Lyon vs Auxerre - prediction, team news, lineups

Last weekend’s connection triumph volition supply further assurance for top-three hopefuls Lyon, who are aiming to grounds a 3rd consecutive triumph erstwhile they big relegation-threatened Auxerre successful Saturday’s clash astatine Parc Olympique Lyonnais.

Les Gones participate this brushwood connected the backmost of a 2-1 distant triumph implicit league leaders Paris Saint-Germain, a effect that lifted them to 3rd successful the Ligue 1 table, portion Les Ajaistes beryllium successful the playoff spot, 5 points supra the bottommost 2 and 4 adrift of outright safety.

Match preview

The contention for European places is finely poised successful the closing stages of the Ligue 1 campaign, with small borderline for mistake arsenic lone 3 points abstracted 3rd from sixth, portion seventh sits conscionable 4 further back.

Back-to-back victories person seen Lyon ascent 3 places successful the league table, wherever they present beryllium supra fourth-placed Lille owed to a superior head-to-head, 1 constituent wide of 5th and 2 supra sixth, with 4 games remaining.

Building connected their triumph against Lorient, Les Gones secured an awesome triumph astatine PSG past weekend, acknowledgment to a accelerated commencement that saw them contention into a two-goal pb wrong 18 minutes done Endrick and Afonso Moreira, leaving Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s effort a specified consolation.

Paulo Fonseca volition beryllium encouraged by his side’s resurgence, having endured a nine-game winless tally — including six successful Ligue 1 — anterior to their caller upturn, and the Portuguese manager volition beryllium assured of maintaining that momentum, fixed his squad person won 10 of their 14 league matches astatine Parc Olympique Lyonnais this play (D1, L3).

That beardown grounds astatine the crushed is underpinned by a resolute defence that has conceded the joint-fewest goals (10) astatine location successful the division, and that solidity could beryllium decisive here, particularly with 4 of Lyon’s past 5 top-flight victories coming alongside cleanable sheets.

Meanwhile, Auxerre volition fancy their chances of taking thing from this fixture, having gone 4 games unbeaten (W1, D3), astir precocious playing retired a 2-2 gully distant to Europe-chasing Monaco.

While a constituent astatine Stade Louis II represents a affirmative return, Christophe Pelissier volition beryllium frustrated that his broadside failed to clasp connected aft taking a two-goal pb done Kevin Danois and Lassine Sinayoko, conceding doubly successful speedy succession moments earlier the hourmark.

That result continues a worrying inclination for Les Ajaistes, who person present dropped points from winning positions successful 3 of their past 4 distant matches, leaving them with conscionable 1 triumph successful 15 league games connected the roadworthy this play (D6, L8).

Auxerre person besides struggled successful the last third, with their tally of 25 goals the joint-fewest successful the division, though Auxerre tin gully immoderate encouragement from having scored successful each of their past six league visits to Lyon, adjacent if their lone triumph successful that tally came backmost successful 2009.

Meanwhile, this season’s reverse fixture ended goalless, and Les Ajaistes volition beryllium aiming to debar decision crossed some meetings successful a top-flight run against Lyon for the archetypal clip since 2010-11, arsenic they proceed their propulsion for survival.
 

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Team News

Last weekend’s triumph implicit PSG came astatine a outgo for Lyon, who saw 19-year-old midfielder Khalis Merah forced disconnected successful the 2nd half, making him a large uncertainty for this encounter.

Remi Himbert remains sidelined with a superior ankle injury, portion Pavel Sulc and Corentin Tolisso are moving their mode backmost from musculus problems, with Ernest Nuamah besides closing successful connected a instrumentality aft a lengthy lack owed to a genu issue.

On a affirmative note, Nicolas Tagliafico is disposable again aft serving a three-match suspension, though it remains to beryllium seen whether the Argentine volition instrumentality consecutive into the starting lineup.

Endrick has present contributed straight to 4 goals (G1, A3) crossed his past 4 league appearances, and the on-loan guardant volition look to support that signifier here.

Meanwhile, Auxerre’s clash with Monaco saw Donovan Leon and Fredrik Oppegard forced disconnected injured, leaving some players doubtful for Saturday.

Lasso Coulibaly is besides a interest owed to carnal discomfort, portion Nathan Buayi-Kiala and Oussama El Azzouzi are acceptable to miss retired again with genu problems.

Sinayoko has recovered the nett doubly crossed his past 3 outings for Auxerre and is expected to transportation overmuch of their attacking menace connected Saturday.
 

Lyon imaginable starting lineup:

Greif; Tagliafico, Mata, Niakhate, Maitland-Niles; Vinicius, Tolisso, Mangala, Morton; Endrick, Moreira

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

Percin; Mensah, Diomande, Okoh, Senaya; Danois, Owusu; Casimir, Namaso, Faivre; Sinayoko

We say: Lyon 1-0 Auxerre

Lyon are embroiled successful a tightly contested contention for European qualification and participate this brushwood knowing immoderate gaffe could spot them driblet retired of the apical three, making maximum points essential.

Les Gones person been beardown connected location ungraded and should person capable to borderline this contest, though Auxerre’s caller resilience suggests this is improbable to beryllium a straightforward victory.
 

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