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Predictions and Tips
Lyon take on visiting side AJ Auxerre at Groupama Stadium in this Ligue 1 clash on Sunday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Lyon v AJ Auxerre can be found here (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
Lyon
WWWWWL
Lyon will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 0-1 Europa League losing effort in their last game against Beşiktaş.
In that game, Lyon had 58% possession and 30 shots at goal with 8 on target. On the other side, Besiktas had 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Gedson Fernandes (71') scored for Beşiktaş.
Their more recent scorelines reveal that quality has been evident in the Lyon rearguard. Lyon have been stingy, seeing the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last 6 clashes standing at 2.
AJ Auxerre
LLLWLW
AJ Auxerre will go into this encounter following a 2-1 Ligue 1 win against Reims in their last fixture.
In that match, AJ Auxerre managed 35% possession and 10 shots on goal with 8 on target. For AJ Auxerre, the goals were scored by Sinaly Diomandé (16') and Hamed Junior Traorè (52'). Reims got 14 shots on goal with 3 on target. Keito Nakamura (95') scored for Reims.
In as many as 6 of the previous 6 games featuring AJ Auxerre, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average goals scored per match within that time is 3.67, with the number of goals averaged by AJ Auxerre equalling 1.5. Regardless, time will tell if such a trend might persist in this upcoming match.
Pre-game facts show that AJ Auxerre:
- have not registered a win against Lyon when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league matches. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 5 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
Looking over their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 22/12/2010 shows that Lyon have won 3 of these and AJ Auxerre 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between them in this period, with 9 for Lyon and 9 for AJA. That’s an average goals per game of 3.
The last league contest featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 24 on 17/02/2023 which ended up with the score at AJ Auxerre 2-1 Lyon.
That day, AJ Auxerre managed 35% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Gaëtan Perrin (51') and Jubal (53').
Lyon got 6 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Moussa Dembélé (36') scored.
The match was refereed by Jérôme Brisard.
📰 Team News: AJ Auxerre
AJ Auxerre manager Christophe Pélissier has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Paul Joly (Knee injury), Nathan Buayi-Kiala (Cruciate ligament injury) and Lasso Coulibaly (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be making appearances.
💭 Prediction
It certainly seems that AJ Auxerre will surely find it tough to find the back of the net against a Lyon lineup who have the capability to create a lot of chances for themselves and convert these into goals.
We are anticipating a comprehensive 3-0 margin for Lyon at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 13:05 27/10/2024
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
⚽️ Team Focus:
Lyon
Formed: 1950
Stadium: Groupama Stadium (59,186)
Captain: Alexandre Lacazette
Chairman: John Textor
Manager: Pierre Sage
Competitions: Ligue 1 position 7, Europa League (League Phase)
⭐ Key Man: Malick Fofana
Typically played in the Left Wing position, Malick Fofana was born in Aalst, Belgium. After making a first senior appearance for KAA Gent in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has netted 2 league goals in this Ligue 1 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 8 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 20 | WDWDW |
2 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 20 | WWWWD |
3 |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 17 | WWLDW |
4 |
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9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | DWWDW |
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9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | DDDWL |
6 |
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9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | DWWLL |
7 |
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | DLWWW |
8 |
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9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 13 | WLWDW |
9 |
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9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | DLLDW |
10 |
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | LWDDD |
11 |
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | LDDLD |
12 |
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | DDWDL |
13 |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 9 | LLWLW |
14 |
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9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 7 | DLDDW |
15 |
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9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -16 | 7 | LDWLL |
16 |
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8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 | WLLLD |
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9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -13 | 6 | LLLLL |
18 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -18 | 4 | LWLLL |
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Reims |
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Brest |
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Monaco |
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Nantes |
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Marseille |
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Strasbourg |
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Monaco |
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Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 2.8 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 29 |
Yellow cards | 2.8 |
Red cards | 0.5 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Malick Fofana | 2 |
Georges Mikautadze | 2 |
Gift Orban | 2 |
Abner | 1 |
Saïd Benrahma | 1 |
Hamed Junior Traorè | 4 |
Sinaly Diomandé | 2 |
Theo Bair | 1 |
Lasso Coulibaly | 1 |
Jubal | 1 |
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RC Lens |
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