📏 Form Guide

Lille

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Lille will be looking for another win after a 1-2 Ligue 1 success vs Toulouse.

In that game, Lille had 57% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Lille, goals were scored by Matias Fernandez-Pardo (21') and Mitchel Bakker (45'). At the other end, Toulouse got 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Charlie Cresswell (42') was the scorer for Toulouse.

Bruno Génésio's Lille have celebrated scoring 6 times in their prior 6 outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 6.

Taking a look at their past results, Lille:

• have not been beaten in the league by AJ Auxerre in their previous 7 matches.
• are winless against AJ Auxerre in their last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

AJ Auxerre

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Lyon in Ligue 1 competition, AJ Auxerre and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, AJ Auxerre had 41% possession and 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for AJ Auxerre was Lassine Sinayoko (77'). At the other end, Lyon had 13 shots at goal with 7 on target. Georges Mikautadze (54'), Rayan Cherki (62') and Alexandre Lacazette (84') scored for Lyon.

For 5 of the previous six clashes featuring AJ Auxerre, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that period works out to a mere 1.83, with the average goals for AJA being 1.

Their prior results show that AJ Auxerre:

• have left without a victory over Lille in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 15/10/2011 shows us that Lille have won 3 of these games & AJ Auxerre 0, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A total of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 13 for LOSC and 6 coming from AJA. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 17 on 10/01/2025 when it ended AJ Auxerre 0-0 Lille.

That day, AJ Auxerre had 30% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Lille had 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Gaël Angoula.

ℹ️ Team News: Lille

Tiago Santos (Cruciate ligament tear), Samuel Umtiti (Calf injury) and Edon Zhegrova (Adductor pain) won’t be able to feature for Lille manager Bruno Génésio.

It’s our opinion that LOSC may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match and select Lucas Chevalier, Thomas Meunier, Bafode Diakite, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Ismaily, Benjamin Andre, Andre Gomes, Mitchel Bakker, H. Arnar Haraldsson, M. Fernandez-Pardo and Jonathan David.

📋 Team News: AJ Auxerre

AJ Auxerre boss Christophe Pélissier has to choose a team with limited availability. Hamed Junior Traoré (Hamstring injury), Kévin Danois (Hamstring injury), Elisha Owusu (Collateral ligament injury), Lasso Coulibaly (Cruciate ligament injury) and Nathan Buayi-Kiala (Cruciate ligament injury) are not able to play.

It’s our belief that AJA might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Donovan Leon, Ki-Jana Hoever, Jubal, Sinaly Diomande, Gideon Mensah, Han-Noah Massengo, Assane Diousse, Thelonius Bair, Gaetan Perrin, Ado Onaiwu and Lassine Sinayoko.

💡 Prediction

Lille should really score more than once when they meet AJ Auxerre, who will be up against it getting on the scoresheet.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 2-0 win for Lille come full-time.

Andre Moura, 12:03 20/04/2025