Auxerre vs NicePrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Auxerre are eighteenth and still without a point after three rounds: three defeats, 4 goals scored and 11 conceded. At home they have played once, losing 1-3, while their two away trips both ended in defeat with 3 goals scored and 8 conceded. Their recent outings confirm the defensive trouble: 1-3 away at Lyon, 1-3 at home to Angers and 2-5 at Lens. Further back there had been a 1-0 win away at Werder Bremen and a 1-1 against Estac Troyes. Nice have 2 points and sit fifteenth: three matches, two draws and one defeat, just 1 goal scored and 4 conceded. Both home games ended level with a single goal scored and one conceded, while their only away trip finished 0-3. Recent outings read 1-1 at home with Le Mans, 0-3 at Paris FC and then three 0-0 draws in a row, against Lorient, away at Hull City and away at Cagliari. The recent head-to-heads read 2-1 to Auxerre on 10 May 2026 on their own ground and 3-1 to Nice on 23 August 2025 at home; before that a 1-1 in Nice on 14 March 2025, a 2-1 Auxerre win on 18 August 2024 and a 0-0 in Nice on 6 January 2024. The competition average is 2.83 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.