Ligue 1 · 2025Sun, 17 May 2026, 19:00 UTCStade Pierre-Mauroy

Lille

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0–2Historical match

Auxerre

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Auxerre won 0–2.

Shots: 127
Shots on target: 34
Expected goals: 1.720.54
Possession: 73%27%

This match

Match statistics

Shots12 shots7 shotsLille 12 shots, Auxerre 7 shots
Shots on target3 shots4 shotsLille 3 shots, Auxerre 4 shots
Expected goals1.72 xG0.54 xGLille 1.72 xG, Auxerre 0.54 xG
Possession73%27%Lille 73%, Auxerre 27%
Corners4 corners2 cornersLille 4 corners, Auxerre 2 corners
Fouls9 fouls16 foulsLille 9 fouls, Auxerre 16 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards2 cardsLille 3 cards, Auxerre 2 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Lille: 12 shots, 3 on target, 1.84 xG. Auxerre: 7 shots, 4 on target, 0.41 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Lille 1.84 xG · Auxerre 0.41 xG.

Full time

What the match recorded

Auxerre beat Lille 2–0. Recorded in this match (Lille – Auxerre): shots 12–7, shots on target 3–4, expected goals 1.72–0.54, possession 73%–27%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Auxerre's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Auxerre's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1 goal/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	2.2 goals/match	1 goal/match	1.42 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Auxerre show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Auxerre's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

13.6 shots/match ▲ShotsLille · Auxerre10.7 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Lille	Auxerre	Baseline
Shots	13.6 shots/match	10.7 shots/match	11.6 shots/match
Shots against	9.06 shots/match	12 shots/match	12.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Lille have recorded the higher season possession share.

55.9% ●PossessionLille · Auxerre43.9%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 11.9 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Lille	Auxerre	Baseline
Possession	55.9%	43.9%	49.6%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Lille

2Draws

0Auxerre

14 Dec 2025Auxerre — Lille · Ligue 13–4

20 Apr 2025Lille — Auxerre · Ligue 13–1

10 Jan 2025Auxerre — Lille · Ligue 10–0

22 Apr 2023Auxerre — Lille · Ligue 11–1

7 Aug 2022Lille — Auxerre · Ligue 14–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Lille favored in 11 of 11 directional metrics · Auxerre in 0

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Lille34 matchesAuxerre34 matches

1.53 goals/match ▲Goals scored34/341 goal/match

1.09 goals/match ▲Goals allowed34/341.29 goals/match

1.61 xG/match ▲Expected goals34/341.04 xG/match

13.6 shots/match ▲Shots34/3410.7 shots/match

4.62 shots/match ▲Shots on target34/343.5 shots/match

55.9% ●Possession34/3443.9%

5.71 corners/match ●Corners34/344.76 corners/match

2.26 cards/matchCards27/272.41 cards/match

10.9 fouls/matchFouls34/3413.7 fouls/match

Style profile

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Lille86.1

Auxerre25.0

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Lille65.7

Auxerre19.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Lille89.8

Auxerre55.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Lille52.8

Auxerre47.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Lille43.0

Auxerre83.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 90%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Lille75.0

Auxerre52.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Lille58.3

Auxerre44.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 7 days
Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples34 / 34home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 17 May 2026, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4