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Full time · Ligue 1 · Fri 04 Sep 2026, 18:00 UTC

Lyon 31 Auxerre

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What the chances were worth

Lyon
2.85
expected goals (xG)
Auxerre
0.71
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 3–1; by chance quality the match ran 2.85–0.71.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Lyon
51%
Draw
26%
Auxerre
23%

The model made Lyon to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 51% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Lyon created the better chances — the xG read 2.9–0.7 and the shot count agreed (21–8, 7–3 on target). Lyon got into the box far more often (14 shots inside it to 4) and Lyon held 63% of the ball. On the balance of chances, the 3–1 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Lyon
Auxerre
63%
Ball Possession
37%
21
Total Shots
8
7
Shots on Goal
3
9
Shots off Goal
4
5
Blocked Shots
1
14
Shots inside box
4
7
Shots outside box
4
9
Corner Kicks
5
2
Offsides
0
519
Total passes
290
446
Passes accurate
230
11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Goalkeeper Saves
5
8
Free Kicks
11

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Lyon 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 D. Greif (G)
  2. 2 M. Bidstrup (M)
  3. 7 E. Nuamah (M)
  4. 8 C. Tolisso (M)
  5. 10 P. Šulc (M)
  6. 13 Z. Athekame (D)
  7. 16 Abner (D)
  8. 17 L. Openda (F)
  9. 19 M. Niakhaté (D)
  10. 20 F. Bacher (D)
  11. 23 T. Morton (M)

Bench: N. Tagliafico, T. Tessmann, K. Boudache, R. Descamps, R. Himbert, R. Kluivert, Clinton Mata, K. Merah, N. Nartey

Auxerre 4-3-3

  1. 3 R. Labeau Lascary (F)
  2. 5 K. Danois (M)
  3. 8 N. Ahamada (M)
  4. 9 C. Archer (F)
  5. 10 D. Namaso (F)
  6. 15 C. Makosso (D)
  7. 23 M. Diop (G)
  8. 27 L. Sy (D)
  9. 35 E. Legros (D)
  10. 46 A. Piedfort (M)
  11. 92 C. Akpa (D)

Bench: T. Devernois, S. Diomandé, L. Dioubate, P. Ekwah, R. Faivre, R. Mandengue, P. Nardi, Aristide Zossou, J. Casimir

The market’s read

Lyon
66%
market implied · price 1.45 · opened 62%
Draw
20%
market implied · price 4.67 · opened 22%
Auxerre
14%
market implied · price 6.74 · opened 16%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Lyon or draw1.1185.1%+1.7 pts
Double chance Auxerre or draw2.7134.9%-3.0 pts
Double chance either team1.1880.0%+1.3 pts
Draw no bet — Lyon1.1580.9%+2.5 pts
Draw no bet — Auxerre4.8819.1%-2.5 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1780.2%+2.2 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.5959.8%+3.6 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.4638.5%+3.6 pts
Both teams to score1.7353.7%+1.1 pts
Lyon over 1.5 team goals1.4564.3%+4.6 pts
Auxerre over 1.5 team goals3.8124.5%+0.1 pts
Lyon clean sheet2.2541.3%+1.2 pts
Auxerre clean sheet7.1213.2%-2.1 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 2-0 7.44 · 2-1 7.55 · 1-0 7.73 · 1-1 8.24 · 3-0 9.89

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-04 16:30 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
25 Apr 26Lyon3-2Auxerre
23 Nov 25Auxerre0-0Lyon