Stadium regulars at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with Auxerre struggling in the 19th place. The opposing Olympique Lyonnais will believe to protect their higher league place in this match.
- Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Auxerre form and stats
Auxerre's results here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in the Ligue 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The Auxerre coach Pélissier and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Angers SCO (placed 20th). A painful moment in the game against Angers SCO was the missed penalty kick from Abline in the 90th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Massengo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Massengo hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match, a home defeat in the Coupe de France against Rodez.
Auxerre aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in the league, with only {9 goals} from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Auxerre have conceded 19 from these games.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympique Lyonnais in their Ligue 1 matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Olympique Lyonnais, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Olympique Lyonnais won their last game, 2-1 versus Lens played at home. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Cherki and Lacazette and that is quite the feat! Cherki, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.35. Cherki scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).
One game before, 2-2 at home against Lille (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the Coupe de France.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lyon have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest logged meeting featuring both these contenders is the Olympique Lyonnais - Auxerre 2-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these sides: Auxerre won two, Olympique Lyonnais triumphed in six and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lacazette 14 goals |   N. da Costa Jóia 3 goals |  M. Niang 3 goals |
Auxerre missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Auxerre | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 11 | 16 | 35 |
| 47 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 96% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 78% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 52% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 52% |
| 35% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 26% |
| 26% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 57% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 61% |
| 13% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 22% |
| 35% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 13.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.7 | 14.7 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 24% | 20% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 26% | 27% |
| 12.1 | 9.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
- Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 35 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | Monaco | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | Lens | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 46 |
| 5 | Lille | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Rennes | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 40 |
| 7 | Nice | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | Lorient | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 10 | Reims | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 32 |
| 12 | Clermont | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Nantes | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | Brest | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Troyes | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 35 | -19 | 19 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 18 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 23 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 10 |
