On Wednesday Feb 1st, in week 21, Monaco hosts Auxerre at Stade Louis Ii. in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 4th placed Monaco is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Olympique Marseille. Jordan Veretout struck first for Olympique Marseille on an own goal in the 17th minute, then Alexis Sánchez added another in the 47th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Olympique Marseille. Monaco should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while auxerre is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Niort. Gaëtan Perrin scored the first goal for Auxerre in the 39th minute, then Nuno Da Costa added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Gaëtan Perrin At the end of 90 a dissapointed Niort couldn’t manage to score, and Auxerre took the shutout win. Auxerre looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Wed Dec 28th, Monaco was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. M’Baye Niang scored the first goal for Auxerre in the 30th minute from the penalty spot, but Wissam Ben Yedder got the equalizer for Monaco in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot Finally they completed the comback in the 85th minute on a goal by Ben Seghir to cap off a wild match.
Both Rayan Raveloson and Gaëtan Perrin have been the hottest scorers for Auxerre in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Wissam Ben Yedder has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored five goals for Monaco
Mohamed Camara, Kevin Volland and Gelson Martins are unavailable to play for Philippe Clement’s team, while Souleymane Toure is unavailable to play for Christophe Pélissier’s team.