AJ Auxerre vs OGC Nice betting tips: Ligue 1 preview, prediction and odds

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[RECOMMENDED_BETS]Tip of the game

Our recommended bet for Sunday’s clash at the The Stade Abbé-Deschamps comes in the form of an OGC Nice victory, to nil.

A £10 wager for such an outcome will secure you a return of £34 with Bet365.

Match preview

Two sides in the midst of altogether disappointing campaigns in France’s top-flight are set to go head to head at The Stade Abbé-Deschamps on Sunday, October 16th.

The clash in question will see relegation-battling Auxerre play host to a Nice outfit too stuttering through the term.

First, let’s take a look at the recent endeavours of the former.

Auxerre, since securing a return to Ligue 1 courtesy of a 3rd-placed finish in France’s 2nd division in 2021/22, have found positive results altogether difficult to come by.

The most recent of the latter results came last weekend, when Jubal’s injury-time strike proved little more than a consolation en route to a 2-1 loss at the hands of Clermont.

And this, in turn, proved the straw that broke the camel’s back when it came to the place of Jean-Marc Furlan on the Auxerre bench.

May 7, 2022, Saint-Denis near Paris, France: Supporters of Nice during the French Cup, Final football match between OGC Nice and FC Nantes on May 7, 2022 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris, France – Photo Matthieu Mirville/DPPI/LiveMedia. (Credi 2J7C6BR May 7, 2022, Saint-Denis near Paris, France: Supporters of Nice during the French Cup, Final football match between OGC Nice and FC Nantes on May 7, 2022 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris, France – Photo Matthieu Mirville/DPPI/LiveMedia. (Credit Image: © Matthieu Mirville/LPS via ZUMA Press) (Alamy Stock Photo)

With Sunday’s hosts in disarray, and yet to name a new head coach, upcoming opponents Nice will therefore have their sights set on taking full advantage of the situation on Sunday evening.

Les Aiglons themselves have suffered a serious dip in form to this point in the new season, sitting 13th after securing European football in impressive fashion last time out.

This comes owing to a haul of just 11 points from 10 outings, leaving Lucien Favre’s troops hovering precariously close to the drop zone as things stand.

Encouragingly from a Nice perspective, though, one of the club’s three wins across the Ligue 1 term did come at the last attempt, when Arsenal loanee Nicolas Pepe was amongst the goals en route to a 3-2 downing of Troyes.

We at 101, in turn, are backing Sunday’s visitors to make it two wins on the trot, in emerging from The Stade Abbé-Deschamps with all three points.

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