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Auxerre vs Laval Prediction & Preview

Preview

This Tuesday, the 23rd of April, marks a pivotal match in France's Ligue 2 as league leaders Auxerre welcome the 7th placed Laval to Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps for their 34th-round clash. The game kicks off at 18:45 and promises to be a thrilling encounter.

Auxerre, under the guidance of Christophe Pélissier, are currently sitting comfortably at the top of the table with 61 points. Their form has been fairly solid recently despite a minor hiccup; they have won three out of their last five matches but suffered two losses including a recent setback against Rodez where they were defeated 2-0 away from home.

On the other hand, Laval managed by Olivier Frapolli hasn’t had much to cheer about lately. They are struggling with form, having not won any of their last five games - drawing once and losing four times consecutively. This includes a heavy defeat in their most recent outing where they lost 3-0 away against Pau.

Looking at head-to-head encounters between these two sides shows Auxerre having an upper hand with two wins compared to one win for Laval out of their last four meetings; plus there was one draw. In fact, when these teams last met on December 19th last year at Stade Francis Le Basser it ended in favor of Auxerre with a decisive scoreline of 3-1.

Scoring wise over this season, Auxerre has maintained an average scoring rate slightly better than one goal per game (1.2), which is similar when playing on home turf (1.2 goals per game). On defense front while playing at home they've been particularly stingy conceding just about an average rate (0.4 goals per game) indicating strong defensive solidity. Laval also averages around similar numbers scoring-wise (1.1 goals per game), however defensively they’ve conceded more especially when playing away from home averaging about (1.5) goals conceded across all games and slightly less during away fixtures (1.2).

Bet

Considering both team's current forms and statistics along with betting odds provided: The most compelling bet seems to be Home Win for Auxerre priced at odds of 1.53, given their dominant position in league standings as well as head-to-head advantage over Laval who is experiencing poor form currently especially evident from recent heavy defeats while playing away.