It’s a do-or-die affair when Auxerre and Saint Etienne lock horns at Stade de L’Abbe Des Champs on Thursday night in Ligue 1 relegation playoff. These two sides have met 20 times, Auxerre won 13, While Etienne has 5 wins and 2 resulted in a draw settlement, with the last crash being in 2017 when Etienne hosted and lost by 3 goals to 2.
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AUXERRE
Auxerre has the last dice to turn their fortune around once again, having lost out on automatic qualification, They, however, managed to man up to reach this relegation final playoff, after thrusting Sochaux on post-match penalties. Les Diplomates head into this encounter with a record of 8 unbeaten runs at home and will be confident to register a win in this first leg match. This Jean-marc Furton side will be looking forward to reminding the visitors how they are a better side than them and obviously maintain that.
SAINT-ETIENNE
Saint-Etienne come to the party after falling off the edge, but luckily they are hanging by a thread, and any slippery means kissing goodbye to Frances top-flight football next season, they have their future at this center stage of the relegation playoff, this was after they were held by 1-1 draw by Nantes, Thankful they snatched the playoff berth from their rivals, Metz and Bordeaux. With four consecutive losses in their last games, they still hope for a turnaround here.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
AUXERRE
- Leon
- Bernard
- Coeff
- Jubal
- Arcus
- Toure
- Sinayoko
- Sakhi
- Hein
- Autret
- Chambornnier
- COACH: Jean-marc Furlan
- MISSING PLAYERS: None
SAINT-ETIENNE
- Bernardoni
- Nande
- Sacko
- Trauco
- Camara
- Youssouf
- Thioub
- Aouchiche
- Mangala
- Bouanga
- Khazri
- COACH: Pascal Dupraz
- MISSING PLAYERS: Sow, Neyou, Kolodziejczak, Boudebouz
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OUR AUXERRE VS SAINT-ETIENNE PREDICTIONS
It’s the bottom meets the top kind of scenario, with an only spot available in Ligue 1, this is anticipated to be a water-mouthing match, however, hope to see the dominance of the host, Auxerre takes perry and find this task easier than the Visitors. Auxerre has a good record and is in fine form and have not lost in their last 8 games, but three of their last five games had their net shaken.
Meanwhile, Saint-Etienne has not had a good run picking only one win in their last 8 league games and five of their last games had both teams scoring.
We, therefore, anticipate that Auxerre win but has been the last dice for both teams, we cover this with a double chance home team win or draw (1X) and take advantage of the great Melbet Welcome Bonus!
Looking at their firing powerhouse we feel both teams will shake the net, Both 1xBet and Melbet have this at a competitive odds of 1.89.
