Ajaccio and Auxerre supporters look forward to Ligue 2 meet at Stade François Coty

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 28.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

A vital game in Ligue 2 as both sides are challenging for the top spots. With Ajaccio in 2nd position and Auxerre located at 5th, this promises to be an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Ajaccio have less rest than Auxerre in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 2 game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Caen, so at least Ajaccio are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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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.

Ajaccio faced defeat in their previous match, away at Caen (0-2). Coutadeur (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Coutadeur had 74 successful passes (of 82 total).

Before that match, a win away at Amiens SC.

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.

The Ajaccio fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Defensively Ajaccio have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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.

Two away matches in a row for Auxerre, whose manager Furlan could celebrate last time after the win against Grenoble Foot 38. Joly was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.25. The defender Joly won 8 of 11 duels.

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

Auxerre are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and six defeats. From a total of eight matches.

After this away game Auxerre return home for a Ligue 2 game against Paris. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Auxerre have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 13 goals have been conceded by Auxerre in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Auxerre - Ajaccio 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ajaccio two wins, four draws and Auxerre four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
12 goals
AjaccioR. Nouri
R. Nouri
6 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
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
12 7 2 Won W 0 5 10
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
21 11 2 Scored S 1 13 33
10 2 0 Conceded C 7 13 23
86% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 85%
43% 30% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 70%
10% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 60%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 20%
14% 10% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
67% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 45%
33% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 30% 20%
 
4.1 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 4.5
3.6 2.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5 4
2.3 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
 
7.5 9.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 9.2 9.7
2.9 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 5.4 5.4
34% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 31%
 
6 3.5 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 8.5 8.3
3 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (14) 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

  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 22 11 9 2 45 19 11 6 4 1 28 11 11 5 5 1 17 8 26 42
2 Ajaccio 21 12 5 4 21 10 10 7 2 1 11 2 11 5 3 3 10 8 11 41
3 Sochaux 22 11 7 4 24 18 11 6 3 2 12 8 11 5 4 2 12 10 6 40
4 Paris 20 11 4 5 27 18 10 5 4 1 13 8 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 37
5 Auxerre 20 10 6 4 33 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 36
6 Le Havre 22 8 10 4 22 16 12 4 5 3 9 7 10 4 5 1 13 9 6 34
7 Dijon 22 9 2 11 28 29 12 5 2 5 16 16 10 4 0 6 12 13 -1 29
8 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
9 Pau 21 8 4 9 24 24 11 7 1 3 17 7 10 1 3 6 7 17 0 28
10 Rodez 22 7 7 8 20 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 12 4 3 5 12 15 -3 28
11 Nimes 20 7 5 8 24 25 10 3 3 4 11 13 10 4 2 4 13 12 -1 26
12 Guingamp 22 6 8 8 24 31 10 4 3 3 15 14 12 2 5 5 9 17 -7 26
13 Caen 21 6 7 8 26 24 11 4 1 6 14 11 10 2 6 2 12 13 2 25
14 Amiens SC 21 5 9 7 25 20 12 4 4 4 17 10 9 1 5 3 8 10 5 24
15 Bastia 22 5 9 8 20 21 11 3 8 0 12 5 11 2 1 8 8 16 -1 24
16 Quevilly Rouen 21 6 6 9 20 29 9 2 4 3 9 12 12 4 2 6 11 17 -9 24
17 Grenoble Foot 38 21 6 4 11 17 27 10 5 1 4 13 11 11 1 3 7 4 16 -10 22
18 Valenciennes 20 5 7 8 16 28 10 2 2 6 9 20 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 22
19 Dunkerque 20 4 5 11 15 26 11 2 4 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 17
20 Nancy 21 3 6 12 16 38 10 2 3 5 7 18 11 1 3 7 9 20 -22 15

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.