In a weekend match in week 4, on Sat Aug 27th, Auxerre will host Strasbourg in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Auxerre sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Montpellier. Mamadou Sakho struck first for Montpellier in the 39th minute on a feed from Arnaud Nordin, but Nuno Da Costa got the equalizer for Auxerre in the 70th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 75th minute on a penalty goal by Mathias Autret to cap off a wild match. Auxerre is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while strasbourg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Reims. Alexander Djiku scored the first goal for Strasbourg in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, but Folarin Balogun got the equalizer for Reims in the 84th minute earning Reims a comeback draw. Strasbourg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Strasbourg hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Adrien Thomasson and Habib Diallo, and they each have 1 goal. Mathias Autret has been the most prolific scorer on Auxerre in the last five matches with two goals
Jean-Marc Furlan’s squad will be without M’Baye Niang and Brayann Pereira, while Julien Stéphan’s squad will be without Gerzino Nyamsi, Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Ibrahima Sissoko and Nordin Kandil.