Auxerre vs Paris FC 0-1

Paris FC left Auxerre with a 1-0 win after Lassine Sinayoko’s 63rd-minute goal settled the game. Auxerre had a VAR decision go against them in the first half and could not find an equaliser.

There were no goals before the break, but Auxerre thought they had one on 39 minutes when Fredrik Oppegard was involved in a move that VAR ruled out. It stayed 0-0 at half-time.

Sinayoko, set up by Pablo Pagis, broke the deadlock on 63 minutes to make it Auxerre 0-1 Paris FC. Auxerre then made two changes on 65 minutes, with Telli Siwe and Marvin Senaya replaced by Clément Akpa and Lamine Sy, before making two more on 74 minutes as Naouirou Ahamada and Danny Namaso went off for Kevin Danois and Remy Labeau Lascary. Paris FC responded with changes of their own, sending on Luca Koleosho on 66 minutes and Patrick Zabi on 73 minutes, then making two more in the 90th minute after they had protected the lead through the closing stages.

The numbers backed up Paris FC’s edge in territory and the ball. They had 66% possession, 725 passes to Auxerre’s 381, 10 shots to 7, 3 shots on target to 2 and 5 corners to 1. Auxerre still posted 0.75 xG to Paris FC’s 0.94, while both sides made 2 saves. Auxerre committed 24 fouls to Paris FC’s 14.

Bookings came early and often for Auxerre, who collected 3 yellow cards to Paris FC’s 1. Pierre Lees Melou and Cameron Archer were booked on 15 minutes, Sinaly Diomande on 16 minutes, and Kevin Danois was also cautioned on 88 minutes after William Still had been booked on 80 minutes.