Lyon — Auxerre 3:1

Lyon

3:1

Auxerre

Ligue 1 · 4 Sep 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score3:1

Home xG2.88Lyon

Away xG0.91Auxerre

Expected points2.46 : 0.40

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Lyon was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Lyon	3	2.88	+0.1	2.46
Auxerre	1	0.91	+0.1	0.40

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
27'	Felix Bacher	Lyon	0.07	Ernest Nuamah
30'	Zachary Athekame	Lyon	0.06	Loïs Openda
41'	Cameron Archer	Auxerre	0.33
52'	Ernest Nuamah	Lyon	0.11	Pavel Sulc

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
88'	Kail Boudache	Lyon	0.95	hit the woodwork
15'	Loïs Openda	Lyon	0.55	off target
71'	Cameron Archer	Auxerre	0.38	off target, header

Shots: Lyon 21, Auxerre 8; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 3 and 2.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Lyon 1.30, Auxerre 0.38: a clear edge for Lyon. In the second half xG was Lyon 1.68, Auxerre 0.54: a clear edge for Lyon. The edge in chances lasted the whole match.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.

How it fits the season

Lyon: +0.8 for the season (5 in the table). Auxerre: −0.4 (14). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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