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

Sun 27th Oct, 14:00 BST, Groupama Stadium, Lyon

the Groupama Stadium crowd welcome AJ Auxerre's travelling contingent on Sunday afternoon, as Pierre Sage's Lyon go head to head with Christophe Pelissier's charges in the Ligue 1. All of the important statistics for the encounter, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across 17 of the biggest betting markets are included in this preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This Ligue 1 clash, with Lyon and Auxerre going head-to-head, offers plenty of value in the widely used 2.5 goals market, with a total of 3+ goals being scored seeming highly probable. Strikers for both will look to come out on the front foot and, having reviewed the relevant statistics and odds, we're confident that a bet on over 2.5 goals is the one to go for.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lyon
59%
8/15
3%
11/20
4%
Draw
19%
7/2
4%
7/2
4%
Auxerre
22%
17/4
11%
9/2
15%
Lyon 2-1
9%
15/213/2
Draw 1-1
8%
8/1
6%
7/1
Lyon 3-1
7%
10/1
8%
17/2
5%
Lyon 2-0
7%
17/215/2
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Lyon 1-0
6%
9/18/1
6%
Auxerre 2-1
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
Lyon 3-0
5%
11/1
8%
10/1
Lyon 3-2
5%
18/114/1
Lyon 4-1
4%
18/1
10%
14/1
12%
Auxerre 1-0
3%
20/1
11%
14/1
15%
Lyon 4-0
3%
20/1
9%
16/1
Auxerre 3-2
3%
33/125/1
13%
Lyon 4-2
3%
28/1
15%
20/1
9%
Auxerre 3-1
3%
40/1
21%
25/1
13%
Over 2.5 Goals
72%
1/2
1%
10/21
1%
Under 2.5 Goals
28%
13/8
7%
8/5
8%
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/11
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
2/1
4%
-
No 1st Goal
1%
18/1
12%
-
BTTS - Yes
68%
4/74/7
2%
BTTS - No
32%
5/413/10
2%
BTTS - Home Win
36%
7/4
5%
13/8
6%
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/14/1
BTTS - Away Win
15%
7/1
7%
13/2
7%
Home/draw
78%
1/6
1%
1/7
3%
Away/draw
41%
11/8
6%
29/20
9%
Home/away
81%
2/11
2%
1/5
Over 1.5 Goals
88%
1/7
3%
1/7
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
12%
9/2
10%
4/1
4%
Over 3.5 Goals
51%
6/5
4%
23/20
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
49%
4/6
3%
13/20
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
31%
11/4
6%
5/2
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
69%
2/7
3%
2/7
6%
Over 5.5 Goals
17%
11/2
7%
5/1
14%
Under 5.5 Goals
83%
1/9
1%
1/10
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
1/401/66
Under 0.5 Goals
2%
16/114/1
15%
Home DNB
72%
2/9
2%
1/5
4%
Away DNB
36%
3/1
7%
3/1
14%
Lyon win to nil
23%
9/4-
Auxerre win to nil
7%
10/1
10%
-
Lyon / Lyon
35%
13/10
8%
5/4
6%
Lyon / Auxerre
3%
33/128/1
12%
Lyon / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Lyon
18%
7/2
5%
17/5
2%
Draw / Auxerre
7%
11/1
9%
10/1
16%
Draw / Draw
11%
13/2
7%
11/2
Auxerre / Lyon
5%
16/1
11%
14/1
Auxerre / Auxerre
9%
8/1
13%
7/1
14%
Auxerre / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lyon have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1 match. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Lyon have outscored their opponents by 14 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

Lyon have played 4 games at home winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 8 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 8 goals at home.

Auxerre are in 12th position in the Ligue 1 on 9 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Auxerre have a terrible away record they have lost every game and didn't score in 1 game.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 11 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 0 and won 3. Auxerre have conceded 7 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Lyon
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Auxerre
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Feb 23
Dec 15
 PSG86201720 
Dec 8
May 18
l
 
0-2A
May 11
 Monaco86201020 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 2
l
 
2-3F
Feb 2
 Marseille85211317 
Feb 23
Nov 8
Apr 6
Nov 1
 Lille8422514 
Jan 12
Apr 20
May 4
d
 
0-00-0
 Lens8350514 
Dec 15
Apr 27
Feb 9
Nov 24
 Reims8422314 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 9
-
-
 Lyon Home8413213 
Apr 13
Oct 27
Dec 1
Mar 9
 Nice8242810 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 16
w
 
2-0F
Jan 26
 Nantes8242110 
May 11
l
 
2-0A
w
 
4-3A
Mar 30
 Strasbourg8242010 
Mar 2
Jan 5
Mar 2
Jan 12
 Brest8314-310 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 16
Oct 27
Apr 13
 Auxerre Away8305-59 
-
-
Apr 27
l
 
3-0A
 Rennes822408 
Nov 3
Apr 6
Nov 10
Apr 20
 St Etienne8215-147 
Jan 26
l
 
3-1A
Jan 19
w
 
1-2A
 Toulouse8134-46 
Feb 9
Dec 1
Mar 16
w
 
0-4F
 Le Havre8206-126 
May 4
l
 
3-1F
May 18
Dec 8
 Angers8044-84 
Nov 24
Jan 19
Jan 5
Feb 16
 Montpellier8116-184 
Mar 30
l
 
