Lille Olympic Sporting Club (LOSC) is preparing to host the AJ Auxerre this Sunday at 3pm, as part of the 30th day of Ligue 1 McDonalds. This meeting will be crucial for the Dogues, fully committed to the final sprint of the season and eager to consolidate their position. The event will be broadcast live on the DAZN and My Canal platforms, offering fans greater accessibility. The context of this Ligue 1 day is all the more important because other matches are between competing teams, such as Monaco receiving Strasbourg, adding additional pressure on the result of the match.

The referee of this meeting will be Thomas Léonard, 43 years old and ranked eighth best referee of the 2023-2024 season. He will be assisted by Benjamin Pages, Philippe Jeanne, and will benefit from the video assistance to the arbitration provided by Jérémie Pignard and William Lavis. The recent past between the LOSC and Thomas Léonard is not particularly encouraging, with a defeat against Le Havre AC in the last encounter arbitrated by him at home. The previous confrontations between the LOSC and Thomas Léonard are mixed, as are those of the AJ Auxerre.

Finally, Thomas Léonard served 19 times this season, including 16 in Ligue 1, distributing a total of 61 yellow cards and 2 red cards. This statistic, coupled with the mixed results of previous meetings, adds an additional dimension of uncertainty before the start of the match between the LOSC and the AJ Auxerre, a game that will be decisive in the race to maintain or qualify in the Champions League.