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

Sat 25th Apr, 14:00 BST, Groupama Stadium, Lyon

Home advantage is often beneficial in the Ligue 1, and Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s Lyon will have the luxury of it on Saturday afternoon. Christophe Pélissier’s AJ Auxerre are their visitors to the Groupama Stadium. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've searched our expansive database and found the statistics that are most significant. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds are there to ensure you get the best price.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Lyon
53%
--
Draw
25%
--
Auxerre
22%
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Lyon 1-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Lyon 2-0
10%
--
Lyon 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Auxerre 1-0
8%
--
Auxerre 2-1
5%
--
Lyon 3-0
5%
--
Lyon 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Auxerre 2-0
3%
--
Lyon 3-2
2%
--
Lyon 4-0
2%
--
Lyon 4-1
2%
--
Auxerre 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
41%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
47%
--
BTTS - No
53%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
9%
--
Home/draw
78%
--
Away/draw
47%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
71%
--
Away DNB
40%
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Lyon win to nil
32%
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Auxerre win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lyon have played 28 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 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Lyon have outscored their opponents by 41 goals to 23 goals.

Home League Performance

Lyon have played 13 games at home winning 9, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Auxerre are in 16th position in the Ligue 1 on 24 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 8 and won 3. Auxerre have conceded 34 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 14 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lyon
Auxerre
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2720343863 
l
 
2-3A
Apr 19
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
2
Lens2819272759 
May 16
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Marseille2916492052 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
4
Lille2815581150 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
3-4A
May 16
5
Rennes291487850 
May 3
l
 
3-1F
l
 
0-3A
d
 
2-2F
6
Monaco2915410749 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 19
7
Lyon2814681248 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 25
8
Strasbourg2812791243 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
9
Lorient289118-438 
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
10
Toulouse2810711437 
l
 
1-2F
May 9
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
11
Brest2810612-636 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
12
Paris FC2981110-835 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
3-3F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
13
Angers299614-1433 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
May 3
l
 
2-0A
14
Le Havre2861012-1328 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
15
Nice287615-2227 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-2A
May 9
l
 
