Read up on this exciting game in the Ligue 1. Ajaccio is in the 20th spot from playing five games. They greet Lorient who are placed 7th from four matches.
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (3) in Ligue 1
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lorient have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-14-22 (win-draw-loss) from 40 matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ajaccio and Lorient.
Ajaccio form and stats
Ajaccio have collected 1 point from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 0-1-1. Ajaccio has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Pantaloni and the players.
Ajaccio are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Montpellier. Vidal was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Vidal hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Lille with the scoreline 1-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ajaccio have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 0.
At Stade François Coty, Ajaccio has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Lorient form and stats
Things could have gone better for Lorient in their Ligue 1 away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Lorient play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-5 to Lens (placed 2nd). That defeat was their first after five consecutive league games winning points. As you can tell from the result, the match against Lens was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? The attacker Ouattara got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Ouattara signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Clermont.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lorient playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Lorient win, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Olympique Lyonnais in just three days.
Lorient are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Lorient have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ajaccio-Lorient H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ajaccio two wins, Lorient five wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  T. Moffi 4 goals |   C. Bayala 1 goals |  M. El Idrissy 1 goals |
Ajaccio missing players
Lorient missing players
| Ajaccio | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 6.5 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 12.8 |
| 2.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 5 |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 11.2 | 9.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.3 | 13.8 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (3) in Ligue 1
- Ajaccio is in the worst form (0-1-4)
| Ajaccio | Last season | Lorient | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 41 | 63 | ||
| 84% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 45% | 37% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 68% | ||
| 18% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 42% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 18% | ||
| 21% | 26% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 61% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 29% | ||
| 34% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 34% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.8 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 12.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 13 |
| 2 | Lens | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Rennes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Lorient | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Lille | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Auxerre | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Nantes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Troyes | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Clermont | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Reims | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Nice | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Monaco | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Brest | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Angers SCO | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
