Football betting preview: Amiens SC vs Ajaccio

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Amiens SC fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ajaccio.

Insights:
  • Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals (11) in Ligue 2

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Ajaccio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Amiens SC form and stats

Amiens SC have played 8 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Before that, Amiens SC drew at home versus Chambly.

Nicholas Opoku was on the receiving end of a red card in the Amiens-Valenciennes match, being sent off in the 55th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-0 victory.

This is expected to be a close game, with Amiens SC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Amiens SC as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Amiens SC has won five of these, drawn three and lost three.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Amiens here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Amiens are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.

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Ajaccio form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ajaccio, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Ligue 2, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Prior to that match, the Ajaccio manager O. Pantaloni faced defeat when travelling to Niort and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Ajaccio in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Ajaccio, two draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Ajaccio when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Ajaccio's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Amiens wins - draws - Ajaccio wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Amiens SCJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
4 goals
AjaccioR. Nouri
R. Nouri
3 goals
Amiens SCA. Ciss
A. Ciss
2 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Amiens SC Ajaccio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 8 16
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
4 3 2 Drew D 1 2 5
6 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
14 6 2 Scored S 3 7 11
12 5 1 Conceded C 3 13 21
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
50% 38% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 56%
25% 12% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
38% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 31%
44% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 31%
31% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.6 2.2
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.1 9 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.6 7.2
3.8 3.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 3.2
23% 21% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 28% 22%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals (11) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ajaccio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 16 10 4 2 25 12 8 6 2 0 13 5 8 4 2 2 12 7 13 34
2 Grenoble Foot 38 16 9 4 3 23 10 7 6 1 0 16 4 9 3 3 3 7 6 13 31
3 Auxerre 16 8 4 4 33 19 9 6 1 2 22 8 7 2 3 2 11 11 14 28
4 Paris 15 8 4 3 20 13 8 4 2 2 9 7 7 4 2 1 11 6 7 28
5 Toulouse 15 7 5 3 27 18 8 3 3 2 14 10 7 4 2 1 13 8 9 26
6 Caen 16 7 5 4 16 14 8 4 4 0 7 3 8 3 1 4 9 11 2 26
7 Clermont 15 6 6 3 18 8 7 3 3 1 9 3 8 3 3 2 9 5 10 24
8 Niort 16 7 3 6 19 23 8 4 3 1 11 5 8 3 0 5 8 18 -4 24
9 Amiens SC 16 6 4 6 14 12 8 3 3 2 6 5 8 3 1 4 8 7 2 22
10 Sochaux 16 4 9 3 20 16 8 3 3 2 16 13 8 1 6 1 4 3 4 21
11 Valenciennes 16 5 6 5 18 19 8 3 3 2 8 7 8 2 3 3 10 12 -1 21
12 Dunkerque 16 6 2 8 15 19 8 3 2 3 9 8 8 3 0 5 6 11 -4 20
13 Le Havre 15 5 4 6 12 18 7 2 3 2 5 5 8 3 1 4 7 13 -6 19
14 Ajaccio 16 4 5 7 11 21 8 2 3 3 4 8 8 2 2 4 7 13 -10 17
15 Guingamp 16 3 7 6 14 19 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 1 4 3 6 10 -5 16
16 Chambly 16 3 6 7 15 24 9 3 1 5 9 13 7 0 5 2 6 11 -9 15
17 Pau 16 3 5 8 13 20 7 2 3 2 7 6 9 1 2 6 6 14 -7 14
18 Nancy 16 3 4 9 16 23 7 2 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 5 10 -7 13
19 Chateauroux 16 3 4 9 12 22 8 2 1 5 6 12 8 1 3 4 6 10 -10 13
20 Rodez 16 2 7 7 13 24 9 2 3 4 8 12 7 0 4 3 5 12 -11 13

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.