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Next Game: Strasbourg vs. Metz - Sunday, January 18 at 2pm in Ligue 1
| Current League Standings | P | GD | PTS | |
| 16 | Auxerre | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Nantes | 16 | -14 | 11 |
| 18 | Metz | 16 | -20 | 11 |
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