Lorient and Ajaccio followers eagerly anticipate Ligue 1 clash at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

Lorient have delivered 5 home victories up until now, Ajaccio have won 3 away. Which team enhances their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (18) in Ligue 1

These teams have little in common geographically as Ajaccio have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated game!

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Lorient form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lorient at their home stadium (Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Lorient haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 235 minutes ago. Koné scored that one.

Lorient lost their last game at Nantes (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

A 1-1 result against Lens (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) before that, played at their own home stadium in the Coupe de France. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lorient handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

An interesting fact: 14 of the latest 18 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

The Lorient fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Lorient have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Ajaccio form and stats

There's been little loot from Ajaccio's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Ligue 1. Ajaccio only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Ajaccio aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Idrissy was the last player to find the net.

There might be some fixture complaints from Ajaccio as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-3 against Nice. Alphonse, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.1. Alphonse won 5 of 6 duels.

A loss against Nantes was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Ajaccio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ajaccio as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. Ajaccio have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: Ajaccio - Lorient 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lorient five wins, three draws and Ajaccio two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioM. Belaïli
M. Belaïli
5 goals

Lorient missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lorient Ajaccio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 12 23
10 5 0 Won W 0 3 5
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
7 3 1 Lost L 3 7 15
35 16 0 Scored S 3 11 18
35 14 2 Conceded C 9 24 42
91% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
78% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 70%
70% 73% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 58% 48%
39% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 22%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 9%
74% 73% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 43%
17% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 13%
17% 27% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 48%
 
4.2 3.5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 3.9
5.6 5.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5 4
1.1 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11.3 11.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.8 9.7
4.7 5.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 2.9
32% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 31% 27%
 
16 14.7 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.5 11.2
5.4 5.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (18) in Ligue 1
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Ligue 1
  • Ajaccio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 23 17 3 3 55 20 11 9 2 0 26 10 12 8 1 3 29 10 35 54
2 Olympique Marseille 23 15 4 4 45 20 12 7 2 3 23 13 11 8 2 1 22 7 25 49
3 Monaco 23 14 5 4 51 30 12 7 2 3 29 19 11 7 3 1 22 11 21 47
4 Lens 23 13 7 3 35 18 11 10 0 1 22 8 12 3 7 2 13 10 17 46
5 Lille 23 12 5 6 40 27 12 7 3 2 23 17 11 5 2 4 17 10 13 41
6 Rennes 23 12 4 7 42 28 12 10 0 2 28 10 11 2 4 5 14 18 14 40
7 Nice 23 10 7 6 29 21 11 5 3 3 15 10 12 5 4 3 14 11 8 37
8 Lorient 23 10 6 7 35 35 11 5 3 3 16 14 12 5 3 4 19 21 0 36
9 Olympique Lyonnais 23 10 5 8 35 25 12 6 3 3 19 10 11 4 2 5 16 15 10 35
10 Reims 23 7 12 4 30 26 11 5 4 2 18 13 12 2 8 2 12 13 4 33
11 Toulouse 23 9 5 9 39 39 12 6 4 2 23 17 11 3 1 7 16 22 0 32
12 Clermont 23 8 6 9 24 31 12 4 2 6 10 20 11 4 4 3 14 11 -7 30
13 Nantes 23 6 10 7 24 26 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 2 5 5 11 15 -2 28
14 Montpellier 23 7 2 14 34 45 12 4 1 7 16 21 11 3 1 7 18 24 -11 23
15 Brest 23 4 8 11 24 38 11 2 5 4 12 18 12 2 3 7 12 20 -14 20
16 Troyes 23 4 7 12 33 52 11 1 7 3 12 17 12 3 0 9 21 35 -19 19
17 Strasbourg 23 3 9 11 27 41 12 1 6 5 14 20 11 2 3 6 13 21 -14 18
18 Ajaccio 23 5 3 15 18 41 11 2 1 8 7 18 12 3 2 7 11 23 -23 18
19 Auxerre 23 3 6 14 19 47 11 2 4 5 9 19 12 1 2 9 10 28 -28 15
20 Angers SCO 23 2 4 17 19 48 12 1 2 9 13 25 11 1 2 8 6 23 -29 10

Table
  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 23 17 3 3 55 20 11 9 2 0 26 10 12 8 1 3 29 10 35 54
2 Olympique Marseille 23 15 4 4 45 20 12 7 2 3 23 13 11 8 2 1 22 7 25 49
3 Monaco 23 14 5 4 51 30 12 7 2 3 29 19 11 7 3 1 22 11 21 47
4 Lens 23 13 7 3 35 18 11 10 0 1 22 8 12 3 7 2 13 10 17 46
5 Lille 23 12 5 6 40 27 12 7 3 2 23 17 11 5 2 4 17 10 13 41
6 Rennes 23 12 4 7 42 28 12 10 0 2 28 10 11 2 4 5 14 18 14 40
7 Nice 23 10 7 6 29 21 11 5 3 3 15 10 12 5 4 3 14 11 8 37
8 Lorient 23 10 6 7 35 35 11 5 3 3 16 14 12 5 3 4 19 21 0 36
9 Olympique Lyonnais 23 10 5 8 35 25 12 6 3 3 19 10 11 4 2 5 16 15 10 35
10 Reims 23 7 12 4 30 26 11 5 4 2 18 13 12 2 8 2 12 13 4 33
11 Toulouse 23 9 5 9 39 39 12 6 4 2 23 17 11 3 1 7 16 22 0 32
12 Clermont 23 8 6 9 24 31 12 4 2 6 10 20 11 4 4 3 14 11 -7 30
13 Nantes 23 6 10 7 24 26 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 2 5 5 11 15 -2 28
14 Montpellier 23 7 2 14 34 45 12 4 1 7 16 21 11 3 1 7 18 24 -11 23
15 Brest 23 4 8 11 24 38 11 2 5 4 12 18 12 2 3 7 12 20 -14 20
16 Troyes 23 4 7 12 33 52 11 1 7 3 12 17 12 3 0 9 21 35 -19 19
17 Strasbourg 23 3 9 11 27 41 12 1 6 5 14 20 11 2 3 6 13 21 -14 18
18 Ajaccio 23 5 3 15 18 41 11 2 1 8 7 18 12 3 2 7 11 23 -23 18
19 Auxerre 23 3 6 14 19 47 11 2 4 5 9 19 12 1 2 9 10 28 -28 15
20 Angers SCO 23 2 4 17 19 48 12 1 2 9 13 25 11 1 2 8 6 23 -29 10

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