Strasbourg beats Auxerre 5-1 to end four-match losing run

Strasbourg beat Auxerre 5-1 in a Ligue 1 match at Strasbourg’s Meinau stadium.

The win ended Strasbourg’s run of four straight defeats and lifted the club out of the relegation play-off place.

Gessime Yassine scored twice, won a penalty and set up a goal as he drove Strasbourg’s decisive attack.

Strasbourg’s other goals came from David Datro Fofana, Diego Moreira and Joaquín Panichelli.

Auxerre scored once through Thelonius Archer, while Ousmane Dioubaté was sent off.

Strasbourg moved above Auxerre in the standings on goal difference, with Strasbourg 12th and Auxerre 13th.

Strasbourg now has two points of breathing room over Troyes, which is 16th.