Earning a highly-respectable point at Lyon last time out, Auxerre should be looking to earn maximum points in front of their home faithful this weekend.
That being said, visitors Rennes possess an abundance of attacking quality which could turn out to be too much for the newly-promoted outfit to handle on Sunday.
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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 38.28%. A win for Rennes had a probability of 35.16% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.
The most likely scoreline for an Auxerre win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.32%) and 2-0 (6.65%). The likeliest Rennes win was 0-1 (9.58%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.63%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Auxerre would win this match.