France Ligue 1 Prediction - AJ Auxerre VS Saint Etienne

France Ligue 1  -  AJ Auxerre VS Saint Etienne
Match Time:25-01-2025 03:45 Saturday (GMT+8)
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Team Analysis
AJ Auxerre will be hoping for a better result following the 2-0 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to Angers SCO. In that game, AJ Auxerre had 52% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for AJ Auxerre was Sinaly Diomandé (18' Own goal). On the other side, Angers got 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Esteban Lepaul (47') was the scorer for Angers SCO.

AJ Auxerre have found it difficult to unlock defences in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 3 against opposing sides over the course of their last six fixtures. In those meetings, AJ Auxerre have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 8. Having said that, we must now wait to see if that trend might be replicated in this game or not.

In their last fixture, St Etienne drew 1-1 in the Ligue 1 match with Nantes. In that game, St Etienne managed 75% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for St Etienne was Augustine Boakye (86'). On the other side, Nantes had 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. Moses Simon (14') was the scorer for Nantes.

Looking at their form, and St Etienne have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals in all. In defence, St Etienne have seen their frailties exposed.

Odds Analysis
We believe that St Etienne should have enough to find the back of the net against this AJ Auxerre team, although it probably won’t quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end. We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 winning score for AJ Auxerre at the end of this one. Should be an interesting one.

Pick: AJ Auxerre