Clermont Foot and AJ Auxerre will lock horns this weekend at Stade Gabriel-Montpied in the 10th round of the French Ligue 1. Match day schedules for October 9 at 16:00 EAT.
Having finished 17th in the league last season, Clermont will be looking to improve on their on their performance as they are currently four points above relegation playoffs. The Lancers seem to be in a good shape this season than they did last season at this point of the campaign. Coming into this game, three of their four home loses are against Ligue 1’s current top three teams, PSG, Marseille and Lorient.
Clermont Foot prepares for this game aiming for another win following 1-3 Ligue 1 victory over AC Ajaccio in their previous game. In that match, Clermont Foot had 48% possession, seven shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Grejohn Kyei (11′), Elbasan Rashani (89′) and Jodel Dossou (91′). AC Ajaccio got 12 shots with three of them on target and a goal by Cédric Avinel (70′).
Meanwhile, AJ Auxerre is struggling to emulate what their opponents did in the 2021-22 season to survive in their first season back in Ligue 1, where they are just one point above the relegation playoff position, and they will need to put an end to this poor form soon. Coming into this game, Auxerre is winless in four of their last six matches.
AJ Auxerre shared spoils 1-1 Ligue with Brest in their previous encounter. In that game, AJ Auxerre had 49% possession, 11 shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by M’Baye Niang (86′). Brest got nine shots with two of them on target and a goal by Islam Slimani (64′).
Clermont vs. Auxerre head to head
Since 2012, these two sides have had 19 head to head encounters; Clermont Foot claims seven wins, Auxerre six wins while six other matches ended in draws.
- Clermont Foot 1-0 Auxerre 23/01/21
- Auxerre 0-1 Clermont Foot 12/09/20
- Auxerre 0-0 Clermont Foot 04/02/20
- Clermont Foot 1-1 Auxerre 23/08/19
- Auxerre 1-0 Clermont Foot 15/02/19
Home
- AC Ajaccio 1-3 Clermont Foot
- Clermont Foot 1-3 Troyes
- Strasbourg 0-0 Clermont Foot
- Clermont Foot 2-0 Toulouse
- Marseille 1-0 Clermont Foot
Away
- Auxerre 1-1 Brest
- Auxerre 1-3 Lorient
- Rennes 5-0 Auxerre
- Auxerre 0-2 Marseille
- Lyon 2-1 Auxerre
Clermont Foot team news
Manager Pascal Gastien will be unable to call upon the services of Jeremie Bela, Baila Diallo and Jim Allevinah who have been ruled out through injuries.
AJ Auxerre team news
Autret and Gauthier Hein will remain sidelin3ed for the visitors through injuries while Jeanvier is on suspension following a red card.
Prediction and odds
Clermont Foot Win
Draw
Goals under 2.5
