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AJ Auxerre v Lens : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Dec, 18:00 BST, Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps, Auxerre

AJ Auxerre and their manager Christophe Pelissier will be aiming to beat Franck Haise and his Lens side on Saturday evening, as the pair clash at the Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps in the Ligue 1. Ligue 1 stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. You can view it all, with infographics and odds available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We're suggesting it's unlikely that this match will deliver 4+ goals, and the odds and stats point in the same direction as KickOff's predictive algorithm on this one. Auxerre and Lens have rarely been involved in goal-fests of late, whether that be in Ligue 1 individually or in their head-to-head duals. So, in the absence of a convincing favourite draw or double chance market, we're recommending under 3.5 goals. The UK's top bookies have that available at a best price of 1.44.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Auxerre are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.50.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Auxerre
35%
14/5
9%
11/4
7%
Draw
27%
13/513/5
Lens
37%
19/20
3%
19/20
3%
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2
7%
11/2
Lens 1-0
11%
7/1
11%
6/1
13%
Auxerre 1-0
11%
11/19/1
9%
Draw 0-0
9%
10/1
15%
17/2
5%
Lens 2-1
8%
15/2
6%
7/1
Auxerre 2-1
8%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Lens 2-0
7%
17/2
14%
8/1
5%
Auxerre 2-0
6%
20/1
11%
14/1
Draw 2-2
5%
12/111/1
9%
Lens 3-1
3%
14/111/1
Auxerre 3-1
3%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Lens 3-0
3%
16/1
11%
12/1
13%
Auxerre 3-0
3%
40/128/1
Lens 3-2
2%
22/118/1
12%
Auxerre 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
10/11
10%
4/5
6%
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
10/11
9%
10/11
7%
Home 1st Goal
47%
6/4
5%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
4/7
1%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
10/1
15%
-
BTTS - Yes
50%
3/4
11%
8/11
7%
BTTS - No
50%
1/1
9%
21/20
5%
BTTS - Home Win
15%
6/1
17%
5/1
4%
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/217/5
2%
BTTS - Away Win
16%
3/1
7%
27/10
6%
Home/draw
63%
4/5
2%
4/5
Away/draw
65%
1/41/4
3%
Home/away
73%
2/7
3%
2/7
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
2/7
8%
1/4
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
11/4
13%
5/2
10%
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
11/5
19%
19/10
7%
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
4/11
4%
4/11
6%
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
5/1
20%
9/2
15%
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/8
1%
2/15
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
12/1
30%
9/1
11%
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/251/25
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/20
3%
1/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
10/1
15%
17/2
5%
Home DNB
55%
7/4
10%
13/8
5%
Away DNB
56%
2/5
5%
2/5
5%
Auxerre win to nil
20%
6/1
8%
-
Lens win to nil
21%
5/2
7%
-
Auxerre / Auxerre
14%
5/1
9%
19/4
5%
Auxerre / Lens
4%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Auxerre / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Auxerre
10%
7/1
7%
13/2
Draw / Lens
16%
4/1
9%
19/5
4%
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
8%
4/1
5%
Lens / Auxerre
3%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Lens / Lens
26%
21/10
5%
2/1
3%
Lens / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Auxerre have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 2 and won 2. Auxerre have conceded 7 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Auxerre have played 7 games at home, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Lens lay in 7th place on 23 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 14 matches. Lens are unbeaten in 8 games against teams below them in the league and kept 5 clean sheets out of 8 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 15 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lens have conceded 5 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Lens have played 7 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Auxerre
Lens
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG1410402634 
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
Jan 19
l
 
1-0A
2
Marseille149231429 
Feb 23
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-3A
Mar 9
3
Monaco149231229 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 2
May 18
d
 
1-1A
4
Lille147521026 
Jan 12
Apr 20
l
 
0-2A
Mar 30
5
Lyon14743925 
Apr 13
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
May 4
6
Nice14653923 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 16
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 9
7
Lens Away14653523 
Dec 14
Apr 27
-
-
8
Auxerre Home14626020 
-
-
Apr 27
Dec 14
9
Reims14545219 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 9
Apr 13
w
 
0-2F
10
Toulouse14536-118 
Feb 9
l
 
2-0A
Jan 5
May 11
11
Brest14518-616 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 16
w
 
2-0F
Apr 20
12
Rennes14428-214 
w
 
4-0F
Apr 6
Mar 16
d
 
1-1A
13
Nantes14356-414 
May 11
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-2F
Feb 23
14
Strasbourg14356-514 
Mar 2
Jan 5
Feb 16
d
 
2-2F
15
Angers14347-1013 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 19
Jan 26
w
 
