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AJ Auxerre v Nantes : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps, Auxerre

AJ Auxerre and Nantes go head to head at the Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps on Saturday night, with both Christophe Pelissier and Antoine Kombouare seeking a win in the Ligue 1. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with weighting given to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) statistics between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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AJ Auxerre's next match is v PSG at 20:00 on Saturday 17th May
Nantes's next match is v Montpellier at 20:00 on Saturday 17th May
The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Auxerre and Nantes was on Saturday 10th May 2025
French Ligue 1
May 10th 2025
Auxerre 1
1 Nantes
 
G. Perrin 45'62' L. Leroux
 
AUX
NAN
Shots On
3
2
Shots Off
4
3
Corners
7
3
Possession
62%
38%
Fouls
15
16
Yellow/red cards
3/0
1/0
 
AuxerreNantes
 
D. Léon
K. Hoever (P. Joly 79')
J. Rocha Mendes Junior
S. Diomande
G. Mensah
C. Akpa
H. Traorè (A. Dioussé El Hadji 71')
E. Owusu (F. Aye 72')
H. Massengo
L. Sinayoko (T. Bair 88')
G. Perrinfootball icon (A. Onaiwu 88')
A. Lopes
(K. Amian Adou 84') N. Pallois
N. Zeze
J. Castelletto
(M. Abdallah 59') F. Centonze
(L. Leroux 60') F. Coquelin
(M. Coco 90') S. Thomas
P. Chirivella Burgos
D. Soares Gomes
M. Abline
(B. Guirassy 90') M. Simon

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our best tip on this one, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during 90 mins. Both Auxerre and Nantes's recent form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.29.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Auxerre are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.90.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Auxerre
45%
7/4
17%
-
Draw
25%
9/4
4%
-
Nantes
30%
8/5
10%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1
8%
-
Auxerre 1-0
10%
15/2-
Auxerre 2-1
9%
9/1
5%
-
Auxerre 2-0
8%
12/1
8%
-
Nantes 1-0
8%
15/2
15%
-
Nantes 2-1
7%
9/1
9%
-
Draw 0-0
6%
17/2
14%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1
15%
-
Auxerre 3-1
5%
22/1
21%
-
Nantes 2-0
5%
11/1
20%
-
Auxerre 3-0
4%
28/1
26%
-
Auxerre 3-2
3%
33/1
31%
-
Nantes 3-1
3%
20/1
9%
-
Nantes 3-2
2%
28/1-
Auxerre 4-1
2%
50/1
24%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
1/1
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
4/5
6%
-
Home 1st Goal
51%
11/10
21%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
5/6
17%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
17/2
14%
-
BTTS - Yes
56%
4/5
6%
-
BTTS - No
44%
19/20
5%
-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
9/2
22%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
9/2-
Home/draw
70%
1/2
7%
-
Away/draw
55%
2/5
11%
-
Home/away
75%
1/3
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1/3
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
12/5
9%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
11/4
17%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
2/7
5%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
6/1
17%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/10
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
14/1
15%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/14
2%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
8/1
18%
-
Home DNB
63%
10/11
14%
-
Away DNB
47%
4/5
14%
-
Auxerre win to nil
23%
7/2
4%
-
Nantes win to nil
15%
10/3
21%
-
Auxerre / Auxerre
18%
7/2
20%
-
Auxerre / Nantes
3%
28/1-
Auxerre / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
Draw / Auxerre
13%
11/2
8%
-
Draw / Nantes
14%
5/1
8%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1
9%
-
Nantes / Auxerre
3%
28/1
12%
-
Nantes / Nantes
21%
10/3
9%
-
Nantes / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Auxerre have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 2 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Auxerre have outscored their opponents by 46 goals to 35 goals.

Home League Performance

Auxerre have played 16 games at home winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Nantes are in 15th position in the Ligue 1 on 32 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 33 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 19 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 9 and won 6. Nantes have conceded 42 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Auxerre
Nantes
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG3325625581 
d
 
0-00-0
May 17
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
2
Marseille3319592562 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
3
Monaco3318782661 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
4-2A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
7-1F
4
Nice3316981957 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
5
Lille3316981557 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
6
Strasbourg3316981357 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
7
Lyon33166111754 
l
 
1-3A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
8
Brest3315513-150 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1A
9
Lens3314712-149 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2A
10
Auxerre Home3311913-142 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
11
Rennes3313218341 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
12
Toulouse3310914039 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
13
Angers3310617-1936 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
14
Reims338916-1333 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-2F
15
Nantes Away3371214-1633 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
-
-
16
Le Havre339420-3231 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-2A
17
St Etienne338619-3730 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
18
Montpellier334425-5316 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-2F
May 17
w
 
