Lyon vs Auxerre Prediction & Betting Tips (27 October)

All the lights are green for Olympique Lyonnais. The Rhone club remained on 5 victories in all competitions before hosting Besiktas on Thursday in the Europa League. This reception on the European scene came after successes against Glasgow Rangers 1-4 and Nantes 2-0 before the break, as well as against Le Havre 0-4 with authority last weekend. This renewed form allows the team coached by Pierre Sage to take its place in 7th position in the Ligue 1 standings, just one point from the last qualifying place for Europe. Auxerre certainly dominated Brest 3-0 at the end of September and Reims 2-1 last weekend , each time on home soil, but the promoted team is scuttling away.

AJA is one of the worst teams in the championship on the road. She took no points in 4 trips, the last of which was to Saint-Etienne before the international break. These performances are all the more worrying as Auxerre has not yet traveled to a “big” player in the championship like OL. The Auxerrois occupy 12th place in the ranking, 5 points behind the virtual play-off before the start of the matches on the 9th day. 

Beautiful people are back in Lyon if we leave the former starting goalkeeper Lopes aside. The Portuguese has been sidelined since the start of the season and this situation is still relevant. On the other hand, Pierre Sage can be delighted to find the starting midfielder Matic and the Argentinian international full-back Tagliafico , then absent in Le Havre last weekend. Absent Thursday against Besiktas, midfielder Diawara, who has made only 4 appearances this season with the first team, is uncertain. It is therefore a practically complete group which welcomes Auxerre this Sunday. A squad in which executive defender Caleta-Car returns, returning from suspension.

Lacazette, scorer at Le Havre, has finally unlocked his league goals counter. AJA will make the trip without its right side Joly who started in the first matches and will be unavailable for several weeks. Also absent are the seriously injured winger Coulibaly (1 goal) and the defender Agouzoul who has not yet appeared in competition since the start of the exercise. Return, however, of the predominant midfielder Owusu who was suspended for the last match . It was defender Diomandé, who returned to his former club this Sunday, and Traoré (3 goals in Ligue 1) who allowed Auxerre to win last weekend against Reims.