Auxerre vs Montpellier

Auxerre have picked up 35 points after 27 matches in Ligue 1 2024/25, already equaling the tally of their previous campaign in the competition (in 2022/23 after 38 matches).

Auxerre have won three of their last five games in Ligue 1 (D1 L1), after being winless in the previous 10 (D6 L4).

Montpellier are the third team without a clean sheet after 27 games in a Ligue 1 season after Toulon in 1959/60 (1st clean sheet in their 32nd match) and Bordeaux in 2021/22 (1st clean sheet in their 30th match).

Auxerre have lost four of their last five Ligue 1 games against Montpellier (W1), as many losses as in their previous 16 (W6 D6).

Auxerre have only lost one of their last six Ligue 1 games (W2 D3), after losing three of their previous five (D2). Since the beginning of December, AJA have drawn seven games in the top-flight, at least two more than any other team.

Montpellier have not kept a single clean sheet in Ligue 1 2024-25, remaining the only team without one among the Top 20 UEFA ranked leagues.

Auxerre have won only one of their last seven Ligue 1 home games (D5 L1), after winning each of their previous four such top-flight encounters.

Montpellier have gained just three points after their first 12 away games in Ligue 1 2024/25 (W1 L11), their second lowest tally at this stage in a top-flight campaign (1 in 1989/90).