Strasbourg
Auxerre
Match summary
Strasbourg won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Auxerre. Strasbourg led 1-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Dário Essugo put Strasbourg ahead in the 41st minute, set up by Oso. In the second half, Martial Godo made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Gessime Yassine, Conrad Harder made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 62nd minute, Cameron Archer pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 68th minute, set up by Romain Faivre, Gessime Yassine made it 4-1 in the 77th minute, set up by Sebastian Nanasi, and Yassine made it 5-1 with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Oso.
The chances backed that up: Strasbourg created 3.43 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Auxerre's 0.27 from 6. Auxerre had a player sent off.
Strasbourg secured a 5-1 victory against Auxerre in Ligue 1 on matchday 9, dominating the encounter across multiple statistical metrics. The home side registered 64 percent possession and completed 581 passes with an 89 percent accuracy rate, compared to 323 passes by the visitors. Strasbourg recorded 19 shots with 6 on target, while limiting Auxerre to 6 shots and 2 on target. Furthermore, Strasbourg achieved 5 corners and 27 tackles against 0 corners and 13 tackles from Auxerre. Discipline proved challenging for the away team, who accumulated 4 yellow cards and 1 red card, whereas Strasbourg received 1 yellow card and 0 red cards.
The scoring opened in the 41st minute when Dário Essugo converted a right foot shot for Strasbourg, following a 39th minute yellow card for Auxerre player Lamine Sy and a 24th minute VAR review for a foul. After a 1-0 half-time score, Martial Godo scored with a left foot shot in the 55th minute. Conrad Harder added a penalty goal in the 62nd minute to make it 3-0. Cameron Archer replied for Auxerre with a right foot shot in the 68th minute. Following a red card shown to Lamfia Dioubaté in the 74th minute, Gessime Yassine scored twice for Strasbourg with a left foot shot in the 77th minute and a header in the 85th minute.
