Soccer match preview: Lille confident before travelling to Auxerre

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

A swift look at the Ligue 1 standings indicate an edge to Lille when they go to Auxerre. However; let's play the match before select a winner!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Auxerre form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Auxerre have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. Two home wins in a row for Auxerre bring valid hopes of a third.

The Auxerre supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Nantes and win 2-1. Auxerre goalkeeper Leon did an outstanding job against Nantes with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Ajaccio with a 3-0 scoreline.

Auxerre aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in the league, with only {14 goals} from 15 games. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Lille form and stats

6-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lille in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Lille are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Montpellier (placed 13th). Cabella got a match rating of 9.11 in that game, top player of the team. Cabella scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 40 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Angers SCO wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Lille has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games. 16 goals have been conceded by Lille in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Lille - Auxerre 4-1. Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Auxerre, two draws and four wins for Lille. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
20 goals
LilleR. Cabella
R. Cabella
6 goals
AuxerreN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
5 goals

Auxerre missing players

Lille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Auxerre Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 5 15 31
8 5 0 Won W 2 6 16
8 5 1 Drew D 2 3 7
15 5 2 Lost L 1 6 8
29 14 2 Scored S 7 23 56
52 21 5 Conceded C 3 16 39
94% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 94%
74% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 77%
48% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 55%
26% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 32%
19% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 19%
52% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 65%
23% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 26%
32% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 16%
 
3.7 4.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.7 5.7
5.4 4.2 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4 3.7
1.6 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.1
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 12.9 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 14.6 15.3
3.2 4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.1 5.7
29% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 32%
 
12.2 10.1 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 8.9 8.5
4.9 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.6 3.5 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 31 23 3 5 73 30 16 12 2 2 37 19 15 11 1 3 36 11 43 72
2 Olympique Marseille 31 19 7 5 57 30 16 8 4 4 29 20 15 11 3 1 28 10 27 64
3 Lens 31 18 9 4 51 25 15 13 1 1 31 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 26 63
4 Monaco 31 18 7 6 66 43 16 9 2 5 36 27 15 9 5 1 30 16 23 61
5 Lille 31 16 7 8 56 39 16 10 4 2 33 23 15 6 3 6 23 16 17 55
6 Rennes 31 16 5 10 51 33 16 12 0 4 33 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 18 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 31 14 8 9 49 34 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 7 3 6 26 22 15 50
8 Reims 31 11 14 6 40 32 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 9 3 16 16 8 47
9 Nice 31 11 12 8 38 29 15 5 6 4 18 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 9 45
10 Lorient 31 12 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 5 5 6 22 28 0 45
11 Clermont 31 12 7 12 33 42 16 6 3 7 15 27 15 6 4 5 18 15 -9 43
12 Toulouse 31 11 5 15 47 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 15 5 1 9 21 29 -7 38
13 Montpellier 31 11 4 16 47 52 16 6 2 8 25 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -5 37
14 Auxerre 31 8 8 15 29 52 15 5 5 5 14 21 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 32
15 Nantes 31 6 13 12 33 44 15 4 7 4 17 19 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 31
16 Brest 31 7 10 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -13 31
17 Strasbourg 31 6 11 14 41 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 15 2 5 8 20 30 -12 29
18 Troyes 31 4 9 18 39 67 15 1 9 5 16 24 16 3 0 13 23 43 -28 21
19 Ajaccio 31 6 3 22 22 58 15 3 1 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 21
20 Angers SCO 31 3 5 23 24 66 16 2 3 11 16 31 15 1 2 12 8 35 -42 14

Lille:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 31 23 3 5 73 30 16 12 2 2 37 19 15 11 1 3 36 11 43 72
2 Olympique Marseille 31 19 7 5 57 30 16 8 4 4 29 20 15 11 3 1 28 10 27 64
3 Lens 31 18 9 4 51 25 15 13 1 1 31 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 26 63
4 Monaco 31 18 7 6 66 43 16 9 2 5 36 27 15 9 5 1 30 16 23 61
5 Lille 31 16 7 8 56 39 16 10 4 2 33 23 15 6 3 6 23 16 17 55
6 Rennes 31 16 5 10 51 33 16 12 0 4 33 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 18 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 31 14 8 9 49 34 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 7 3 6 26 22 15 50
8 Reims 31 11 14 6 40 32 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 9 3 16 16 8 47
9 Nice 31 11 12 8 38 29 15 5 6 4 18 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 9 45
10 Lorient 31 12 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 5 5 6 22 28 0 45
11 Clermont 31 12 7 12 33 42 16 6 3 7 15 27 15 6 4 5 18 15 -9 43
12 Toulouse 31 11 5 15 47 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 15 5 1 9 21 29 -7 38
13 Montpellier 31 11 4 16 47 52 16 6 2 8 25 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -5 37
14 Auxerre 31 8 8 15 29 52 15 5 5 5 14 21 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 32
15 Nantes 31 6 13 12 33 44 15 4 7 4 17 19 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 31
16 Brest 31 7 10 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -13 31
17 Strasbourg 31 6 11 14 41 53 16 4 6 6 21 23 15 2 5 8 20 30 -12 29
18 Troyes 31 4 9 18 39 67 15 1 9 5 16 24 16 3 0 13 23 43 -28 21
19 Ajaccio 31 6 3 22 22 58 15 3 1 11 9 25 16 3 2 11 13 33 -36 21
20 Angers SCO 31 3 5 23 24 66 16 2 3 11 16 31 15 1 2 12 8 35 -42 14

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.