Match Report
Auxerre (3rd, 7 pts) visited Arsenal (1st, 10 pts) with 3 points between them. Arsenal had been under-performing their position — 38th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Arsenal were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.67, Auxerre 0.67 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Arsenal had won five straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Arsenal against 5/15 for Auxerre.




