Auxerre vs Lens prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-10-03 19:05.
[p]Both Auxerre and Lens will be looking to return to winning ways when they face each other in Ligue 1 on Saturday night. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Auxerre’s 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last Saturday was expected, but disappointing nonetheless, as Christophe PĂ©lissier’s men continue to look for their first set of back-to-back wins since early April. The Burgundy outfit have now lost four of their six games in Ligue 1 this season, meaning that they head into matchday seven sitting 14th – just one point above the automatic relegation places. Both of the victories that they have secured this term have come at home (both 1-0), with their last one against Toulouse especially impressive as Auxerre went down to ten men in the 64th minute. [/p]
[p]After Lens suffered a sending-off themselves in the first minute of their last encounter against Rennes, they did exceptionally well to grind out a 0-0 draw, meaning that they have the chance to record three successive clean sheets for the first time since April 2023, having also beaten Lille 3-0 in the Derby du Nord last month. Head coach Pierre Sage may be concerned by the fact that Lens have failed to score in their last two away matches, but they still tend to be strong travellers, with only perennial champions PSG beating them across their last six Ligue 1 away games (W3, D2). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Lens have lost just one of their last eight H2Hs (W5, D2), but notably that sole defeat came in their last meeting with Auxerre – 4-0 in April![/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Auxerre’s last eight wins were all accompanied by a clean sheet. [/p]
[p]No side had received more red cards in Ligue 1 this season than Auxerre’s three ahead of this weekend.[/p]
[p]Lens’ last 11 matches have featured five red cards. [/p]
[p]Lens have scored four goals in each half this season. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Auxerre academy product Lassine Sinayoko recorded three first-half assists in their thrashing of Lens in April – the most goal contributions by the Malian in a single game for the club’s senior side. Teenager Rayan Fofana is enjoying a breakthrough campaign with Lens after scoring his first two goals for the first team in his last five appearances, including the club’s most recent away strike in a 2-1 win over Le Havre. [/p]
[p]Neither side have reported any fresh injuries, but Jonathan Gradit is suspended for Lens after his dismissal against Rennes. [/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Auxerre’s narrow home victories this season and Lens’ recent struggles to score away from Stade Bollaert-Delelis, betting on under 2.5 goals here could turn a profit. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]