Lens vs Auxerre prediction, odds & betting tips – 17/01/2026

In a match of stark contrasts, league leaders RC Lens play relegation contenders Auxerre at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Saturday, 17 January.

Keep close tabs on French Ligue 1 predictions after viewing our key Lens vs Auxerre tips below.

Lens vs Auxerre prediction: Les Sang et Or to secure victory

Key stats

• Lens are on a seven-match winning streak at home in Ligue 1.
• The hosts have conceded the fewest goals this league campaign (13).
• Auxerre have lost three successive competitive outings.
• The visitors are winless in eight consecutive away trips (L6, D2).

Correct score prediction: Lens 3-0 Auxerre

With a single point lead over reigning champions PSG, Lens are in fantastic form as they continue to rack up victories across all fronts. They have scored three goals each in as many recent encounters, with Sochaux their latest victim in the Coupe de France.

Auxerre, on the other hand, are fighting to secure their top-flight survival following their elimination from the French Cup. Since their victory over fellow strugglers Metz in early December, the visitors have suffered three straight defeats.

As one of the two teams, alongside Lorient, yet to win away from home this season, chances for Auxerre to come away with a positive result seem extremely bleak. Expect Lens to comfortably extend their winning streak.

Pre-game odds and win probability: All eyes on Lens

• HOME: 10/21 (1.47) – 68%
• DRAW: 7/2 (4.50) – 22.2%
• AWAY: 11/2 (6.50) – 15.3%

*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change

Lens have been near-perfect on home turf this season, losing only once at Stade Bollaert-Delelis – at their first home match of the season against Lyon. The hosts are priced at 10/21 (1.47), and their odds of victory indicate a 68% probability of success.

Auxerre haven’t achieved a single success away from home in eight Ligue 1 fixtures. The visitors are backed by odds of 11/2 (6.50) – indicating a win probability rate of 15.3%.

Don’t forget to check out more of our football betting tips page after analysing our  Lens vs Auxerre predictions.

Most recent H2Hs: Lens supremacy

Lens have largely been successful in recent H2Hs, although they’ve won and drawn five games each in 11 meetings (L1). That sole victory for Auxerre came in last season’s corresponding fixture at this venue.

France Ligue 1 04/10/25

Auxerre

1

Lens

2

France Ligue 1 27/04/25

Lens

0

Auxerre

4

France Ligue 1 14/12/24

Auxerre

2

Lens

2

France Ligue 1 03/06/23

Auxerre

1

Lens

3

France Ligue 1 14/01/23

Lens

1

Auxerre

0

Lens preview: Comfortably in shape

Jhoanner Chavez and Jonathan Gradit are the only two confirmed absentees for Pierre Sage and co.

Predicted lineup: Risser (GK), Ganiou, Baidoo, Sarr, Abdulhamid, Thomasson, Bulatovic, Udol, Thauvin, Said & Sotoca

Last five matches:

• Sochaux 0-3 Lens (Coupe de France)
• Toulouse 0-3 Lens (Ligue 1)
• Lens 3-1 Feignies-Aulnoye (Coupe de France)
• Lens 2-0 Nice (Ligue 1)
• Nantes 1-2 Lens (Ligue 1)

Auxerre preview: Can the visitors avoid defeat?

Several players are missing for Auxerre, including Francisco Sierralta, Nathan Buayi-Kiala and Rudy Matondo. Gideon Mensah and Elisha Owusu are serving suspensions for accumulation of yellow cards.

Predicted lineup: Leon (GK), Sy, Diomande, Senaya, Oppegard, Matondo, Owusu, Danois, Osman, Loader & Casimir

Last five matches:

• Brest 2-0 Auxerre (Ligue 1)
• Auxerre 1-2 Monaco (Coupe de France)
• Auxerre 3-4 Lille (Ligue 1)
• Auxerre 3-1 Metz (Ligue 1)
• Paris FC 1-1 Auxerre (Ligue 1)

Player to watch: Wesley Said

For the impressive performances Lens have put in, you’d expect them to have at least one top scorer amongst the top three. However, Wesley Said and Odsonne Edouard sit joint in fifth position with seven goals each, and the former has proven to be gamechanger. With five goals in his last seven appearances for the club, Said to charging up at a vital moment in the title race.

