December 18th features a match where Lille hosts Auxerre in a meeting of these two Coupe de France teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Lille is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Olympique Lyonnais. Neither Lille nor Olympique Lyonnais could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Lille is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while auxerre is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Dunkerque. Mathias Autret struck first for Auxerre in the 54th minute, then Sakhi added another in the 84th minute In the end, Dunkerque was frustrated by Auxerre’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Auxerre ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Auxerre should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Ben Fredj has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Auxerre. Both Jonathan David and Burak Yılmaz have been the hottest scorers for Lille in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.