- Head-to-head: A.J. Auxerre have won three of the last five meetings with Angers SCO, who have won two and none have ended in a tie.
- Home form: Auxerre are unbeaten in four home games across all competitions (W3, D1).
- Away form: Angers are still seeking their first road win across all competitions after two games (D1, L1).
Les Diplomates can edge out Les Scoïstes
A.J. Auxerre enter Saturday's Ligue 1 2026-2027 encounter with Angers SCO in mixed form after posting one win, two ties and two defeats in their last five matches. However, their most recent outing was a 5-2 road defeat at RC Lens, and they'll be keen to make a statement at home against a side they beat 3-1 here in Ligue 1 2025/2026.
The hosts are a much more settled outfit across the board with five wins, two ties and three defeats in their last 10 matches and that's a far more reliable form line than the recent five reveals. In fact, Auxerre are also unbeaten in their last four home fixtures, winning three and tying one, so they won't be an easy to team to beat at the Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps. Will Still's side is set up in a 4-3-3 system, but he has tried to get them pressing higher up the field and playing the game at a greater pace than normal, which is a change in approach for Auxerre.
Stéphane Gilli’s men are a tight-knit unit
Form and recent results
Angers are in the better form overall with four wins, three ties and three defeats from their last 10, while they arrive here on the back of a two-match winning streak after beating FC Lorient and Paris FC.
Tactics
Les Scoïistes are equally set up in a 4-3-3, but Stéphane Gilli wants them to be compact and pragmatic. He'll have his men set up to suffocate the game, manage the match and keep the ball in their own half as much as possible.
That approach has been working well and it'll be interesting to see how two differing interpretations of the same system fare on Saturday.
Key players
- Danny Namaso has added a cutting edge to Auxerre's attack in Ligue 1 2026/2027, but Rayan Mandengue has been their creator with one assist in one game so far.
- Meanwhile, Thelonius Bair has been a livewire with three goals in Auxerre's last five games, which saw them net seven times in total.
A close match in prospect
Angers are rated at 3.83 for this game, while the hosts are 2.09 and the tie is at 3.62, which makes it very tough to separate the sides. We're taking the draw here in the double chance market as there will be little to separate them, but the home record of Auxerre is marginally the better of the two and that is why we're going to back them for the win.
Angers are scoring an average of 1.00 goals per game away and conceding 2.00 per game, which is a formula that will leave them open to the counter-attack. Auxerre have been solid at home with just five goals conceded in four matches, an average of 1.25 per match.
