Auxerre host Le Mans in Matchday 8 of Ligue 1

Auxerre host Le Mans on 25 October 2026 at 19:15 Damascus and Saudi Arabia time, in a match between the two sides as part of Matchday 8 of Ligue 1 for the 2026/27 season, broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

In terms of the overall standings, Auxerre are 13th with 9 points from 7 matches, having won 3 and lost 4 without any draws, scoring 11 goals and conceding 17. Le Mans, meanwhile, sit in 16th place with 6 points from 7 matches, having won 1, drawn 3 and lost 3, scoring 10 goals and conceding 15.

Auxerre's results in recent rounds have been mixed, as they beat Le Havre 3-1 away on 18 October, before losing 1-4 to Rennes on 11 October, preceded by two wins over Brest 2-1 and Nice 1-0, then a 1-3 defeat to Lyon.

Le Mans' recent results have been less positive, having lost 0-3 to Toulouse on 16 October, and before that fallen 1-3 to Paris Saint-Germain on 10 October, while they had beaten Lorient 2-1 and drawn with Lens 2-2 and Nice 1-1 in earlier matches.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Auxerre beat Le Mans 3-2 on 1 August 2020, and Auxerre also won away 1-0 on 10 January 2020, as well as winning at home 2-0 on 2 August 2019, while the match on 25 January 2013 ended in a 1-1 draw, and Le Mans beat Auxerre 3-1 on 20 August 2012.

Auxerre will be without Remy Labeau Lascary, A. Diousse, Seko Fofana, B. Oko, M. Sinayoko and Telly Sowe through injury. Le Mans, meanwhile, are missing the services of A. Bourabia, Irvin Cardona and Harold Fouyer for the same reason.