Olympique Lyonnais — Auxerre 3:1, 4 September: match result

match finished Ligue 1 · Matchday 3 Friday 4 September · 17:00 UTC

Olympique Lyonnais 2th · 7 pts WDWDW

3 : 1 1st half 2:1

Auxerre 18th · 0 pts WWLLL

Parc Olympique Lyonnais · referee R. Buquet

Match predictionSafe

Auxerre will not reach three goals

93% · Auxerre games average 5 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Auxerre will not reach three goals”, and the match finished 3:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Olympique Lyonnais 57% draw 22% Auxerre 21%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Olympique Lyonnais win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed Olympique Lyonnais win — they got it right.

fans 55 votes

Olympique Lyonnais 64% draw 11% Auxerre 25%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Piedfort 26'

F. Bacher assist: E. Nuamah 1-0 28'

Z. Athekame assist: L. Openda 2-0 31'

C. Archer 2-1 42'

E. Nuamah assist: P. Sulc 3-1 53'

F. Bacher 62'

P. Ekwah for N. Ahamada 66'

R. Mandengue for E. Legros 66'

A. Zossou for R. Labeau Lascary 66'

K. Boudache for E. Nuamah 67'

K. Merah for P. Sulc 67'

R. Mandengue 68'

T. Tessmann for M. Bidstrup 76'

T. Morton 77'

R. Faivre for C. Archer 77'

R. Kluivert for F. Bacher 86'

N. Nartey for T. Morton 86'

L. Dioubate for L. Sy 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Olympique Lyonnais 4-3-2-1 · Paulo Fonseca 4-2-3-1 · Christophe Pelissier Auxerre

Dominik Greif  
Zachary Athekame  20 Felix Bacher  19 Moussa Niakhaté  16 Abner Vinícius  
Mads Bidstrup  23 Tyler Morton  8 Corentin Tolisso  
Ernest Nuamah  10 Pavel Šulc  
Loïs Openda  

Cameron Archer  
Danny Namaso  8 Naouirou Ahamada  3 Remy Labeau Lascary  
Kévin Danois  46 Arthur Piedfort  
Lamine Sy  15 Christ Makosso  35 Elikya Legros  92 Clement Akpa  
Mamadou Diop  

Olympique Lyonnais bench

22Clinton Mata
26Kaïl Boudache
18Khalis Merah
3Nicolás Tagliafico
99Noah Nartey
21Ruben Kluivert
45Rémi Himbert
40Rémy Descamps
6Tanner Tessmann

Auxerre bench

77Aristide Zossou
7Josué Casimir
34Lamfia Dioubaté
1Paul Nardi
17Pierre Ekwah
32Rayan Mandengue
21Romain Faivre
20Sinaly Diomandé
36Tidiane Devernois

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

63%Possession37%

21Shots8

7Shots on target3

9Shots off target4

5Blocked shots1

14Shots inside box4

7Shots outside box4

98Attacks73

42Dangerous attacks55

9Corners5

2Offsides0

11Fouls8

2Yellow cards2

2Saves5

517Passes290

445Accurate passes230

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Olympique Lyonnais

AuxerreThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Olympique Lyonnais and Auxerre met on matchday 3 of the Ligue 1 on 4 September at Parc Olympique Lyonnais. Final score — 3:1.

Olympique Lyonnais sit 2th on 7 points after 5 matches (3 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches, 3 matches without conceding. Auxerre sit 18th on 0 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), won 2 matches in a row.

Of the last 2 meetings Olympique Lyonnais won 1, Auxerre won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Olympique Lyonnais last five Auxerre

WDWDW form WWLLL

5 Matches 5

3 — 2 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 0 — 3

10 — 2 Scored — conceded 7 — 12

2.2 Points per game 1.2

2 Goals scored per game 1.4

3 Clean sheets 1

1 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 5 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Olympique Lyonnais at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 8—2, 2.33 points per match.

Auxerre away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 3—8, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Olympique Lyonnais win 1 draw 0 Auxerre wins goals 3:2 Olympique Lyonnais — Auxerre

25/04/2026	Olympique Lyonnais — Auxerre	3:2	Ligue 1
23/11/2025	Auxerre — Olympique Lyonnais	0:0	Ligue 1

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Monaco	5	4	1	0	8—3	13
2	Olympique Lyonnais	5	3	2	0	10—2	11
3	Paris FC	5	3	2	0	8—3	11
…
9	Le Mans	5	1	3	1	9—9	6
10	Auxerre	5	2	0	3	7—12	6
11	Brest	5	1	2	2	7—8	5

Full Ligue 1 table