AJ Auxerre 1 - 0 OGC Nice — Highlights & Result

AJ Auxerre lifted themselves from the foot of the Ligue 1 table on September 12, 2026, jumping up to thirteenth place after a hard-fought home victory. The hosts now sit seven points behind early pacesetters Monaco, who currently lead the eighteen-team division on ten points. Meanwhile, OGC Nice suffered a damaging slide down the standings, tumbling from fifteenth to eighteenth place following this latest setback. The visitors find themselves eight points adrift of the league summit as the early weeks of the season take shape.

The breakthrough arrived in the 74th minute at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps when C. Archer found the net for Auxerre, set up by a pass from C. Makosso. Despite managing only 30 percent possession compared to their opponents' 70 percent, the home side created the better openings, generating an expected goals figure of 1.74 and testing the visitors with seven shots on target. Standout performances underpinned the victory, with Kévin Danois earning a rating of 8 and C. Makosso collecting 7.9. Defensively, OGC Nice put up resistance through the efforts of Youssouf Ndayishimiye, who was rated 8.2, and Niels Nkounkou, who picked up a rating of 7.6 after restricting the hosts for long periods.

This encounter added another chapter to a competitive head-to-head history that recently featured a 2-1 victory for Auxerre when these clubs last met in May 2026. Prior to this matchday four fixture, the hosts had struggled for results across all competitions, enduring a run of three successive defeats that left them searching for answers. On the other side, the visitors arrived having gone ten matches in all competitions without a win, failing to build any meaningful momentum in the early phase of the season.

AJ Auxerre will play at home against Brest on September 20.

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