Auxerre keen on four successive victories in trip to Toulouse.
[introduction]
After losing to defending champions Paris Saint-Germain last Friday, Toulouse take on Auxerre, hoping to bounce back to winning ways. Toulouse FC vs. AJ Auxerre kicks off at 16:00 [GMT] on Sunday, December 1, at the Stadium de Toulouse.
[home]
Toulouse’s three-game winning streak [DWWWL] came to an end with a humbling 3-0 defeat against defending champions PSG last Friday. ‘To win here you have to be clinical, and of course, we had those chances to get the draw,’ Carles Martínez Novell said after the loss, as his team failed to capitalise on three big chances to draw level before conceding two more goals in the closing stages of the game. Despite the loss, they maintained 10th position on the league table with 15 points from 12 games [4W, 3D, 5L]. Les Violets will now look to bounce back to winning ways when they welcome Auxerre for their MD13 encounter this weekend. Toulouse will look to draw inspiration from their recent head-to-head records against the visitors, having won in two of the last three top-flight meetings between both sides [2W, 1D, 0L]. That includes a commanding 5-0 victory against Auxerre in January 2023, which is Les Violets’ biggest win in the top flight in the 21st century. Having secured a 1-0 victory against Reims in their most recent league game at Stadium de Toulouse, another victory this weekend will see Toulouse record back-to-back home league wins for just the second time since the start of the 2023-24 season, having last achieved the feat between February and March this year. A 4—2—3—1 could be seen, with Joshua King in attack.
[away]
Auxerre extended their winning streak [WDWWW] in the league to three with a last-gasp 1-0 victory against Angers, courtesy of a Hamed Traorè header in stoppage time [90+3’]. The win moved AJA two spots up to seventh place in the league standings, with 19 points from 12 games [6W, 1D, 5L], tied on points with sixth-placed Lyon, who have a superior goal difference. They will now look to extend their winning streak when they travel to Toulouse, knowing that victory this weekend will see them equal their longest winning run in the top flight since 2010 [four, between February and March]. Auxerre boasts a 46% win rate against Toulouse, the fourth-highest win percentage among teams Les Violets have faced at least 50 times in Ligue 1. AJA will hope this record works in their favour on Sunday. However, they are winless in their last three league games against Toulouse [0W, 1D, 2L] and risk going four L1 games without a win in this fixture for the first time since 1987-1990 [seven games]. A 3—4—2—1 is expected, with Lassine Sinayoko in attack.
