Auxerre vs Lens prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-12-13 18:00.
[p]Auxerre stood up to their toughest test of what has been a great start to their Ligue 1 comeback when they held league-leaders and defending champions PSG to a 0-0 draw at home last round. That was only their second stalemate of the campaign, with a run of four wins from six games prior (D1, L1) seeing them surprise the competition to sit just three points off the European places heading into this round. Â [/p]
[p]AJA return to the Stade de l’AbbĂ©-Deschamps for their final league game of 2024, looking to cap off what has been an exceptional calendar year that has seen them lose just once in front of their fans in 17 matches (W12, D4). Manager Christophe PĂ©lissier will be hoping the end to the year isn’t ruined by the arrival of Lens, a team he has lost five of his last seven managerial encounters against (W1, D1).[/p]
[p]Two of those defeats occurred when Lens completed a league double over Auxerre in 2022/23, extending their dominant H2H record of losing just two of the last 21 encounters (W13, D6). Will Still’s troops will be keen on another three points here to not only extend their three-point advantage over their hosts, but to also potentially break into the coveted European places themselves. [/p]
[p]The Blood and Gold make their way south having won their last two Ligue 1 matches, both by a 2-0 scoreline against Reims (away) and Montpellier (home) respectively, meaning they can take aim at their first hat trick of league victories since January. At the very minimum, Lens should prove hard to beat despite hitting the road here, having lost only to PSG in their seven games when travelling domestically this season (W3, D3).[/p]
[p]Key battle: Auxerre goalkeeper Donovan LĂ©on was the Flashscore Player of the Match against PSG when making no fewer than 11 saves, the most by a keeper en route to a clean sheet since Opta began keeping record in the 2006/07 season. A prime candidate to burst his bubble will be M’Bala Nzola, whose three goals for Lens this term all came away from home.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only two of Lens’ last 11 away games in Ligue 1 were decided by a margin of 2+ goals. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]