Here's everything we know about the Ajaccio - Lens fixture:

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

After the first game it's Ajaccio - Lens 0-3 in points. Who will prevail in this second Ligue 1 match of the season?

These teams have little in common geographically as Lens have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Ajaccio and Lens should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ajaccio form and stats

The season before, Ajaccio's league results were 22 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 2nd position in the Ligue 2. In these 38 matches they scored 39 goals and let in 19. Performing at home in the previous season Ajaccio managed 13-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 8 conceded.

The fans are hoping that Ajaccio will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Olympique Lyonnais (placed 7th). Mangani (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.71/10. Mangani scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that, Ajaccio had a Ligue 2 home game versus Toulouse which ended with a victory 1-0.

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Lens form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lens performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 27/28 goals scored/conceded.

Sotoca scored in Lens's previous match, the home game against Brest that ended 3-2. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone four league fixtures without winning. Sotoca certainly enjoyed Lens's last game versus Brest, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-2 victory. The attacker Sotoca got a match rating of 10.0 in that game. Sotoca scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A draw for Lens before that, at their own venue hosting Monaco (2-2).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

LensF. Sotoca
F. Sotoca
3 goals
AjaccioT. Mangani
T. Mangani
1 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Lens missing players

Ajaccio Lens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 7
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Ajaccio Last season Lens
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
22 13   Won W   8 17
9 3   Drew D   4 11
7 3   Lost L   7 10
39 21   Scored S   27 62
19 8   Conceded C   28 48
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
45% 37%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 82%
18% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 58%
5% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 39%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
21% 26%   BTTS BTTS   68% 61%
61% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 21%
34% 32%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
4.5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.6
3.5 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
4 2   Red cards R C   4 7
 
8.8 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 13.3
3.7 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 5
27% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 32%
 
5.5 4.2   Shots against (avg) S A   11.9 10.8
2.4 1.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.4

  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Lille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Lens 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Montpellier 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lorient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Angers SCO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brest 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Troyes 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rennes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Clermont 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Last season 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 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nimes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

Read more about Ligue 1

Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.