Lille vs Auxerre - prediction, team news, lineups

Lille play big to Auxerre connected Sunday evening looking for the triumph that would unafraid 3rd spot successful the Ligue 1 table and qualification for the Champions League.

Meanwhile, Auxerre are progressive successful a three-way scrap to debar featuring successful the relegation playoff, but a triumph astatine Stade Pierre-Mauroy would spot them decorativeness nary little than 15th position.

Match preview

With Paris Saint-Germain and Lens progressive successful a two-horse contention for the title, the best-case script for Lille has been 3rd place.

However, it has taken a 13-match unbeaten streak since February 6 for Bruno Genesio's broadside to enactment themselves successful a presumption wherever they are 1 triumph distant from a instrumentality to the Champions League.

The 1-0 triumph astatine Monaco past clip retired was their 8 occurrence during that period, with Lille having earned 1 much constituent (29 to 28) than PSG crossed this peculiar run.

Most notably, Lille person conceded conscionable the 5 goals, shipping astatine slightest six less strikes than each different squad successful the division.

Nevertheless, decision to Auxerre and victories for Lyon and Rennes would spot Lille decorativeness successful 5th place, emphasising that they tin ill-afford immoderate complacency against opponents who are battling to debar relegation to Ligue 2.

To Auxerre's credit, they are 1 of lone 3 teams successful Ligue 1 who person won their past 2 fixtures.

After a 2-1 triumph implicit Angers, Christopher Pelissier's broadside recorded a potentially-pivotal 3-1 triumph implicit Nice to determination supra their opponents connected extremity difference.

With Auxerre possessing a +11 superior extremity quality to Nice, maximum points connected Sunday would beryllium enough, but a gully would springiness Nice a accidental to overtake them with a triumph implicit Metz.

Auxerre person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 7 matches, which came by a 3-2 scoreline astatine Lyon, but they person lone registered 9 points from 16 distant fixtures.

That said, six of those points person travel from the past six specified encounters, suggesting that they volition beryllium assured of a astonishment effect against their much illustrious opponents.

Lille Ligue 1 form:

W W D W D W

Auxerre Ligue 1 form:

D D D L W W

Team News

Nabil Bentaleb is pushing for a commencement successful the Lille midfield having made his instrumentality from wounded past clip out.

Ayyoub Bouaddi could miss retired if the Algeria planetary is recalled, but Genesio is not expected to overly-tinker with his squad aft the triumph astatine Monaco.

Ousmane Toure and Hamza Igamane volition play nary portion of this contest, portion Marius Broholm is an wounded doubt.

Having been withdrawn successful the 13th infinitesimal against Nice, Bryan Okoh is an evident wounded uncertainty successful the mediate of the Auxerre backline.

Should helium miss out, Clement Akpa would beryllium recalled, but the remainder of the Auxerre XI could enactment the aforesaid unless Fredrik Oppegard oregon Romain Faivre instrumentality to the squad.

Lille imaginable starting lineup:

Ozer; Meunier, Ngoy, Mandi, Perraud; Bentaleb, Andre; Mukau, Haraldsson, Correia; Fernandez-Pardo

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

Leon; Sy, Diomande, Akpa, Mensah; Ahamada, Owusu, Danois; Sinayoko, Mara, Namaso

We say: Lille 3-1 Auxerre

With the visitors connected a two-match winning streak, they volition backmost themselves to origin an upset connected distant territory. However, fixed the imaginable indecision that could travel depending connected however Nice are faring, we expect Lille to instrumentality vantage and tally retired convincing victors.

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