On Sun Jan 1st, in week 17, Nantes and Auxerre will play a match in Nantes in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 16th placed Nantes is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Troyes. Neither Troyes nor Nantes could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 19 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Auxerre, recorded a 2-3 loss against Monaco. M’Baye Niang scored the first goal for Auxerre in the 30th minute on a penalty shot, but Wissam Ben Yedder got the equalizer for Monaco in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot But luckily in the 85th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Ben Seghir. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
M’Baye Niang has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Auxerre. Nantes’s most prolific scorer has been Moses Simon. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Antoine Kombouare’s squad will be without Fábio and Manvelyan, while Christophe Pélissier’s Auxerre squad will be without Donovan Leon and Kays Ruiz-Atil.