AJ Auxerre vs Olympique Lyonnais Prediction: Lyon should win comfortably

AJ Auxerre and Olympique Lyonnais face each other in the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps. 

Olympique Lyonnais claimed maximum points against RC Lens in their last match that ended 2-1, while AJ Auxerre were held to a 1-1 draw last week at Angers. A win for Lyon will see them move to 7th pending the outcomes of Nice and Lorient in their respective games. And AJ Auxerre will close the gap to 18th place Ajaccio

AJ Auxerre are currently in the relegation zone after 23 top flight games. AJ Auxerre have won just 3 matches so far, with 6 draws and 14 defeats. They have 15 points to their name. They have a slightly better stats at home, as they have 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats in 11 matches at home; a total of 10 points. 

AJ Auxerre are very poor judging by stats. In their last 10 Ligue 1 matches, they have 7 losses and 3 draws. Also, in their last 5 matches in all competitions, they have 3 losses and 2 draws. 

AJ Auxerre have conceded first in 8/10 matches and have seen less than 4.5 cards in 6/6 matches. AJ Auxerre have also seen less than 10.5 corners in ⅘ matches.

Olympique Lyonnais are in better form coming into this game. They are currently in 9th with 35 points from 23 matches. Lyonnais have won 10 matches, drawn 5 and lost 8. Away from home, Lyon picked up 14 points from 11 matches. They won 4, drew 2 and lost 5.

Lyon have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in their last 5 Ligue 1 matches. And in all competitions, they have 4 wins and 1 draw.

Lyonnais have 3 wins in a row and no losses in 6 matches. They are without a clean sheet in 3 matches and have seen more than 2.5 goals in 5/7 matches. Lyon have opened scoring in ⅚ matches and have seen less than 4.5 cards in 5/7 matches. 

According to the Head to Head record, both clubs have played 20 matches against each other. Lyon have 13 wins while AJ Auxerre have 2 wins and 5 matches ended in a draw.

Lyon have 3 wins in a row against AJ Auxerre and AJ Auxerre are without a clean sheet in 3 matches against Lyon. In 6/7 matches, more than 2.5 goals have been scored and in 10/10 matches less than 4.5 cards have been shown.

There are several options for consideration here. Based on Form, Lyon are the better side and we expect them to win against AJ Auxerre. More than 2.5 goals have been scored in the last 6 out of 7 matches between them and we can see a similar occurrence here as AJ Auxerre have issues defending. Stats also show less than 4.5 cards were shown in the last 10 matches between them.

• Bet on Lyon Win or Draw and Under 4.5 Goals at 1.64 Odds
• Bet on Lyon Win at 1.80 Odds
• Bet on Lyon to Score 2 Goals in a row at 2.06 Odds