National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ajaccio or Orléans that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's look for an animated match!
It's quite the trip for Orléans when visiting Ajaccio as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Ajaccio form and stats
Ajaccio participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 32nd finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here as Ajaccio have scored 10 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ajaccio has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Ajaccio's last game was hosting Dijon and winning 1-0. The forward Gaëtan Courtet outperformed all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Courtet hit one key pass.
Heartbreak before that as Ajaccio lost 0-1 at Pau's place.Ajaccio has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively Ajaccio have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Orléans form and stats
Orléans was sent out of Coupe de France in the 8th round last season.There's been little loot from Orléans's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the National. Orléans only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Impressive finishing from N. Saint-Ruf and H. Benkaid secured the home win 2-1 against Créteil in their previous game.
Before that, Orléans travelled to Le Mans and returned home with a draw after the National game finished 0-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Orléans as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Orléans have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Ajaccio wins - draws - Orléans wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Nouri 4 goals |  G. Courtet 3 goals |  O. Gonzalez 3 goals |
Ajaccio missing players
Orléans missing players
| Ajaccio | Orléans | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 40% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| 6.3 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toulouse | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Auxerre | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Paris | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Niort | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Pau | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Rodez | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Caen | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Nimes | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Quevilly Rouen | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Dunkerque | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 | Dijon | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Bastia | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 15 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 20 | Nancy | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Annecy | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Concarneau | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Laval | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Chateauroux | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Sedan | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Le Mans | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Cholet | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Avranches | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Orléans | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Chambly | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Sete | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Stade Briochin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Red Star | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | Boulogne | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Créteil | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 10 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -16 | 5 |