Auxerre’s Ligue 1 home record tests Le Mans’s away run
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Auxerre’s home record contrasts with Le Mans’s winless away sample, while both teams face important availability questions around their goal threats.
Before kickoff
Home edge meets an away problem
The defining question before this Ligue 1 regular-season Round 8 meeting is whether Auxerre can turn their home record into pressure on Le Mans. Auxerre have won 2 and lost 1 of their 3 home games, while Le Mans have no away wins from 3 matches, recording 1 draw and 2 losses. Le Mans have scored 4 away goals but conceded 7, and have kept no away clean sheets.
The table and the recent samples
In the provisional Ligue 1 table, Auxerre are 13th with 9 points from 7 games, while Le Mans are 16th with 6 points from 7 games. Auxerre therefore hold a 3-point advantage. The recent seven-match samples are mixed: Auxerre’s sequence, listed most recent first, is loss, loss, loss, win, win, loss, win; Le Mans’s is draw, loss, draw, draw, win, loss, loss. The result matters to both teams as they try to improve their current positions, without establishing any confirmed season outcome.
Goal threat and availability
C. Archer leads Auxerre’s scorer chart with 4 goals in 5 appearances, while D. Namaso has 3 goals and 2 assists in 7 appearances. Le Mans rely on L. Mafouta’s 4 goals and 1 assist in 7 appearances, with A. Bourabaa adding 3 goals and 2 assists in 5 appearances. Bourabaa is listed as missing with an ankle injury; E. Colas and H. Voyer are questionable. Auxerre list A. Diousse, S. Fofana, R. Labeau Lascary, B. Okoh, M. Senaya and T. Siwe as missing. Can Auxerre’s home advantage help Archer find the decisive openings at kickoff?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Lyon | WLWDW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | WWWWL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 14 | |
| 3 | Paris FC | WLWDW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 14 | |
| 4 | Lille | DWLWW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 14 | |
| 5 | Monaco | LDWDW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | |
| 6 | Rennes | LWLWW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 13 | |
| 7 | Lorient | WWLDW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | |
| 8 | Nice | WLWWL | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | |
| 9 | Lens | WWLDL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | |
| 10 | Marseille | WWLLL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | |
| 11 | Stade Brestois 29 | LDWLL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | |
| 12 | Toulouse | WDWDL | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | |
| 13 | Auxerre | WLWWL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | |
| 14 | Strasbourg | LLLDW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | |
| 15 | Angers | LLWDL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | |
| 16 | Le Mans | LLWDD | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | |
| 17 | Estac Troyes | LLLLL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | |
| 18 | Le Havre | LLLDL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 |