Ending contracts — Summer 2027

Premier League · All pages · 123 players

#	Player	Contract ends	Club	Age	M	Goals	Assists	Min.
1	A. Smith	Jun 2027	AFC Bournemouth	35	0	0	0	0
2	B. Winterburn	Jun 2027	AFC Bournemouth	21	0	0	0	0
3	F. Forster	Jun 2027	AFC Bournemouth	38	0	0	0	0
4	M. Akinmboni	Jun 2027	AFC Bournemouth	19	0	0	0	0
5	F. Ferreira Vieira	Jun 2027	Arsenal	26	0	0	0	0
6	G. de Jesus	Jun 2027	Arsenal	29	0	0	0	0
7	G. Martinelli Silva	Jun 2027	Arsenal	25	0	0	0	0
8	R. Nelson	Jun 2027	Arsenal	26	0	0	0	0
9	A. Garnacho	Jun 2027	Aston Villa	22	0	0	0	0
10	E. Buendía	Jun 2027	Aston Villa	29	0	0	0	0
11	L. Bailey Butler	Jun 2027	Aston Villa	29	0	0	0	0
12	M. Bizot	Jun 2027	Aston Villa	35	0	0	0	0
13	R. Barkley	Jun 2027	Aston Villa	32	0	0	0	0
14	T. Mings	Jun 2027	Aston Villa	33	0	0	0	0
15	V. Nilsson Lindelöf	Jun 2027	Aston Villa	32	0	0	0	0
16	C. Wilson	Jun 2027	Brentford	34	0	0	0	0
17	E. Pinnock	Jun 2027	Brentford	33	0	0	0	0
18	J. Kim	Jun 2027	Brentford	21	0	0	0	0
19	M. Jensen	Jun 2027	Brentford	30	0	0	0	0
20	P. Dasilva	Jun 2027	Brentford	27	0	0	0	0
21	R. Henry	Jun 2027	Brentford	29	0	0	0	0
22	I. dos Santos de Paulo	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	0	0	0	0
23	J. Steele	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	0	0	0	0
24	K. Mitoma	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	0	0	0	0
25	L. Dunk	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	0	0	0	0
26	P. Akinpelu	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	0	0	0	0
27	P. Groß	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	0	0	0	0
28	T. McGill	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	0	0	0	0
29	Y. Ayari	Jun 2027	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	0	0	0	0
30	B. Wilson	Jun 2027	Coventry City	34	0	0	0	0
31	E. Simms	Jun 2027	Coventry City	25	0	0	0	0
32	H. Wright	Jun 2027	Coventry City	28	0	0	0	0
33	J. Bidwell	Jun 2027	Coventry City	33	0	0	0	0
34	J. Dasilva	Jun 2027	Coventry City	28	0	0	0	0
35	J. Latibeaudiere	Jun 2027	Coventry City	26	0	0	0	0
36	L. Kitching	Jun 2027	Coventry City	26	0	0	0	0
37	M. van Ewijk	Jun 2027	Coventry City	25	0	0	0	0
38	T. Sakamoto	Jun 2027	Coventry City	29	0	0	0	0
39	C. Richards	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	26	0	0	0	0
40	D. Kamada	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	30	0	0	0	0
41	D. Ozoh	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	21	0	0	0	0
42	E. Guessand	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	25	0	0	0	0
43	J. Devenny	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	22	0	0	0	0
44	J. Lerma Solís	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	31	0	0	0	0
45	J. Mateta	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	29	0	0	0	0
46	J. Rak-Sakyi	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	23	0	0	0	0
47	R. Matthews	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	32	0	0	0	0
48	T. Mitchell	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	26	0	0	0	0
49	W. Hughes	Jun 2027	Crystal Palace	31	0	0	0	0
50	C. Alcaraz	Jun 2027	Everton	23	0	0	0	0
51	M. Keane	Jun 2027	Everton	33	0	0	0	0
52	N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal	Jun 2027	Everton	28	0	0	0	0
53	N. Patterson	Jun 2027	Everton	24	0	0	0	0
54	T. Iroegbunam	Jun 2027	Everton	23	0	0	0	0
