Chaos, Cards and a Last-Gasp Winner: Lille’s 4-3 Rollercoaster over Auxerre in Ligue 1
14 December 2025
Match report
Lille staged a dramatic comeback to beat Auxerre 4-3 in a remarkable Ligue 1 clash on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
The game delivered seven goals and four straight red cards, leaving both sides with nine players by full time.
Lille started strong, taking the lead early when Haakon Haraldsson found the net in the 9th minute, only for the visitors to be reduced to ten men as Lille's Nathan Ngui was sent off in the 38th minute.
Key moments
In the second half Auxerre used the extra man and equalized through Lassine Sinayoko in the 57th minute.
Three minutes later the away side was level again after a red card for Auxerre's Clement Akpa in the 60th minute.
What followed was a frantic sequence of leads and levelling, Lille briefly going ahead before Auxerre equalized again, and the match swung back and forth until Lille sealed it with Benjamin André's stoppage-time winner in the 86th minute.
In the closing stages, two more red cards were shown in the 88th minute to Osama El Azouzi (Lille) and Romain Perro (Auxerre).
Punchline: That match was chaotic enough to make the yellow cards blush.
Punchline 2: If football were a sniper's playlist, Lille delivered the headshot with a late winner.
