It's round two of the Ligue 1 season and everything to play for. Read our exhaustive preview of Racing d'Abidjan-Stella!
This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!
Racing d'Abidjan form and stats
The season before, Racing d'Abidjan's league statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, ending with 4th spot in the Ligue 1. Over these 26 matches they scored 33 goals and gave away 27. Performing as the host team in the last season Racing d'Abidjan produced 5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 16 conceded.
Racing d'Abidjan faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bouake (0-1).
A strong away win before that one, visiting SOL and winning 1-0.Stella form and stats
Let's have a look at how Stella performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 16/11 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Stella in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 1-match, hosting San-Pedro, 1-2.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Bouake.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (d'Abidjan wins - draws - Stella wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Racing d'Abidjan missing players
Stella missing players
| Racing d'Abidjan | Stella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Racing d'Abidjan | Last season | Stella | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 83% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 58% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 33% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 25% | ||
| 3.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.7 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 8.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Gagnoa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | ES Bafing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | ASEC Mimosas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | San-Pedro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | SOA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bouake | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Lys Sassandra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Abengourou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Bassam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | SOL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Stella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | AFAD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Racing d'Abidjan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Korhogo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |