Auxerre-Monaco is a Ligue 1 Week 16 match and is played on Wednesday at 5pm: odds, predictions, live TV and streaming.
Monaco had come up short at the break for the Qatari World Cup, losing two of their last four league games, as many as they had lost in the first eleven. Indeed, the Monegasques are among those teams that have proved to suffer the most from the double commitment, also having to cope with the Europa League.
In their last official game, Philippe Clement’s men had come away with a broken bones in their 2-3 clash with Tudor’s Marseille after leading until seven minutes from the final whistle. Victory seemed to be in the bag by then, but evidently the petrol had run out and the Provençals overturned it, first equalising with former Roma player Veretout and then finding the winning goal in the eighth minute of added time with Kolasinac. A false step that, however, does not invalidate the good things the club from the Principality is doing, which has won 27 points in 15 rounds and is only four points behind third place. Moreover, Monaco are one of the teams that have done best on the road, second only to the unreachable Psg, who are known to be in a league of their own.
Monaco are strong on the road
Five wins, one draw and one defeat was the performance of the red and white away from ‘Louis II’. Golovin and his team-mates also performed well in friendly matches in recent weeks, beating Empoli and Leeds and drawing with Sevilla and Fiorentina.
Pelissier
Only positive results also for the newly promoted Auxerre, who in the various tests faced during the stop for Qatar 2022 imposed themselves on Metz and Hajduk Split. The coach of the Burgundian club, Christophe Pelissier, knows that his team must change gear after a first part of the season in which they collected only 13 points. A haul that for the moment does not allow them to get out of the relegation zone. Auxerre have only won on one occasion since August, and in their last outing they were annihilated 5-0 by Psg.
The Prediction
MMonaco on the road is a judgement and should start with a success, getting the better of Auxerre. They are also likely to keep their goal unbeaten.
Auxerre-Monaco’s likely line-up
- AUXERRE (4-4-2): Costil; Raveloson, Jubal, Jeanvier, Mensah; Sinayoko, Touré, Sakhi, Hein; Da Costa, Niang.
- MONACO (4-4-2): Nübel; Vanderson, Badiashile, Maripan, Caio Henrique; Diatta, Camara, Matazo, Golovin; Ben Yedder, Embolo.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 0-1