3-2F
Win / draw / win form
3
Lyon have won 3 consecutive league games
4
Auxerre have lost 4 consecutive away league games
5
Auxerre have not won in 5 consecutive away league games
Lyon 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon2 - 0Nantes
Lyon2 - 3Marseille
Lyon4 - 3Strasbourg
Lyon0 - 2Monaco
Lyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Lyon3 - 2Monaco
Lyon4 - 3Brest
Lyon1 - 1Reims
Lyon0 - 3Lens
Lyon1 - 0Nice
Lyon1 - 0Marseille
Lyon2 - 3Rennes
Lyon1 - 0Nantes
Lyon3 - 0Toulouse
Lyon0 - 2Lille
Lyon1 - 1Metz
Lyon1 - 2Clermont
Lyon3 - 3Lorient
Lyon0 - 0Le Havre
Lyon1 - 4PSG
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon4 - 0Le Havre
HLyon2 - 0Nantes
ALyon2 - 1Toulouse
HLyon2 - 3Marseille
ALyon0 - 0Lens
HLyon4 - 3Strasbourg
HLyon0 - 2Monaco
ALyon0 - 3Rennes
HLyon2 - 1Strasbourg
ALyon1 - 0Clermont
ALyon4 - 3Lille
HLyon3 - 2Monaco
ALyon1 - 4PSG
HLyon4 - 3Brest
ALyon3 - 1Nantes
HLyon1 - 1Reims
ALyon3 - 2Toulouse
ALyon2 - 0Lorient
HLyon0 - 3Lens
ALyon2 - 1Metz
Auxerre 12TH
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St Etienne3 - 1Auxerre
Montpellier3 - 2Auxerre
Le Havre3 - 1Auxerre
Nantes2 - 0Auxerre
Amiens0 - 0Auxerre
Dunkerque1 - 3Auxerre
Rodez2 - 0Auxerre
Quevillaise.4 - 3Auxerre
Ajaccio0 - 1Auxerre
St Etienne1 - 0Auxerre
Annecy0 - 2Auxerre
Pau2 - 2Auxerre
Grenoble1 - 1Auxerre
Lavallois1 - 3Auxerre
Concarneau1 - 2Auxerre
Bastia0 - 0Auxerre
Guingamp2 - 1Auxerre
Caen1 - 1Auxerre
Paris FC0 - 2Auxerre
Troyes1 - 2Auxerre
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AAuxerre3 - 4Quevillaise.
HAuxerre2 - 0Troyes
AAuxerre1 - 0Ajaccio
HAuxerre2 - 1Caen
AAuxerre0 - 1St Etienne
HAuxerre0 - 0Valenciennes
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Goal Statistics

Lyon's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 4 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. A PG of 2.3 suggests that run should continue on Sunday afternoon.

Lyon 7th Auxerre 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.3
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
10%
1
23%
2
26%
3
21%
4+
21%
There is a 67% probability that Lyon will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Auxerre will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
Lyon’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-7
Auxerre’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Lyon
PG (predicted goals)
Auxerre
2.3
1.4
Attack rating
LYN
AUX
2%
better
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Games scored5
6
Failed to score3
2
Scored first3
4
Goals scored14
11
Avg. goals scored1.8
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for19
15
Avg. XG for1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
25%
better
LYN
AUX
view stats
Games conceded5
7
Clean sheets3
1
Conceded first4
4
Goals conceded12
16
Avg. goals conceded1.5
2
Avg. shots/game conceded11
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
5
Conversion rate against14%
21%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.8
KickOff rating
+25%

Lyon v Auxerre Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8223
L PerriM FofanaC MataD Caleta-Car
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Perri GLK8
-
Abner DEF81
1
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF81
-
M Caqueret MID8
1
-
G Mikautadze FWD81
-
M Fofana FWD821
-
D Caleta-Car DEF71
3
-
C Mata DEF72
2
-
C Tolisso MID711
2
-
A Lacazette FWD711
1
-
M Niakhaté DEF6
-
N Matić MID5
-
S Benrahma FWD511
-
T Tessmann MID4
-
R Cherki MID411
2
-
E Nuamah FWD4
1
-
G Orban FWD32
1
-
N Tagliafico DEF21
1
-
S Kumbedi DEF2
-
M. Diawara MID2
-
W Omari DEF1
-
Adryelson DEF1
1
-
W Zaha FWD1
-
Auxerre Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8323
D LéonH TraorèG PerrinE Owusu
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Léon GLK81
-
G Osho DEF8
1
-
G Perrin FWD812
1
-
L Sinayoko FWD81
2
-
C Akpa DEF7
2
-
P Joly DEF71
1
-
Jubal DEF71
2
-
R Raveloson MID71
1
-
K Danois MID7
-
E Owusu MID711
3
-
T Bair FWD71
-
F Ayé FWD7
-
A Onaiwu FWD71
1
S Diomandé DEF611
2
-
K Hoever DEF6
1
-
H Traorè MID63
1
-
G Mensah DEF31
-
T Pellenard  DEF2
-
L Coulibaly MID21
-
A. Dioussé El Hadji MID1
-
E Maddy FWD1
-