Auxerre vs Brest Prediction & Betting Tips (21 March)

Auxerre is coming out of a fairly fruitful period for a club which is playing for its survival. Able to hold off Lorient 2-2 and Strasbourg 0-0, the Icaunais club fell on Friday with a short header to Marseille 1-0, thus recording a second defeat in its last 7 matches. He remains a virtual barrier despite this string of good results and will have 8 more matches, this one included, to avoid direct relegation to Ligue 2. The first relegation, Nantes, follows him by 2 points. The AJA can also hope to maintain its position without going through the dams, but a gap of 8 units has opened up with Nice, at the edge of the red zone, which seriously diminishes its hopes.

 Too crumbly in Monaco 2-0, Brest 10th has just tasted defeat again almost two months after its last one. Since then, the Finistère club has lined up 6 matches taking at least one point and even managed victories without conceding a goal against Marseille 2-0, Metz 0-1 and Le Havre 2-0. The SB 29 still has every chance of playing a European qualification over the last 8 days given its delay of 6 points on the top 6. However, it remains too irregular on the road: 3 wins, 3 draws, 7 defeats. 

AJA records the return from suspension of its top scorer, Sinayoko (6 goals in L1), in relation to the trip to Marseille. A major reinforcement for the last attack in the Championship, which has also been able to count on Namaso (2 goals) and Casimir (1 goal) to shake the nets since the start of the season. Mara and former Brestois Faivre, who arrived at the club this winter, have not yet cleared their account. The locals are still deprived of the versatile El Azzouzi (midfielder or central defender), already out of the last 4 Ligue 1 matches, and the second knives Coulibaly and Siwe. Brest deplores the suspensions inflicted on its captains Chardonnet (central defender) and Ajorque (7 goals, 8 assists in L1).

Mute in Monaco, the second was decisive in the 6 previous meetings, passing or in front of goal, and remains one of the best Brestois since the start of the year, if not the best. Del Castillo (8 goals in L1), Doumbia (5 goals, 3 assists in L1) and Labeau Lascary (4 goals in L1) will apply to play leading roles in his absence. The left side Locko (potential starter) and the offensive Mama Baldé (2 goals in L1) who gave up the last 8 days are not guaranteed to make their return this weekend. 

• Summary: Auxerre played against Stade Brestois in 1 matches this season. Currently, Auxerre rank 16th, while Stade Brestois hold 10th position. Looking to compare the best-rated player on both teams? Sofascore's rating system assigns each player a specific rating based on numerous data factors.
• Referee: Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj
• Auxerre Feedinco Rating: 6.74
• Brest Feedinco Rating: 6.79