Olympique Lyonnais vs Auxerre preview: Visitors face a back-breaking job at Parc Olympique Lyonnais

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

Olympique Lyonnais greet Auxerre for another engaging Ligue 1 fixture here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais.

Insights:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Ligue 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

As mentioned below, Olympique Lyonnais are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 1 games. Two home wins in a row for Lyon bring valid hopes of a third.

Olympique Lyonnais travelled for their previous game, a trip to Reims that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Bosz made a successful contribution in the game against Reims, bringing on Dembélé who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Gusto was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Gusto hit four key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that, Olympique Lyonnais had a home game versus Troyes which ended with a victory 4-1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Olympique Lyonnais as they have a new game in only three days, a Ligue 1 match thankfully also at home. Angers SCO are visiting.

At Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique Lyonnais has the goal stats of 6-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Auxerre form and stats

Auxerre are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 1, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Auxerre had fun at their own home (Parc Olympique Lyonnais) last time out, beating Strasbourg 1-0. Perrin scored. Midfielder Sakhi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Sakhi hit two key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Montpellier at their stadium, the result 2-1.

A new game in only three days for Auxerre, the Ligue 1 home match versus Olympique Marseille. Busy days.

3 goals so far away for Auxerre, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Olympique Lyonnais won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Auxerre have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Martins
M. Martins
3 goals
Olympique LyonnaisA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
2 goals
LyonM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
1 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Auxerre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Auxerre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
7 6 0 Scored S 1 3 6
3 2 0 Conceded C 4 5 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 25%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 2.5
3.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 6
0.7 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.7 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 9.8
5.3 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3.2
44% 55% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 75% 46%
 
6.7 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.5 13.5
3.3 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 7.5 5.2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Ligue 1
Olympique Lyonnais Last season Auxerre
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 39
17 11   Won W   10 21
11 5   Drew D   7 12
10 3   Lost L   2 6
66 42   Scored S   28 61
51 25   Conceded C   20 39
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
82% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 69%
55% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 54%
34% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 28%
26% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 15%
68% 79%   BTTS BTTS   63% 59%
24% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 38%
13% 5%   Failed to Score F T   21% 15%
 
4.9 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
4.7 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.9
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
6 1   Red cards R C   5 8
 
14.7 15.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.2
5.1 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.3
34% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
12.1 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 8.3
4.7 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 4 3 1 0 18 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 10
2 Olympique Marseille 4 3 1 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 10
3 Lens 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 5 10
4 Olympique Lyonnais 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
5 Lorient 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
6 Lille 4 2 1 1 9 10 2 1 0 1 5 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 -1 7
7 Auxerre 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -1 7
8 Montpellier 4 2 0 2 13 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 9 5 4 6
9 Clermont 4 2 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 -3 6
10 Toulouse 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 5
11 Nantes 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
12 Monaco 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 5
13 Rennes 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
14 Brest 4 1 1 2 6 12 2 0 1 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 5 4 -6 4
15 Troyes 4 1 0 3 6 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 3 7 -5 3
16 Strasbourg 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
17 Angers SCO 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -4 2
18 Nice 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 2
19 Reims 4 0 2 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 2
20 Ajaccio 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nimes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

Olympique Lyonnais:
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 Paris Saint Germain 4 3 1 0 18 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 10
2 Olympique Marseille 4 3 1 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 10
3 Lens 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 5 10
4 Olympique Lyonnais 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
5 Lorient 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
6 Lille 4 2 1 1 9 10 2 1 0 1 5 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 -1 7
7 Auxerre 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -1 7
8 Montpellier 4 2 0 2 13 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 9 5 4 6
9 Clermont 4 2 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 -3 6
10 Toulouse 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 5
11 Nantes 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
12 Monaco 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 5
13 Rennes 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
14 Brest 4 1 1 2 6 12 2 0 1 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 5 4 -6 4
15 Troyes 4 1 0 3 6 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 3 7 -5 3
16 Strasbourg 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
17 Angers SCO 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -4 2
18 Nice 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 2
19 Reims 4 0 2 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 2
20 Ajaccio 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1

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