In this week 9 match on Oct 2nd, Brest will travel to Auxerre to battle Auxerre in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Auxerre sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Lorient. Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara struck first for Lorient in the 15th minute on a feed from Julien Ponceau, then Terem Moffi added another in the 36th minute. Auxerre looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while brest is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Ajaccio. Romain Hamouma struck first for Ajaccio in the 65th minute on a feed from Riad Nouri, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Brest was frustrated by Ajaccio’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ajaccio ended the match with the shutout victory. Brest looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Franck Honorat and Pierre Lees Melou are the top scorers for Brest in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Auxerre hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Gaëtan Perrin and Mathias Autret, and they each have 1 goal
Jean-Marc Furlan’s squad will be without Nuno Da Costa and Julian Jeanvier, while Michel Der Zakarian’s squad will be without Jérémy Le Douaron and Gaëtan Charbonnier.