In the fifth round match of the French championship, Auxerre will host Brest. Both teams can be seen as potential relegation battlers, although the Breton side has significant resources and options – they could well settle in the middle of the table. So far that's how things are turning out. Brest, after four rounds, occupy tenth place with five points, while Auxerre sit in 16th place with three points. Moreover, both teams are playing fairly high-scoring football, conceding and scoring a lot. The previous round was the only exception. Brest began the season with a draw against Le Mans (2-2), then also drew with Toulouse (2-2), beat Le Havre (2-1), and in the previous round lost to PSG (0-1), but looked quite decent and forced Matvei Safonov to work hard. Auxerre got off to a stumbling start. They lost to Lens (2-5), Angers (1-3) and Lyon (1-3). It seemed they had little hope. However, in the previous round they beat Nice (1-0) and showed that there is light at the end of the tunnel after all. Weak defending by both teams and a tendency to make mistakes at their own goals promise a fairly large number of dangerous moments. The quality of the finishing, of course, leaves much to be desired. This is especially true for Auxerre. Brest has good players who can decide the moment. And Brest will be the favorites. However, at home Auxerre can resist and catch the Bretons off guard. Last season Auxerre beat Brest 3-0 at home. Although previously on the road they lost 0-2. The outcome of this match will be unpredictable.