Auxerre vs Lens prediction and preview
Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 April 2027, 00:00 UTC
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Auxerre vs Lens
Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 April 2027, 00:00 UTC · Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre
Auxerre vs Lens preview
Auxerre host Lens in Ligue 1 on Saturday 3 April 2027, kick-off 00:00 UTC at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in Auxerre. Auxerre are 14th in the table with 10 points from 9, while Lens sit 9th on 13 points after 9 matches.
Auxerre come into the game with a L-D-W-L-W run in the league (2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in their last 5), while Lens's recent sequence reads L-W-L-W-L. Over their last 6, Auxerre have scored 1.5 and conceded 2.0 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Lens average 1.2 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Auxerre won 1, 4 games were drawn and Lens won 5. Those games averaged 2.8 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 6. The most recent meeting, on 22 Aug 2026, ended Lens 5-2 Auxerre.
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Auxerre expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Paul Nardi, Axel Tuanzebe, Clément Akpa, Christ Makosso, Fredrik Oppegård, Kévin Danois, Lamine Sy, Naouirou Ahamada, Cameron Archer, Danny Namaso, Romain Faivre
Lens expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Robin Risser, Ruben Aguilar, Samson Baidoo, Jean-Clair Todibo, Matthieu Udol, Saud Abdulhamid, Michaël Cuisance, Amadou Haidara, Florian Thauvin, Florian Sotoca
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