Ligue 1
Olympique Lyonnais – AJ Auxerre match report
ScoreMondo · Published:
Olympique Lyonnais beat AJ Auxerre 3-1 in Ligue 1 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais. It was 2-1 at half-time. Z. Athekame was our player of the match, rated 8.9 by the ScoreMondo model for Olympique Lyonnais. The match was played on Friday, 4 September 2026 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon.
The story of the match
F. Bacher opened the scoring for Olympique Lyonnais after 28 minutes, set up by E. Nuamah. Olympique Lyonnais extended their lead to 2-0 in the 31st minute through Z. Athekame, set up by L. Openda. AJ Auxerre pulled one back to make it 2-1 on 42 minutes thanks to C. Archer. It was Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 AJ Auxerre at half-time.
E. Nuamah made it 3-1 for Olympique Lyonnais after 53 minutes, set up by P. Sulc.
What the numbers say
Olympique Lyonnais' yellow cards went to F. Bacher in the 62nd minute and T. Morton in the 77th minute. Booked for AJ Auxerre: A. Piedfort (26') and R. Mandengue (68').
Ratings and substitutions
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to E. Nuamah (Olympique Lyonnais, 8.7), L. Openda (Olympique Lyonnais, 7.5) and M. Niakhate (Olympique Lyonnais, 7.5). From the Olympique Lyonnais bench came K. Merah on 67 minutes, K. Boudache on 67 minutes, T. Tessmann on 76 minutes and R. Kluivert on 86 minutes, among 5 changes. AJ Auxerre made 5 changes: P. Ekwah for E. Legros (66'), R. Mandengue for N. Ahamada (66'), A. Zossou for R. Labeau Lascary (66') and R. Faivre for C. Archer (77').
Before the match
AJ Auxerre came into the match with 1 win and 2 defeats from their last 3 matches — scoring in 3 straight games. Angers SCO beat AJ Auxerre 3-1 last time out. The record between them over the last 4 matches reads 2-2-0 from Olympique Lyonnais' point of view. The last meeting, in 2026 in Ligue 1, ended in a 3-2 win for Olympique Lyonnais. Those 4 games produced 13 goals, an average of 3.3 per match. Ruddy Buquet was the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards per match across 48 matches in our records.
What the result means
AJ Auxerre have now scored in 4 consecutive matches.
This text is written automatically from our match data; every number and name in it comes from that data.