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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

Montpellier know they face a difficult visit to Ajaccio and their Stade François Coty. This article has all the info you need before the match.

Insights:
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (20) in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have scored more than double the goals of Ajaccio.

This could be an appealing game with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Ajaccio form and stats

Ajaccio's struggle is real here at Stade François Coty with only 10 points collected from 12 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-8.

In their previous game, the manager Pantaloni led his Ajaccio to a defeat away at Reims. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade François Coty. Heartbreak for Ajaccio in their last match as Reims's Cajuste scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Alphonse got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.25/10. Alphonse hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match, Ajaccio won a home game hosting Troyes (2-1).

Ajaccio aren't scoring a lot here at Stade François Coty in the league, with only {9 goals} from 12 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ajaccio defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Montpellier form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of Montpellier playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

Montpellier had fun at their own home (Stade François Coty) last time out, beating Angers SCO 5-0. Savanier (2), Wahi, Maouassa and Khazri scored. As you can tell from the results above, Montpellier was very dominant against Angers SCO, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Savanier (2), Wahi, Maouassa and Khazri providing the goals. Midfielder Savanier was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.53. Savanier scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 65 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Lens.

Montpellier has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Montpellier - Ajaccio 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ajaccio two wins, one draw and Montpellier seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 12 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioM. Belaïli
M. Belaïli
6 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Montpellier missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajaccio Montpellier
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 5 Played P 5 12 26
6 3 0 Won W 3 4 9
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
17 8 5 Lost L 2 7 14
20 9 1 Scored S 11 19 41
47 19 8 Conceded C 4 24 46
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 58% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 92%
50% 42% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 62%
19% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 31%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 33% 23%
42% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 42% 54%
12% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 27%
50% 58% 80% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 19%
 
3.8 3.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.8 4.8
3.8 3 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.3 4.9
2.2 2.2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 1.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 8
 
9.7 10.9 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.8 11.2
3 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.5 4.1
26% 24% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 38%
 
11.2 9.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 12.8 14
4.3 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 4.9 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (20) in Ligue 1
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Ligue 1
  • Montpellier have scored more than double the goals of Ajaccio.
  • Montpellier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

Montpellier:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

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