0-1F
16
St Etienne14419-2113 
Jan 26
l
 
3-1A
Apr 6
w
 
0-2F
17
Le Havre144010-1512 
May 4
l
 
3-1F
Mar 2
Jan 12
18
Montpellier142210-238 
Mar 30
l
 
3-2F
w
 
2-0F
Feb 2
Win / draw / win form
5
Auxerre have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games
3
Auxerre have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games
Auxerre 8TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
15
D
4
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Auxerre0 - 0PSG
Auxerre1 - 0Angers
Auxerre4 - 0Rennes
Auxerre2 - 1Reims
Auxerre3 - 0Brest
Auxerre0 - 3Monaco
Auxerre2 - 1Nice
Auxerre4 - 1Concarneau
Auxerre2 - 0Paris FC
Auxerre4 - 0Lavallois
Auxerre2 - 0Troyes
Auxerre2 - 1Caen
Auxerre0 - 0Valenciennes
Auxerre1 - 1Bastia
Auxerre1 - 0Angers
Auxerre1 - 1Guingamp
Auxerre3 - 1Bordeaux
Auxerre2 - 0Ajaccio
Auxerre3 - 2Quevillaise.
Auxerre5 - 2St Etienne
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAuxerre0 - 0PSG
AAuxerre0 - 2Toulouse
HAuxerre1 - 0Angers
AAuxerre3 - 1Marseille
HAuxerre4 - 0Rennes
AAuxerre2 - 2Lyon
HAuxerre2 - 1Reims
AAuxerre1 - 3St Etienne
HAuxerre3 - 0Brest
AAuxerre2 - 3Montpellier
HAuxerre0 - 3Monaco
AAuxerre1 - 3Le Havre
AAuxerre0 - 2Nantes
HAuxerre2 - 1Nice
HAuxerre4 - 1Concarneau
AAuxerre0 - 0Amiens
HAuxerre2 - 0Paris FC
AAuxerre3 - 1Dunkerque
HAuxerre4 - 0Lavallois
AAuxerre0 - 2Rodez
Lens 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reims0 - 2Lens
PSG1 - 0Lens
St Etienne0 - 2Lens
Strasbourg2 - 2Lens
Rennes1 - 1Lens
Monaco1 - 1Lens
Angers0 - 1Lens
Rennes1 - 1Lens
Marseille2 - 1Lens
Metz2 - 1Lens
Lille2 - 1Lens
Lyon0 - 3Lens
Reims1 - 1Lens
Nantes0 - 1Lens
Toulouse0 - 2Lens
Nice2 - 0Lens
Montpellier0 - 0Lens
Clermont0 - 3Lens
Lorient0 - 0Lens
Le Havre0 - 0Lens
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLens2 - 0Montpellier
ALens2 - 0Reims
HLens1 - 3Marseille
HLens3 - 2Nantes
ALens0 - 1PSG
HLens0 - 2Lille
ALens2 - 0St Etienne
ALens2 - 2Strasbourg
HLens0 - 0Nice
ALens1 - 1Rennes
HLens0 - 0Lyon
ALens1 - 1Monaco
HLens2 - 0Brest
ALens1 - 0Angers
HLens2 - 2Montpellier
ALens1 - 1Rennes
HLens2 - 0Lorient
ALens1 - 2Marseille
HLens1 - 0Clermont
ALens1 - 2Metz
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Lens have not lost to Auxerre in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Auxerre since 2015
Auxerre
Lens
Goals: Scored
5
8
Games: Scored
5 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
0 / 5
AUX
1
D
1
LEN
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Auxerre
1 - 3Lens
1 - 2Lens
Auxerre1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Lens
League games at Lens since 2016
Lens
Auxerre
Goals: Scored
8
2
Games: Scored
4 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
2 / 6
AUX
1
D
1
LEN
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lens2 - 0
Lens2 - 1
0 - 1Auxerre
Lens3 - 0
Goal Statistics
Auxerre 8th Lens 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Auxerre will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Lens will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+28
Auxerre have scored 28% more goals at home than predicted
-13
Lens have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Auxerre
PG (predicted goals)
Lens
1.2
1.2
Attack rating
10%
better
AUX
LEN
view stats
Games scored10
10
Failed to score4
4
Scored first7
7
Goals scored21
17
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
11
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for18
11
Avg. XG for1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
AUX
LEN
29%
better
view stats
Games conceded10
7
Clean sheets4
7
Conceded first6
5
Goals conceded21
12
Avg. goals conceded1.5
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against15%
11%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+29%

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Auxerre Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14644
D LéonH TraorèG PerrinE Owusu
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Léon GLK142
2
-
G Perrin FWD1444
1
-
L Sinayoko FWD1423
3
-
C Akpa DEF13
2
-
K Danois MID13
-
E Owusu MID1311
4
-
T Bair FWD131
1
-
A Onaiwu FWD132
1
Jubal DEF121
3
-
K Hoever DEF121
1
1
H Traorè MID1261
3
-
R Raveloson MID121
3
-
G Osho DEF11
1
-
F Ayé FWD10
-
G Mensah DEF91
1
-
S Diomandé DEF922
3
-
P Joly DEF91
1
-
A. Dioussé El Hadji MID4
-
T Pellenard  DEF2
-
L Coulibaly MID21
-
E Maddy FWD1
-
Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14315
B SambaP FrankowskiA DioufR Lascary
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Samba GLK14
1
-
A Diouf MID1411
2
-
A Thomasson MID1421
1
-
F Medina DEF13
4
-
R Lascary FWD132
5
-
F Sotoca FWD13
3
-
A. Khusanov DEF12
2
1
P Frankowski MID123
2
-
A Zaroury MID111
1
1
A Fulgini MID1111
1
-
J Chávez DEF91
1
-
K Danso DEF9
2
-
D Machado DEF9
1
1
J Gradit DEF9
3
-
M Nzola  FWD931
3
-
D Costa MID8
-
W Saïd  FWD81
2
-
H. Ojediran MID71
1
-
N Aynaoui MID7
-
R Aguilar DEF51
1
-
M Sarr DEF4
-
N Mendy MID4
-
M Satriano FWD4
-
T. Pouilly MID2
1
-