Auxerre vs Rennes Prediction & Betting Tips (3 November)

4 points taken out of 6 put into play since the international break. Here is the positive balance sheet of AJA which has just dominated Stade de Reims 2-1 and hung Lyon 2-2 at home. The promoted player is therefore 13th in the ranking but will not have to rest on his laurels as his lead over the jump-off is only 1 point. Winner of Brest 3-0 before the break, this Auxerre team has performed well at home since its return to the elite. She won 3 of her 4 receptions.

 Struggling in the second part of the table is not surprising for a promoted player but it is much more surprising for Stade Rennais, only 11th after 9 days. While they suffered disappointments against PSG 3-1 and Monaco 1-2 before the international break, the Rouge et Noir returned to the competition with more motivation. They took a point from their neighbor Brest 1-1 and beat Le Havre 1-0 with a short header during the last two days. 

Auxerre must still take into account the absences of executive full-back Joly for several weeks, of midfielder not yet used Buayi-Kiala and of striker Coulibaly (1 goal) who was seriously injured. All are held in the infirmary where the young right back N'Gatta has just gone (no match). Agouzoul, absent since the start of the season, should also remain out of the group when the starting defender Osho, absent in the last match, should be operational again. The Raveloson environment as well. Defender Diomandé (2 goals) and attacking midfielder Traoré (4 goals) scored in Lyon and are the only Auxerrois to have scored more than one goal since the start of the season A new match without goalkeeper number 3 Alemdar is looming for Julien Stéphan. The technician will also have to do without the services of his starting defender Seidu, suspended and who was hit in the shoulder in the last match. So, he hasn't trained all week.

Stéphan hopes to find him next weekend. Still at the back, Faye, who started the last 3 matches in the starting lineup, felt physical discomfort in her adductor muscles against Le Havre. A glitch which could call into question his participation in this trip to Abbé-Deschamps, where summer recruit Meister (1 goal) who has returned to training could go. It was the rookie Gomez, with a superb goal, who gave victory to Stade Rennais last weekend. However, the Ecuadorian received a shock in training this week and is not guaranteed to participate in the match.