On Aug 21st, Auxerre and Montpellier will play a match in Montpellier in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 9th placed Montpellier is fresh off their 2-5 loss against Paris Saint Germain. Falaye Sacko struck first for Paris Saint Germain on an own goal in the 39th minute, then Neymar added another in the 43rd minute from the penalty spot. Montpellier is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Auxerre recorded a 2-2 draw against Angers SCO. Julian Jeanvier scored the first goal for Auxerre in the 4th minute, then Cedric Hountondji added another on an own goal in the 10th minute. Auxerre looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Mathias Autret has been the most prolific scorer on Auxerre in the last 5 matches with two goals. Both Stephy Mavididi and Teji Savanier have been the hottest scorers for Montpellier in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Pedro Mendes, Stephy Mavididi and Jordan Ferri are unavailable to play for Olivier Dall’Oglio’s team, while Jean-Marc Furlan’s squad will be without Brayann Pereira.