In this 27th week match, on Sat Mar 11th, Auxerre and Rennes will play a match in Auxerre in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 17th placed Auxerre, recorded a 1-1 draw against Nice. Gauthier Hein struck first for Auxerre in the 36th minute on a feed from Matthis Abline, but Gaëtan Laborde got the equalizer for Nice in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, Rennes recorded a 0-1 loss against Olympique Marseille. Sead Kolašinac struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 57th minute on a feed from Cengiz Ünder, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rennes couldn’t manage to score, and Olympique Marseille took the shutout win. Rennes is looking for direction having 5 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Rennes won by a score of 5 to 0 in front of almost 28000 excited fans. K. Sulemana scored the first goal for Rennes in the 3rd minute, then Amine Gouiri added another in the 60th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Auxerre couldn’t manage to score, and Rennes took the shutout win.
Rennes is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Arnaud Muinga and Karl Toko Ekambi each having 2 goals in their last 5. Auxerre’s most prolific scorer has been Jubal. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Elisha Owusu, Nuno Da Costa and Hamza Sakhi are unavailable to play for Christophe Pélissier’s team, while Bruno Génésio’s squad will be without Flavien Tait, Martin Terrier and Xeka.