AUXERRE. Auxerre managed to turn the tables against Olympique Lyonnais to win 2-1. It was Olympique Lyonnais to strike first with a goal of Moussa Dembélé at the 36′. Then it was a penalty in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jubal gave the win to Auxerre in the 53′ minute. Olympique Lyonnais was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stade de l’Abbé Deschamps stadium in Auxerre on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 16,396 spectators.​ The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the collaboration of Alexis Auger and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Mikael Lesage. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12 degrees Celsius or 53.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a superior ball possession 65% while Auxerre was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympique Lyonnais had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Auxerre was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Auxerre shot 8 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Auxerre received 4 yellow cards (Nuno Da Costa, H. Massengo, Birama Touré and Gauthier Hein). On the other side, Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (B. Barcola and J. Lepenant).

Standings

After playing this match, Auxerre will have 18 points like Ajaccio to sit in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Lyonnais will stay with 35 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Auxerre will play away with Lorient on the 26th of February with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Auxerre (8 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais will host Lorient on the 5th of March with a 13-7 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (9 draws).

Auxerre – Formation

Auxerre started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Christophe Pélissier decided to play with the following team: Andrei Radu (7.0), Rayan Raveloson (7.1), Jubal (7.9), Souleymane Isaak Touré (6.7), Akim Zedadka (6.8), Han-Noah Massengo (6.9), Birama Touré (6.4), Gideon Mensah (6.5), Nuno Da Costa (6.5), Gaëtan Perrin (7.4) and Matthis Abline (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Mathias Autret, Denys Bain, Donovan Leon, Siriki Dembélé (6.7), Youssouf M’Changama, Lassine Sinayoko, Gauthier Hein (6.7), M’Baye Niang and Hamza Sakhi.

Auxerre could not rely on the presence of Siriki Dembélé (injured).

Substitutions

Auxerre made 3 changes: Nuno Da Costa for Gauthier Hein (65′), Gaëtan Perrin for Siriki Dembele (69′) and Matthis Abline for M’Baye Niang (88′).

Best player: Jubal​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Auxerre was Jubal.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

Olympique Lyonnais started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Laurent Blanc played with: Anthony Lopes (6.2), Sinaly Diomandé (6.3), Dejan Lovren (6.7), Castello Lukeba (7.1), Sael Kumbedi (6.1), Maxence Caqueret (6.5), Corentin Tolisso (7.2), Nicolás Tagliafico (6.6), Rayan Cherki (7.0), Amin Sarr (6.3) and Moussa Dembélé (7.4).

They had on the bench: Bradley Barcola (6.6), Johann Lepenant (6.6), Mohamed El Arouch, Sekou Lega, Jeffinho, Thiago Mendes (7.1), Jérôme Boateng, Henrique and Rémy Riou.

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 3 changes: Corentin Tolisso for Thiago Mendes (66′), Sinaly Diomandé for Johann Lepenant (68′) and Modou Lamin Sarr for Bradley Barcola (75′).

Best player: Moussa Dembélé​

The most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Moussa Dembélé.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 13 passes (53% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Auxerre – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-1