Auxerre vs Metz prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-12-06 16:15.
[p]A Ligue 1 clash between rock-bottom Auxerre and second-bottom Metz has a âsix-pointerâ feel to it as both sides battle to escape the automatic relegation spots.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]A quick look at the scoring charts indicates where Auxerreâs main problem lies, as their total of eight goals across the opening 14 rounds is a tally only 13 teams in Ligue 1 history have ever posted fewer than, and itâs undoubtedly contributed to them posting their worst-ever Ligue 1 points return at this stage in the three-points-for-a-win era (W2, D3, L9). Things seem unlikely to pick up on home soil where theyâre winless in four games (D1, L3), failing to score in each of the last three. Thatâs part of a wider nine-match run without a victory anywhere in Ligue 1 (D3, L6), leaving Auxerre on the brink of posting a ten-match winless run in successive top-flight campaigns. [/p]
[p]Three successive victories before the November international break breathed new life into Metzâs campaign, but it appears the pause came at an inopportune time as theyâve lost both games since club football returned. With a game against PSG to come next weekend, Metz know that thereâs added importance to claim a result here, which makes an away game less than ideal given that theyâve lost six of their seven league trips this term (W1). A whopping 24 goals conceded therein goes some way to explaining their demise, with that tally at least three more than any other side in Europeâs top-five leagues pre-round. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Auxerre have lost just two of their 26 home Ligue 1 games against Metz (W14, D10), while manager Christophe PĂ©lissier has won his last three personal home H2Hs against Metz.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Auxerre are the only Ligue 1 team yet to score before the 30th minute in a home league game this season.[/p]
[p]Auxerre failed to score before half-time in ten of their opening 14 league games. [/p]
[p]Metz also drew ten first-half scoring blanks across the first 14 rounds.[/p]
[p]Six of Metzâs seven away league games this season featured over 1.5 first-half goals. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Lassine Sinayoko is Auxerreâs top scorer this season with three goals, but only one of his last six scoring appearances for the club ended in victory (D1, L4). Gauthier Hein leads the way for Metz with four goals this season, all of which arrived after half-time. [/p]
[p]Marvin Senaya has missed Auxerreâs last two games with an injury, while Metz remain without key frontman Habib Diallo.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With these two sides tending to struggle before the break, it may be worth backing a goalless first half. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]