Auxerre vs Stade Brestois 29 prediction, odds and how to watch

Le Mans dominated almost every department but could not turn superiority into victory, as Stade Brestois 29 scored twice on the counter to earn a 2-2 draw in Ligue 1.

Lens were clinical where Auxerre were chaotic, converting two penalties and three open-play goals to claim a commanding Ligue 1 opening-day victory. The scoreline tells a fair story, but the detail behind it tells a more interesting one.

Auxerre host Stade Brestois 29 on Saturday with the home side unbeaten in their last five at the Abbé-Deschamps, while Brest arrive having failed to win a single away game in their last five attempts. Something has to give, and the evidence points firmly in one direction.

Stade Brestois arrive at this fixture without a win in ten and conceding at a rate that will alarm any coaching staff. Paris Saint-Germain, unbeaten on the road this season, arrive with the structure to exploit it.

Auxerre have made their home ground a difficult place to visit this season, but Nice arrive in Burgundy searching for a first win and carrying questions about their own attacking output that have no easy answers.

Two sides carrying serious questions into the new Ligue 1 campaign meet at the Stade Océane on Saturday evening, with Le Havre yet to win at home and Brest losing four of their last five away fixtures.

Lyon kick off their Ligue 1 home campaign against an Auxerre side whose recent form suggests goals are coming at both ends. The data makes this a more interesting fixture than the surface narrative suggests.

Auxerre are unbeaten in their last five home games and have conceded just twice in that run. Angers arrive with no wins in their last five and a defence that has shipped goals for fun on the road.