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AJ Auxerre

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AJ Auxerre will be wanting a better result here after a 3-1 Ligue 1 losing effort in their last game against Strasbourg.

In that match, AJ Auxerre had 39% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for AJ Auxerre was Hamed Junior Traorè (14'). Strasbourg had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Habib Diarra (45'), Félix Lemaréchal (59') and Emanuel Emegha (87') scored for Strasbourg.

AJ Auxerre have really struggled up front of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 against opponents over their previous 6 outings. In those meetings, AJ Auxerre have also seen the tally of goals against them total 8. That kind of pattern might not be sustained into this game, of course.

Leading up to this clash, AJ Auxerre:

• have not registered a win against Lille in their last 6 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Lille

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In their previous game, Lille drew 1-1 in the Ligue 1 match with Nantes.

In that match, Lille managed 72% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Lille was Gabriel Gudmundsson (40'). Nantes got 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Matthis Abline (70') scored for Nantes.

Lille have regularly broken through opposing defences in their most recent fixtures, having scored 11 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Lille have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same matches.

Pre-game facts show that Lille:

• remain undefeated by AJ Auxerre in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 6 league matches away from home.
• are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 06/02/2011 tells us that AJ Auxerre have won 0 of them and Lille 3, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 of them for AJA and 14 for LOSC. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The last league match between the two was Ligue 1 match day 32 on 22/04/2023 and the score finished AJ Auxerre 1-1 Lille.

On that day, AJ Auxerre managed 30% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was M'Baye Niang (62').

At the other end, Lille had 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Jonathan David (37') scored.

The referee was Stéphanie Frappart.

📰 Team News: AJ Auxerre

Gabriel Osho (Knee injury), Nathan Buayi-Kiala (Knee injury), Donovan Léon (Dead leg), Kévin Danois (Dead leg) and Lasso Coulibaly (Cruciate ligament injury) aren’t available for AJ Auxerre boss Christophe Pélissier.

We are thinking that AJA should use a 3-4-2-1 system for this one, beginning the first half with Theo De Percin, Sinaly Diomande, Rayan Raveloson, Clement Akpa, Paul Joly, Gideon Mensah, Elisha Owusu, Assane Diousse, Gaetan Perrin, Hamed Traore and Lassine Sinayoko.

🗞️ Team News: Lille

Lille manager Bruno Génésio has not got a full squad to pick from. Tiago Santos (Cruciate ligament tear), Samuel Umtiti (Knee surgery) and Nabil Bentaleb (heart problems) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

There’s a good chance that LOSC will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Lucas Chevalier, Aissa Mandi, Bafode Diakite, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Benjamin Andre, Ngal Ayel Mukau, Remy Cabella, H. Arnar Haraldsson, Osame Sahraoui and Jonathan David.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that AJ Auxerre could find themselves struggling to score against this Lille team who we think will score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 0-1 win for Lille when the referee blows for full-time.

Little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 20:01 10/01/2025