Nice's confidence is not exactly at its peak right now, but Dante's suspension should force Favre into fielding a more attack-minded setup this weekend, potentially with the Andy Delort-Gaetan Laborde partnership being renewed.
The new manager bounce would go down a treat with Auxerre fans right now, but it is difficult to picture the hosts putting the youthful Aiglons backline under any real duress, and we have faith in the visitors to get over the line.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Auxerre win with a probability of 40.21%. A win for Nice had a probability of 32.44% and a draw had a probability of 27.4%.
The most likely scoreline for an Auxerre win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.4%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.38%) and 2-0 (7.39%). The likeliest Nice win was 0-1 (9.99%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.94%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.9% likelihood.