3-1A
16
Auxerre295915-1424 
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
17
Nantes284717-2119 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
18
Metz293620-3715 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-5F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-3F
Win / draw / win form
Lyon 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon1 - 2Monaco
Lyon1 - 1Paris FC
Lyon2 - 0Nice
Lyon1 - 0Lille
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon1 - 0Le Havre
Lyon3 - 0Nantes
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Lyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Lyon1 - 2Toulouse
Lyon1 - 0Angers
Lyon1 - 0Marseille
Lyon3 - 0Metz
Lyon2 - 0Angers
Lyon1 - 2Lens
Lyon4 - 1Rennes
Lyon2 - 1Lille
Lyon4 - 2Le Havre
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon0 - 0Angers
HLyon1 - 2Monaco
ALyon0 - 0Le Havre
HLyon1 - 1Paris FC
ALyon2 - 3Marseille
ALyon1 - 3Strasbourg
HLyon2 - 0Nice
ALyon1 - 0Nantes
HLyon1 - 0Lille
ALyon5 - 2Metz
HLyon2 - 1Brest
ALyon3 - 1Monaco
HLyon1 - 0Le Havre
ALyon0 - 1Lorient
HLyon3 - 0Nantes
ALyon0 - 0Auxerre
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon0 - 0Brest
ALyon3 - 3Paris FC
HLyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Auxerre 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Le Havre1 - 1Auxerre
Marseille1 - 0Auxerre
Lorient2 - 2Auxerre
Metz1 - 3Auxerre
Toulouse0 - 0Auxerre
Lens1 - 0Auxerre
Brest2 - 0Auxerre
Paris FC1 - 1Auxerre
Angers2 - 0Auxerre
Strasbourg3 - 0Auxerre
Rennes2 - 2Auxerre
PSG2 - 0Auxerre
Nantes1 - 0Auxerre
Nice3 - 1Auxerre
PSG3 - 1Auxerre
Lens0 - 4Auxerre
Lille3 - 1Auxerre
Rennes0 - 1Auxerre
Nice1 - 1Auxerre
Reims0 - 2Auxerre
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
7 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
13 / 20
W
3
Draw
8
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAuxerre0 - 0Nantes
AAuxerre1 - 1Le Havre
HAuxerre3 - 0Brest
AAuxerre0 - 1Marseille
HAuxerre0 - 0Strasbourg
AAuxerre2 - 2Lorient
HAuxerre0 - 3Rennes
AAuxerre3 - 1Metz
HAuxerre0 - 0Paris FC
AAuxerre0 - 0Toulouse
HAuxerre0 - 1PSG
AAuxerre0 - 1Lens
AAuxerre0 - 2Brest
HAuxerre3 - 4Lille
HAuxerre3 - 1Metz
AAuxerre1 - 1Paris FC
HAuxerre0 - 0Lyon
AAuxerre0 - 2Angers
HAuxerre0 - 1Marseille
AAuxerre0 - 3Strasbourg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lyon since 2022
Lyon
Auxerre
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
2 / 2
2 / 2
Clean sheets
0 / 2
0 / 2
LYN
1
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
Draw2 - 2Draw
Lyon2 - 1
League games at Auxerre since 2023
Auxerre
Lyon
Goals: Scored
3
4
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
LYN
1
D
1
AUX
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Auxerre
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 3Lyon
Auxerre2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Lyon have been reliable in attack of late, scoring in 5 consecutive Ligue 1 outings. Their PG of 1.6 against AJ Auxerre on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Lyon 7th Auxerre 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals
0
41%
1
37%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Auxerre scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
Lyon’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-3
Auxerre’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Lyon
PG (predicted goals)
Auxerre
1.6
0.9
Attack rating
43%
better
LYN
AUX
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Games scored23
13
Failed to score5
15
Scored first18
8
Goals scored41
23
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.8
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.6
1.2
KickOff rating
+43%
Defence rating
28%
better
LYN
AUX
view stats
Games conceded14
21
Clean sheets14
7
Conceded first6
16
Goals conceded29
37
Avg. goals conceded1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+28%

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

Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
261067
C MataP SulcA MoreiraN Tagliafico
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Niakhaté DEF262
3
-
C Mata DEF26
5
-
T Tessmann MID261
2
-
C Tolisso MID2571
5
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF2413
5
1
T Morton MID2422
5
1
D Greif GLK231
-
P Sulc MID23103
2
-
A Moreira FWD2126
2
-
Abner DEF203
4
1
A Karabec MID201
3
-
N Tagliafico DEF193
5
2
K. Merah MID181
2
-
H Hateboer DEF13
1
R Kluivert DEF1112
2
-
M Satriano FWD1121
1
-
M. de Carvalho MID10
1
-
M Fofana FWD1021
1
-
R Ghezzal  FWD9
-
R Descamps GLK5
-
O Mangala MID5
-
E. Honoré Molébé FWD1
-
Auxerre Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27737
K DanoisL SinayokoL SinayokoD Namaso
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Danois MID2821
3
-
L Sinayoko FWD2773
6
-
D Léon GLK26
2
J Casimir FWD261
4
1
G Mensah DEF251
6
-
D Namaso FWD2533
7
-
E Owusu MID24
7
-
C Akpa DEF23
3
1
S Mara FWD231
-
M Senaya DEF211
5
-
F Oppegård DEF21
1
1
L Sy DEF19
-
S Diomandé DEF1911
3
1
R. Matondo MID16
3
-
L Coulibaly FWD15
1
-
A. Dioussé El Hadji MID14
3
-
I Osman FWD142
-
O Azzouzi MID111
1
1
F Carvallo DEF101
2
-
T Percin GLK5
-
T. Siwe DEF3
-
R. Rodin FWD3
-
T. Devernois MID2
-