55	T. King	Jun 2027	Everton	31	0	0	0	0
56	B. Lecomte	Jun 2027	Fulham	35	0	0	0	0
57	B. Leno	Jun 2027	Fulham	34	0	0	0	0
58	C. Bassey	Jun 2027	Fulham	26	0	0	0	0
59	H. Reed	Jun 2027	Fulham	31	0	0	0	0
60	K. Sessegnon	Jun 2027	Fulham	26	0	0	0	0
61	T. Cairney	Jun 2027	Fulham	35	0	0	0	0
62	T. Castagne	Jun 2027	Fulham	30	0	0	0	0
63	A. Ömür	Jun 2027	Hull City	27	0	0	0	0
64	B. Akintola	Jun 2027	Hull City	30	0	0	0	0
65	C. Drameh	Jun 2027	Hull City	24	0	0	0	0
66	D. Phillips	Jun 2027	Hull City	31	0	0	0	0
67	J. Egan	Jun 2027	Hull City	33	0	0	0	0
68	K. Dowell	Jun 2027	Hull City	28	0	0	0	0
69	L. Millar	Jun 2027	Hull City	26	0	0	0	0
70	M. Crooks	Jun 2027	Hull City	32	0	0	0	0
71	M. Jacob	Jun 2027	Hull City	25	0	0	0	0
72	O. Ibidapo Ajayi	Jun 2027	Hull City	32	0	0	0	0
73	P. McNair	Jun 2027	Hull City	31	0	0	0	0
74	R. Giles	Jun 2027	Hull City	26	0	0	0	0
75	R. Slater	Jun 2027	Hull City	26	0	0	0	0
76	C. Humphreys	Jun 2027	Ipswich Town	22	0	0	0	0
77	B. Aaronson	Jun 2027	Leeds United	25	0	0	0	0
78	I. Gruev	Jun 2027	Leeds United	26	0	0	0	0
79	L. Nmecha	Jun 2027	Leeds United	27	0	0	0	0
80	A. Becker	Jun 2027	Liverpool	33	0	0	0	0
81	C. Jones	Jun 2027	Liverpool	25	0	0	0	0
82	C. Ramsey	Jun 2027	Liverpool	23	0	0	0	0
83	H. Davies	Jun 2027	Liverpool	22	0	0	0	0
84	H. Elliot	Jun 2027	Liverpool	23	0	0	0	0
85	J. Gomez	Jun 2027	Liverpool	29	0	0	0	0
86	K. Tsimikas	Jun 2027	Liverpool	30	0	0	0	0
87	R. Araújo da Silva	Jun 2027	Liverpool	27	0	0	0	0
88	S. Bajcetic Maquieira	Jun 2027	Liverpool	21	0	0	0	0
89	V. van Dijk	Jun 2027	Liverpool	35	0	0	0	0
90	W. Endo	Jun 2027	Liverpool	33	0	0	0	0
91	I. Kabore	Jun 2027	Manchester City	25	0	0	0	0
92	J. Grealish	Jun 2027	Manchester City	30	0	0	0	0
93	J. Wilson-Esbrand	Jun 2027	Manchester City	23	0	0	0	0
94	M. Bettinelli	Jun 2027	Manchester City	34	0	0	0	0
95	M. Kovačić	Jun 2027	Manchester City	32	0	0	0	0
96	B. Fernandes	Jun 2027	Manchester United	31	0	0	0	0
97	H. Amass	Jun 2027	Manchester United	19	0	0	0	0
98	H. Maguire	Jun 2027	Manchester United	33	0	0	0	0
99	J. Fletcher	Jun 2027	Manchester United	19	0	0	0	0
100	L. Martínez	Jun 2027	Manchester United	28	0	0	0	0
101	L. Shaw	Jun 2027	Manchester United	31	0	0	0	0
102	T. Collyer	Jun 2027	Manchester United	22	0	0	0	0
103	T. Fletcher	Jun 2027	Manchester United	19	0	0	0	0
104	T. Heaton	Jun 2027	Manchester United	40	0	0	0	0
105	D. Burn	Jun 2027	Newcastle United	34	0	0	0	0
106	F. Schär	Jun 2027	Newcastle United	34	0	0	0	0
107	J. Murphy	Jun 2027	Newcastle United	31	0	0	0	0
108	J. Willock	Jun 2027	Newcastle United	27	0	0	0	0
109	M. Gillespie	Jun 2027	Newcastle United	34	0	0	0	0
110	N. Pope	Jun 2027	Newcastle United	34	0	0	0	0
111	C. Wood	Jun 2027	Nottingham Forest	34	0	0	0	0
112	O. Richards	Jun 2027	Nottingham Forest	28	0	0	0	0
113	S. Benda	Jun 2027	Nottingham Forest	27	0	0	0	0
114	A. Alese	Jun 2027	Sunderland	25	0	0	0	0
115	A. Ba	Jun 2027	Sunderland	23	0	0	0	0
116	A. Browne	Jun 2027	Sunderland	31	0	0	0	0
117	L. O'Nien	Jun 2027	Sunderland	31	0	0	0	0
118	R. Mandava	Jun 2027	Sunderland	32	0	0	0	0
119	S. Moore	Jun 2027	Sunderland	36	0	0	0	0
120	B. Davies	Jun 2027	Tottenham Hotspur	33	0	0	0	0
121	D. Scarlett	Jun 2027	Tottenham Hotspur	22	0	0	0	0
122	M. Dúbravka	Jun 2027	Tottenham Hotspur	37	0	0	0	0
123	R. de Andrade	Jun 2027	Tottenham Hotspur	29	0	0	0	0

123 players