Auxerre vs Lille Predictions

• Lille ran out 3-1 winners when these sides met in the Coupe De France last season
• Lille scored more than two goals in two of their 19 home Ligue 1 games last season
• Auxerre face a big step up having finished third in Ligue 2 last season

Lille hard to beat

Lille are unbeaten in their last 12 league games and should have few issues extending that run when they face Auxerre.

The newly promoted home team had a strong start to the season but have fallen away recently, losing three of their last five games.

That includes a cup defeat to second tier side Dunkerque and they returned from the winter break with a 3-1 loss at the hands of Strasbourg.

Only PSG have lost fewer games than Lille this term but their seven draws means that they are already 12 points adrift of the league leaders.

They are on course for automatic progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League after winning four of their six games in that competition, including beating both Real and Atletico Madrid.

A replication of anything near that level of form should be more than enough to see them get the better of these opponents and they are fancied for the win.

David can find the net again

Both teams have scored in the visitors’ last four league matches so take them to secure a 3-1 success in this clash.

Jonathan David has been linked with a move away but remains a Lille player as of now and has netted 15 times in all competitions, he can add to that total in this one.