Home advantage could prove decisive in Ajaccio - Auxerre battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

This pair of teams are satisfied with a nice season so far and fixtures like this could be deciding. Here's the preview for Ajaccio - Auxerre!

Insights:
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Ligue 2

It's quite the trip for Auxerre when visiting Ajaccio as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ajaccio form and stats

Ajaccio have performed here at Stade François Coty this season with 7 wins from 10 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Ajaccio, as their goalkeeper Francois-Joseph Sollacaro has completely shut out the opponents for 485 minutes in the Ligue 2.

A nice win for Ajaccio last time playing, versus Grenoble Foot 38. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Nouri scoring for the victors. Midfield player Nouri got a match rating of 7.74 in that game, the max score being 10. Nouri scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Le Havre.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ajaccio handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, four draws and two defeats.

Ajaccio has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Ajaccio have only let in 2 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Auxerre form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Auxerre playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Auxerre are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Auxerre play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Grenoble Foot 38 (placed 18th). Joly was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Joly won 8 of 11 duels.

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Le Havre.

We have checked recent matches where Auxerre have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, one draw and six defeats.

Auxerre find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Auxerre in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Auxerre - Ajaccio 0-0. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Ajaccio won two, Auxerre triumphed in four and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
12 goals
AjaccioR. Nouri
R. Nouri
5 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
5 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Auxerre missing players

Ajaccio Auxerre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
11 7 2 Won W 0 5 10
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
20 11 2 Scored S 1 13 33
8 2 0 Conceded C 7 13 23
84% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 85%
42% 30% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 70%
11% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 60%
11% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 20%
16% 10% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
68% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 45%
32% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 30% 20%
 
4 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 4.5
3.5 2.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5 4
2.4 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7.7 9.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 9.2 9.7
3 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 5.4 5.4
35% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 31%
 
5.6 3.5 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 8.5 8.3
2.8 1.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (13) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most points (23) at home in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Ligue 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajaccio 19 11 5 3 20 8 10 7 2 1 11 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 12 38
2 Toulouse 19 10 7 2 40 18 9 5 3 1 23 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 22 37
3 Auxerre 20 10 6 4 33 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 36
4 Paris 19 11 3 5 25 16 9 5 3 1 11 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 36
5 Sochaux 20 10 6 4 21 16 10 5 3 2 9 6 10 5 3 2 12 10 5 36
6 Le Havre 20 8 8 4 20 14 11 4 4 3 9 7 9 4 4 1 11 7 6 32
7 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
8 Pau 20 8 3 9 23 23 11 7 1 3 17 7 9 1 2 6 6 16 0 27
9 Rodez 20 7 6 7 20 21 9 3 4 2 8 6 11 4 2 5 12 15 -1 27
10 Nîmes 20 7 5 8 24 25 10 3 3 4 11 13 10 4 2 4 13 12 -1 26
11 Guingamp 20 6 7 7 24 28 9 4 2 3 15 14 11 2 5 4 9 14 -4 25
12 Quevilly Rouen 20 6 6 8 20 28 9 2 4 3 9 12 11 4 2 5 11 16 -8 24
13 Bastia 20 5 8 7 19 19 10 3 7 0 12 5 10 2 1 7 7 14 0 23
14 Dijon 20 7 2 11 25 29 11 4 2 5 15 16 9 3 0 6 10 13 -4 23
15 Caen 19 5 7 7 22 21 10 3 1 6 12 11 9 2 6 1 10 10 1 22
16 Valenciennes 20 5 7 8 16 28 10 2 2 6 9 20 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 22
17 Amiens SC 19 4 9 6 22 19 10 3 4 3 14 9 9 1 5 3 8 10 3 21
18 Grenoble Foot 38 20 6 3 11 17 27 10 5 1 4 13 11 10 1 2 7 4 16 -10 21
19 Dunkerque 19 4 4 11 15 26 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 16
20 Nancy 19 2 6 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 5 17 10 1 3 6 9 16 -19 12

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.