Here's every little thing you should be aware of, and a little bit more, ahead of the Ajaccio - Nantes game!
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Ligue 1
- Nantes have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 1
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 1 this season. Ajaccio have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Stade François Coty. Ajaccio are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade François Coty, having lost their two previous games here.
Ajaccio enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Angers SCO's place. The match ended 2-1 with Idrissy and Soumano scoring. At last, a league victory after four games without one. A late climax in the match against Angers SCO as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Idrissy. The gifted forward Idrissy bested all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Idrissy scored one goal.
Preceding that match was the home game against Olympique Lyonnais that was lost 0-2.Ajaccio have scored {7 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Ajaccio have conceded 16 from these games.
Nantes form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nantes so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-5 (win-draw-lose).
Nantes aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 186 league minutes without a goal. Blas was the last player to find the net.
Nantes failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Olympique Marseille (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Before that loss this club had taken at least one point from six league fixtures in a row. Centonze, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Centonze won 8 of 14 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Clermont.Lacking goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nantes manager Kombouare as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Angers SCO.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Nantes have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) versus Ajaccio.Interested in a bet on both teams to score (yes or no)? Unexpectedly enough, the last time both teams found the net in one of the away team's league matches was the last time they faced today's opponent Ajaccio! Nantes - Ajaccio 2-2, seven matches ago. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Belaïli 5 goals |   M. Simon 5 goals |  M. Abdallah 5 goals |
Ajaccio missing players
Nantes missing players
| Ajaccio | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 37 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 26 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 73% | 76% |
| 67% | 50% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 67% |
| 48% | 40% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 43% |
| 24% | 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 48% | 30% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 48% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 33% |
| 43% | 60% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 43% |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.8 | 10.8 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.4 | 12 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 24% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 20% | 26% |
| 11.3 | 10 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
- Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Ligue 1
- Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Ligue 1
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantes have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 46 |
| 3 | Lens | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| 4 | Monaco | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Lille | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Lorient | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Clermont | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 29 |
| 11 | Reims | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Nantes | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -12 | 20 |
| 15 | Brest | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Troyes | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Ajaccio | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 13 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 8 |
