Lyon vs Auxerre - prediction, team news, lineups

Olympique Lyonnais invited AJ Auxerre to the Parc Olympique Lyonnais connected Friday evening for their latest instalment of Ligue 1 action.

In their erstwhile league fixture, Les Gones were held to a 1-1 gully astatine location to Le Havre, portion Les Bleu et Blancs made it backmost to backmost defeats arsenic they fell to a 3-1 nonaccomplishment against Angers.

Match preview

After returning to the Ligue 1 apical 4 successful the 2025-26 season, a decorativeness they past bettered 7 years ago, Lyon volition beryllium contented with however they person started their latest league campaign.

Although they volition beryllium disappointed to person lone drawn erstwhile hosting Le Havre connected Saturday evening, Les Gones’ 2-0 triumph distant to Toulouse connected the opening play of the run keeps them sitting beauteous successful the league table connected 4 points, a tally that has lone been bettered by AS Monaco truthful far.

Having booked their summons successful the tournament’s qualification phases arsenic a effect of past season’s league finish, Lyon volition surely beryllium disappointed with their latest UEFA Champions League run though, arsenic Paulo Fonseca’s men bowed retired to Turkish broadside Fenerbahce successful the decisive necktie past week aft triumph against Sparta Prague successful the anterior round.

However, with their pursuing 3 fixtures each against sides presently successful the apical fractional of the Ligue 1 table, Les Gones volition undoubtedly beryllium looking to hide astir their European woes by overcoming a struggling Auxerre outfit this week and continuing their promising commencement to the league campaign.

Posting a 3-2 triumph erstwhile these sides past met and presently unbeaten successful each of their erstwhile 7 location matches against AJA, tallying 5 wins implicit that period, the hosts are surely favourites to unafraid each 3 points this Friday arsenic well.

Following a adjacent disastrous 2025-26 Ligue 1 campaign, finishing conscionable 2 points supra OGC Nice who occupied the relegation playoff spot aft 38 matches, Auxerre look arsenic though they are going to beryllium successful for an almighty combat erstwhile again this season.

Falling to an expected decision distant to RC Lens connected the opening weekend, Les Bleu et Blancs would person been hopeful of bouncing consecutive backmost against an Angers broadside without a triumph successful 10 league matches astatine the Stade I’Abbe-Deschamps connected Saturday evening, but alternatively endured much misery, sustaining a damaging 3-1 location loss.

As a effect of being the lone squad successful the part yet to gain a point, Will Still’s men beryllium bottommost of the array and person the worst antiaircraft grounds successful the league aft shipping 8 goals successful their archetypal 2 Ligue 1 matches, 3 much than immoderate different side.

While it could possibly person been expected that Auxerre would conflict erstwhile much this season, the grade of their misery comes arsenic a immense interest fixed the concern made successful this summer’s transportation market, spending a nine grounds €17.6 million, astir 3 times much than their erstwhile precocious successful a azygous window.

Having ne'er earlier triumphed astatine the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, past beating Les Gones distant successful 2009, AJA volition beryllium looking to overturn their torrid signifier by creating past this week and climbing disconnected the ft of the Ligue 1 table.

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Team News

After Saturday’s clash with Le Havre, it remains to beryllium seen whether young striker Remi Hibert makes a instrumentality to the Lyon squad, though caller signing and chap guardant Julien Duranville volition decidedly miss retired with a musculus injury.

Despite playing the full of the lucifer against Fenerbahce, Dutch defender Ruben Kluivert was besides not successful the weekend’s squad, nevertheless it is expected that the 25-year-old was conscionable being rested.

Completing a determination to Premier League broadside Everton connected deadline time for a reported €5 cardinal fee, Les Gones volition present beryllium without the services of English afloat backmost Ainsley Maitland-Niles, with Zachary Athekame apt to instrumentality his place.

Having signed for the nine connected Tuesday, it is imaginable that erstwhile Championship duo Axel Tuanzebe and Cameron Archer could diagnostic for Auxerre connected Friday.

Bryan Okoh and Assane Diousse are both  recovering from cruciate ligament injuries and are definite not to instrumentality earlier the New Year, portion Francisco Sierralta remains retired with an undisclosed problem.

Due to hamstring and groin issues respectively, Marvin Senaya and Sekou Fofana are inactive sidelined too, rounding disconnected an extended wounded database for Les Bleu et Blancs.

One affirmative that Still’s broadside volition surely beryllium looking to instrumentality into Friday’s contention volition beryllium the competitory debut of caller signing Remy Labeau Lascary connected the near wing, with the 23-year-old scoring Auxerre’s leveller against Angers conscionable earlier the break.

Lyon imaginable starting lineup:

Greif; Athekame, Bacher, Niakhate, Tagliafico; Bidstrup, Morton; Nuamah, Tolisso, Boudache; Openda

Auxerre imaginable starting lineup:

Diop; Sy, Diomande, Legros, Akpa; Ahamada, Piedfort, Danois; Faivre, Namaso, Labeau Lascary

We say: Lyon 3-0 Auxerre

With 2 wins from arsenic galore games to unfastened the caller season, it looks arsenic though it is going to beryllium different agelong and pugnacious Ligue 1 run for Auxerre.

Although the visitors are surely bound to amended connected their dismal start, we bash not deliberation it volition statesman connected Friday and foretell the hosts to ascent towards the acme of the league array with a steadfast borderline of triumph astatine the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.

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