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Racing Club de Lens vs AJ Auxerre, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2018-19
Racing Club de Lens
2 – 0
Full Time
AJ Auxerre
Sat 9 Mar 2019 · 14:00 UTC Stade Bollaert-Delelis HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 36' Francois Bellugou
Y 45' Carlens Arcus
Y 72' Daniel Mancini
Steven Fortes 84' Y
Massadio Haidara 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Racing Club de Lens vs AJ Auxerre — Ligue 2 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Match Details

  • Referee Amaury Delerue
  • Referee Bertrand Jouannaud
  • Referee Gwenael Pasqualotti
  • Referee Julien Schmitt

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 ES Troyes AC 34 67
2 Le Mans FC 34 62
3 SC Bastia 34 28
4 Amiens SC 34 24
5 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 0 0
6 FC Metz 0 0
7 FC Nantes 0 0
8 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0 0
9 AS Saint-Étienne 0 0
10 Red Star FC 0 0
11 Rodez Aveyron Football 0 0
12 Stade de Reims 0 0
13 FC Annecy 0 0
14 Montpellier HSC 0 0
15 Pau FC 0 0
16 USL Dunkerque 0 0
17 En Avant Guingamp 0 0
18 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0
19 Clermont Foot 63 0 0
20 AS Nancy-Lorraine 0 0
21 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 0 0
22 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 0 0

Head-to-Head

6
3
2
Racing Club de Lens 11 games · Avg 2.4 goals AJ Auxerre
Last 5 meetings
2019-03-09 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 AJ Auxerre 2018-10-06 AJ Auxerre 1–2 Racing Club de Lens 2016-04-01 AJ Auxerre 2–0 Racing Club de Lens 2015-11-06 Racing Club de Lens 1–1 AJ Auxerre

Recent Form

Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Mar AJ Auxerre H 2–0 W
03 Mar Paris FC A 0–2 L
25 Feb Chamois Niortais FC H 4–1 W
17 Feb FC Sochaux-Montbeliard A 1–0 W
09 Feb FC Metz H 0–0 D
04 Feb AS Beziers H 3–0 W
AJ Auxerre
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Mar Racing Club de Lens A 0–2 L
01 Mar ES Troyes AC H 0–2 L
22 Feb AC Ajaccio A 1–2 L
15 Feb Clermont Foot 63 H 1–0 W
11 Feb Stade Brestois 29 A 0–1 L
01 Feb Red Star FC H 0–0 D

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Racing Club de Lens welcome AJ Auxerre for this crunch clash at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
  • 5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pablo Correa will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 25' Remy Dugimont has been relatively quiet despite scoring 27 goals in his last 434 appearances.
  • 30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 35' Racing Club de Lens is showing some good football. However, Racing Club de Lens are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 36' AJ Auxerre player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 37' Arthur Gomis puts Racing Club de Lens on the lead.
  • 42' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Racing Club de Lens and AJ Auxerre are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 45' Carlens Arcus was booked on 45.
  • 50' France international El-Hadji Ba has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 55' AJ Auxerre have won 388 goals from 434 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 60' AJ Auxerre are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 65' Another change for Racing Club de Lens made on 65 minute. Achraf Bencharki leaves to be changed by Thierry Ambrose.
  • 70' Over 70 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 72' AJ Auxerre receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 72.
  • 72' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Mounir Chouiar exits the field as Grejohn Kyei enters on 72.
  • 73' Fresh legs for Racing Club de Lens! Fabien Centonze comes on to replace Arial Mendy.
  • 74' AJ Auxerre make a change. Jordan Adeoti trudges off to be replaced by Yanis Merdji on 74 minutes.
  • 78' Brilliant from the ! Grejohn Kyei makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 78.
  • 83' It looks like no one’s ball. Racing Club de Lens is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 84' Steven Fortes catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 84.
  • 88' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Massadio Haidara.
  • Another three points for Racing Club de Lens.

Lineups

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

AJ Auxerre Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Correa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ado Onaiwu 2
Alexis Claude Maurice 2
Grejohn Kyei 2
Alexis Claude-Maurice 2
Gaetan Perrin 2
Yannick Gomis 1
Ki-Jana Hoever 1
Przemyslaw Frankowski 1

Head to Head

2019-03-09 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 AJ Auxerre 2018-10-06 AJ Auxerre 1–2 Racing Club de Lens 2016-04-01 AJ Auxerre 2–0 Racing Club de Lens 2015-11-06 Racing Club de Lens 1–1 AJ Auxerre

Racing Club de Lens Form

2019-03-09 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 AJ Auxerre W 2019-03-03 Paris FC 2–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2019-02-25 Racing Club de Lens 4–1 Chamois Niortais FC W 2019-02-17 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2019-02-09 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 FC Metz D 2019-02-04 Racing Club de Lens 3–0 AS Beziers W

AJ Auxerre Form

2019-03-09 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 AJ Auxerre L 2019-03-01 AJ Auxerre 0–2 ES Troyes AC L 2019-02-22 AC Ajaccio 2–1 AJ Auxerre L 2019-02-15 AJ Auxerre 1–0 Clermont Foot 63 W 2019-02-11 Stade Brestois 29 1–0 AJ Auxerre L 2019-02-01 AJ Auxerre 0–0 Red Star FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.55 Racing Club de Lens xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.82 AJ Auxerre xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58% + Racing Club de Lens to win 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Racing Club de Lens56% Draw26% AJ Auxerre18%
Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.37
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 69%
31%
± 2.5 42%
58%
± 3.5 22%
78%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

Racing Club de Lens or Draw
82%
Draw or AJ Auxerre
44%
Racing Club de Lens or AJ Auxerre
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Racing Club de Lens36% Draw49% AJ Auxerre15%
Actual: Racing Club de Lens win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
13.5%
1 – 1
12.7%
0 – 0
11.4%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
0 – 1
6.6%
3 – 0
5.5%
1 – 2
4.7%
3 – 1
4.7%
2 – 2
3.7%
0 – 2
3%
4 – 0
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Racing Club de Lens

Handicap Racing Club de Lens covers Push AJ Auxerre covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 16% 72%
-1.5 28% — 72%
-1 28% 25% 47%
-0.5 53% — 47%
+0.5 82% — 18%
+1 82% 12% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
44% ✗
AJ Auxerre keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.