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Auxerre needs points big time when they play host to Le Havre in the 36th round of the French Ligue 2. Tuesday, 6 May.
Four consecutive defeats sent Auxerre in the danger zone and now the home team must recover in the last 2 rounds if they are to stand a chance to play Ligue 2 football next year. Even more worrying than the 4 successive losses for Auxerre is that they did not score a single goal in this time span … and they have not won in the last 6 matches. Auxerre is tied in points with Niort (the first place that avoids the drop), but Niort has a game in hand. Also Auxerre has Istres behind them with the same number of points so a win today is mandatory, no other way around.
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Le Havre sits on the 11th place with no more pressure in this end of the season – even though they can very well finish from 9th to 15th, so there is still something to play for. Le Havre won the last game 2-1 vs Troyes and will be confident going on the road today. Only one team has less defeats away from home this season than Le Havre. Le Havre has an excellent record on the road with 4 wins, 8 draws and only 5 losses and for sure they are in better form than Auxerre.
Auxerre keeps on disappointing lately despite people expecting them to fight hard to avoid relegation. The odds are again low for an Auxerre win but I think they will fail to do the job today on May 6th, just like in previous weeks. The hosts can’t find any king of goalscoring form and will find it tough against a better team in better form … a team that defends well and is very hard to defeat on the road. Even though Le Havre does not has the same motivation as Auxerre I think they have all the other arguments to get a result to them. Sometimes pure motivation is not enough, so my tip will be Le Havre +0,5 handicap. Under 2,5 goals looks also a pretty good bet but maybe Le Mans will play a little bit more freely, and the odds are poorer than for the handicap. Correct score prediction: Auxerre – Le Havre 0-1.
Pick: Le Havre (+0,5 handicap)
Odds: 2.14 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 7.98
Event date: 6 May
