Lens and Auxerre hold on in a lively match

Continuation of the 15th day of Ligue 1 this Saturday evening. After the lively meeting between OM and Lille earlier in the day, it was RC Lens' turn to challenge Auxerre at the Abbé Deschamps stadium. After two great successes against Montpellier and Reims, the Lensois wanted to continue against a surprising Auxerre team which was in 9th place in the ranking. For this meeting, Will Still aligned a fairly offensive team in 4-4-2 with Nzola, Zaroury, Labeau-Lascary, Thomasson and Fulgini.

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And this meeting, which did not look like much, quickly kept all its promises. After a great start to the match, Lens got the first chances and logically opened the scoring. Very prominent at the start of the match, Neil El Aynaoui opened the scoring with a Nice strike by taking a cross from Rémy Labeau-Lascary (1-0, 22nd). In the process, Auxerre equalized, again thanks to Gaëtan Perrin. The attacking midfielder sent a sublime free kick (1-1, 31st) which left Samba no chance.

Very enjoyable match

In a lively match with two fairly offensive teams, there was no shortage of opportunities and both defenses left space behind. Shortly before half-time, the Lensois took advantage of the poor alignment of the AJA defense to regain the advantage. It was M'Bala Nzola who deceived Léon, until then in great form (2-1, 45th). A goal just before the break which could have hurt the morale of this Auxerre team.

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But Christophe Pélissier's team showed this season that it had character. Returning from the locker room, Gabriel Osho equalized. He came to reward the good form of his team with a good service from Sinayoko. Despite a fairly lively end to the match as well, the score will no longer change. After two consecutive successes, Lens experienced a setback with this parity score. Sixth in the Ligue 1 standings, the Artésiens could be overtaken by Nice, in the event of a victory in Montpellier this Sunday. On the other hand, it was a good draw for Auxerre who followed up well after the point obtained against Paris Saint-Germain last weekend. The AJA is 9th.