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- 21′Le Mans, yellow card:
- 26′Le Mans, yellow card:
- Half-time
- 48′Le Mans, own goal:0–1Own goal
- 48′Le Mans, VAR review:Goal confirmed
- 53′Le Mans, substitution:off
- 56′Auxerre, goal:1–1
- 63′Le Mans, substitution:off
- 63′Le Mans, substitution:off
- 69′Auxerre, yellow card:
- 73′Auxerre, substitution:off
- 86′Auxerre, substitution:off
- 86′Auxerre, substitution:off
- 86′Le Mans, substitution:off
- 87′Le Mans, substitution:off
- 90+8′Auxerre, substitution:off
- 90+8′Auxerre, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 1
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Auxerre and Le Mans share the points in 1-1 Ligue 1 draw
Auxerre and Le Mans drew 1-1 at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps in a Ligue 1 Matchday 8 fixture that stayed goalless through the first half and came to life only after the interval.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Le Mans took the lead in the 48th minute, though not through their own doing: Lucas Bretelle's delivery was turned into his own net by Auxerre's Lucas Buadés. The visitors held that advantage for only eight minutes. Cameron Archer levelled in the 56th minute to make it 1-1, and neither side found a way through again.
Auxerre held 59 per cent of the ball and won seven corners to Le Mans' one, yet the chances were closely matched, with 13 shots to 11. The home side were sharper in their finishing, putting five efforts on target to the visitors' one. The point lifted Auxerre to 12th on 10 points, while Le Mans moved up one place to 15th on seven.
Auxerre travel to Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on Sunday 1 November, while Le Mans visit Estac Troyes in the same competition on Saturday 31 October.
Lucas Bretelle earned the highest rating of any player, 8.19, for Le Mans, supplying the cross that led to their opener.
Auxerre won seven corners to Le Mans' one but could not turn that territorial pressure into a winner.
Auxerre and Le Mans drew 1–1 (half-time 0–0).
Auxerre met Le Mans in the Ligue 1 (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Sunday, 25 October 2026, 16:15 UTC at Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps. Referee: Willy Delajod. Attendance: 15,966.
Key moments
- 48' Goal (own goal): Lucas Buadés (assist: Lucas Bretelle) — 0–1
- 56' Goal: Cameron Archer — 1–1
Starting line-ups
Auxerre (3-4-2-1)
Le Mans (3-5-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Auxerre 51%, the draw 24%, Le Mans 25%. It finished Auxerre 1–1 Le Mans.
Auxerre's stronger rating gives them a slight lean — We give Auxerre 51% mainly because they sit 75 points higher on our strength rating, 1639 to 1564, though their scoring has run ahead of their chances and home sides this hot tend to give some back. The draw starts near 27%, the usual rate for this gap, and drops to 24% because both teams' recent games average 3.4 goals.
Why Auxerre at 51%?
Auxerre sit 75 points higher on our strength rating — 1639 to 1564. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.1% of 11,082 such games.
Why only 51%?
Auxerre scored +0.34 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.7% of 1,654 games, vs 27.8% against normal finishing.
Why the draw at 24%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 3.4 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 18,416. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Le Mans are newly promoted — game 8 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides are said to struggle, but our rating already carries most of it: across 3,012 first-ten games since 2016 they won 26.8% where the rating expected 28.1% — inside the noise band, below it in six of the ten full seasons we hold and about level last season. Out: Bryan Okoh, an important player, Marvin Senaya, a rotation player, and Rémy Labeau Lascary, on a provisional rating. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Auxerre vs Le Mans final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Ligue 1 fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Auxerre 1–1 Le Mans. Explore more on the Auxerre and Le Mans team pages or the Ligue 1 page.

