have 8 wins, while Nantes have 7 wins and 5 matches ended in a draw.

• Auxerre are without a clean sheet in the last 8 meetings.
• There were less than 2.5 goals scored in 4/5 meetings.
• Nantes opened scoring in 4/5 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 10/10 meetings.

• Auxerre (3-4-2-1): Andrei Radu, Julian Jeanvier, Jubal, Rayan Raveloson, Kenji Van Boto, Birama Toure, Youssouf M’Changama, Akim Zedadka, Gaetan Perrin, Gauthier Hein, Nuno Da Costa.
• Nantes (4-2-3-1): Alban Lafont, Fabian Centonze, Andrei Girotto, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Sebastien Corchia, Moussa Sissoko, Samuel Moutoussamy, Evann Guessand, Florent Mollet, Moses Simon, Andy Delort.

These two teams are in the right shape to go against each other and this match is surely going to be exciting. Auxerre have picked up pace in their last 2 matches and Nantes showed a lot of resilience to earn a draw against Monaco in their last game. I think these two are in very good shape to go ahead and grab all 3 points here. In their last 5 matches on this ground, Auxerre won 4 of those and Nantes won just once.

• Bet on Home Win or Draw and Under 4.5 Goals at 1.66 Odds
• Bet on Under 3.5 Goals at 1.87 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 1-0 at 5.9 Odds