Remaining on its side with an elimination at home in the Coupe de France by Dunkirk (L2, 0-1, December 22), paradoxical since it built its successful return to L1 on a very good course at home (seventeen points in eight matches), the AJA wants “raise the cursor” away (four units in seven trips), according to Christophe Pelissier. But the Auxerre coach is deprived of his goalkeeper Donovan Léon, injured in a thigh, as well as the Nigerian central defender Gabriel Osho and the very promising midfielder Kévin Danois, victims of muscle problems, without forgetting another midfielder, Rayan Raveloson, suspended. Thus, goalkeeper number 2, Théo De Percin (23 years old), will make his debut in L1, while Senegalese international midfielder Assane Dioussé (27 years old) will start for the first time this season.
Strasbourg wants to confirm against Auxerre, very diminished