1-3F
Win / draw / win form
Auxerre 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Auxerre1 - 2Le Havre
Auxerre1 - 3Lyon
Auxerre1 - 0Montpellier
Auxerre0 - 1Strasbourg
Auxerre3 - 0Marseille
Auxerre2 - 2Toulouse
Auxerre1 - 1St Etienne
Auxerre0 - 0Lille
Auxerre2 - 2Lens
Auxerre0 - 0PSG
Auxerre1 - 0Angers
Auxerre4 - 0Rennes
Auxerre2 - 1Reims
Auxerre3 - 0Brest
Auxerre0 - 3Monaco
Auxerre2 - 1Nice
Auxerre4 - 1Concarneau
Auxerre2 - 0Paris FC
Auxerre4 - 0Lavallois
Auxerre2 - 0Troyes
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAuxerre1 - 2Le Havre
AAuxerre4 - 0Lens
AAuxerre1 - 3Lille
HAuxerre1 - 3Lyon
AAuxerre1 - 0Rennes
HAuxerre1 - 0Montpellier
AAuxerre1 - 1Nice
AAuxerre2 - 0Reims
HAuxerre0 - 1Strasbourg
HAuxerre3 - 0Marseille
AAuxerre2 - 2Brest
HAuxerre2 - 2Toulouse
AAuxerre2 - 4Monaco
HAuxerre1 - 1St Etienne
AAuxerre0 - 2Angers
HAuxerre0 - 0Lille
AAuxerre1 - 3Strasbourg
HAuxerre2 - 2Lens
HAuxerre0 - 0PSG
AAuxerre0 - 2Toulouse
Nantes 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rennes2 - 1Nantes
Nice1 - 2Nantes
Le Havre3 - 2Nantes
Marseille2 - 0Nantes
Monaco7 - 1Nantes
Reims1 - 2Nantes
St Etienne1 - 1Nantes
Lille1 - 1Nantes
Brest4 - 1Nantes
PSG1 - 1Nantes
Lens3 - 2Nantes
Strasbourg3 - 1Nantes
Lyon2 - 0Nantes
Angers1 - 1Nantes
Montpellier1 - 3Nantes
Toulouse0 - 0Nantes
Monaco4 - 0Nantes
Brest0 - 0Nantes
Montpellier1 - 1Nantes
Le Havre0 - 1Nantes
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNantes0 - 1Angers
HNantes0 - 0Toulouse
HNantes1 - 1PSG
ANantes1 - 2Rennes
ANantes2 - 1Nice
ANantes2 - 3Le Havre
HNantes1 - 0Lille
HNantes0 - 1Strasbourg
ANantes0 - 2Marseille
HNantes3 - 1Lens
ANantes1 - 7Monaco
HNantes0 - 2Brest
ANantes2 - 1Reims
HNantes1 - 1Lyon
ANantes1 - 1St Etienne
HNantes2 - 2Monaco
ANantes1 - 1Lille
ANantes1 - 4Brest
HNantes1 - 0Rennes
ANantes1 - 1PSG
Goal Statistics

AJ Auxerre have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 8 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Nantes on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Auxerre 10th Nantes 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Auxerre will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Nantes will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Auxerre have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-5
Nantes’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Auxerre
PG (predicted goals)
Nantes
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
14%
better
AUX
NAN
view stats
Games scored25
24
Failed to score7
8
Scored first17
14
Goals scored46
35
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
15
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+14%
Defence rating
15%
better
AUX
NAN
view stats
Games conceded22
27
Clean sheets10
5
Conceded first13
16
Goals conceded47
51
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
17%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.7
KickOff rating
+15%

Auxerre v Nantes Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Auxerre Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3110107
D LéonG PerrinG PerrinJubal
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Léon GLK312
4
-
K Hoever DEF3013
3
1
S Diomandé DEF2232
5
-
Jubal DEF306
7
-
C Akpa DEF301
7
-
G Mensah DEF281
2
-
G Perrin MID331010
1
-
H Massengo MID16
5
-
E Owusu MID2713
7
-
H Traorè MID25102
5
-
L Sinayoko FWD3348
6
-
Subs
T Percin GLK2
-
G Osho DEF191
1
1
F Oppegård DEF8
-
P Joly DEF251
3
1
A. Dioussé El Hadji MID16
1
-
R. Matondo MID5
1
-
T Bair FWD2921
1
-
F Ayé FWD252
-
A Onaiwu FWD3041
1
1
Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
32898
M AblineM AblineM SimonN Pallois
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Lopes GLK17
2
-
N Pallois DEF252
8
-
J Castelletto DEF29
5
1
N Zeze DEF17
6
-
F Centonze DEF6
-
F Coquelin MID51
-
P Chirivella  MID292
6
-
D Augusto MID2742
8
-
M Abline FWD3383
3
-
S Thomas FWD2413
2
-
M Simon FWD3179
2
-
Subs
P Carlgren GLK5
-
K Amian DEF291
5
-
J Lepenant MID2821
3
-
D. Assoumani MID11
-
L. Leroux MID1521
1
-
M Coco FWD201
3
2
M Mohamed FWD305
3
-
A Mahamoud FWD
-
B. Guirassy FWD182
-