Delightful dogfight as daring Ajaccio duel with determined Bastia

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

Only three points will be enough for the Ajaccio fans in this Stade François Coty duel with Bastia, seeing as they have a solid lead on the away team in the Ligue 2 standings.

Insights:
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 2
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ajaccio form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 Ligue 2 games here at Stade François Coty for Ajaccio. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

A good away victory last time out for Ajaccio, who won 1-0 against Niort (placed 9th). Midfield player Laci got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Laci hit three key passes and had 69 successful passes (of 82 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rodez in a game that was won 2-1.

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 manager Pantaloni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Quevilly Rouen in only three days.

As for guarding their own goal, Ajaccio have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bastia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bastia so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

Bastia's last game was the home draw against Valenciennes (1-1). Midfield player Kaiboue was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.6/10. Kaiboue hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the Bastia manager Brouard faced defeat when travelling to Caen and losing 1-2.

Bastia 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, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

A new game in only three days for Bastia, the Ligue 2 home match versus Dunkerque. Busy days.

In the opposite end, Bastia have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Bastia - Ajaccio 2-0 was the story when these sides previously played each other, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Ajaccio victories, two draws and five Bastia wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
8 goals
AjaccioR. Nouri
R. Nouri
7 goals
AjaccioG. Courtet
G. Courtet
4 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajaccio Bastia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
15 8 3 Won W 1 3 6
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 12
6 2 1 Lost L 3 9 9
25 13 5 Scored S 4 13 27
14 4 2 Conceded C 5 20 27
85% 77% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 78%
41% 31% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 67%
11% 15% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 33%
7% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 7%
15% 15% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 48%
63% 69% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 33%
37% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 75% 46% 41%
 
4.2 4.7 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4.3
4 3 1.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.2 4.3
2.2 2.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.6 9.5 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.5 8.1
3 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.4
31% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 30%
 
5.9 4.2 3.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.4 8.3
2.9 1.6 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.2
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 at home.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (17) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 27 16 9 2 60 21 14 9 4 1 38 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 39 57
2 Paris 27 15 7 5 40 23 13 8 4 1 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 52
3 Ajaccio 27 15 6 6 25 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 14 7 3 4 12 10 11 51
4 Auxerre 27 13 9 5 41 28 13 6 4 3 23 13 14 7 5 2 18 15 13 48
5 Sochaux 27 13 8 6 30 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 6 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 27 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 13 5 6 2 15 13 3 41
7 Pau 27 11 5 11 29 30 14 9 1 4 20 11 13 2 4 7 9 19 -1 38
8 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 33 36 14 5 4 5 17 17 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 36
9 Niort 27 10 5 12 28 28 13 6 2 5 15 10 14 4 3 7 13 18 0 35
10 Guingamp 27 8 10 9 28 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 14 3 5 6 10 18 -6 34
11 Amiens SC 27 7 12 8 35 26 14 6 4 4 23 11 13 1 8 4 12 15 9 33
12 Dijon 27 10 3 14 31 36 14 6 2 6 17 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -5 33
13 Caen 27 8 8 11 33 30 14 6 1 7 20 14 13 2 7 4 13 16 3 32
14 Valenciennes 27 7 10 10 27 36 13 4 2 7 17 24 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 31
15 Bastia 27 6 12 9 27 27 14 3 11 0 14 7 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 30
16 Rodez 27 7 9 11 23 31 13 3 6 4 10 12 14 4 3 7 13 19 -8 30
17 Quevilly Rouen 27 7 8 12 23 37 13 3 6 4 12 16 14 4 2 8 11 21 -14 29
18 Grenoble Foot 38 27 8 4 15 21 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 14 2 3 9 6 20 -15 28
19 Dunkerque 27 7 6 14 21 34 14 4 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 10 21 -13 27
20 Nancy 27 4 8 15 21 48 13 3 4 6 10 20 14 1 4 9 11 28 -27 20

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 Toulouse 27 16 9 2 60 21 14 9 4 1 38 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 39 57
2 Paris 27 15 7 5 40 23 13 8 4 1 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 52
3 Ajaccio 27 15 6 6 25 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 14 7 3 4 12 10 11 51
4 Auxerre 27 13 9 5 41 28 13 6 4 3 23 13 14 7 5 2 18 15 13 48
5 Sochaux 27 13 8 6 30 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 6 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 27 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 13 5 6 2 15 13 3 41
7 Pau 27 11 5 11 29 30 14 9 1 4 20 11 13 2 4 7 9 19 -1 38
8 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 33 36 14 5 4 5 17 17 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 36
9 Niort 27 10 5 12 28 28 13 6 2 5 15 10 14 4 3 7 13 18 0 35
10 Guingamp 27 8 10 9 28 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 14 3 5 6 10 18 -6 34
11 Amiens SC 27 7 12 8 35 26 14 6 4 4 23 11 13 1 8 4 12 15 9 33
12 Dijon 27 10 3 14 31 36 14 6 2 6 17 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -5 33
13 Caen 27 8 8 11 33 30 14 6 1 7 20 14 13 2 7 4 13 16 3 32
14 Valenciennes 27 7 10 10 27 36 13 4 2 7 17 24 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 31
15 Bastia 27 6 12 9 27 27 14 3 11 0 14 7 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 30
16 Rodez 27 7 9 11 23 31 13 3 6 4 10 12 14 4 3 7 13 19 -8 30
17 Quevilly Rouen 27 7 8 12 23 37 13 3 6 4 12 16 14 4 2 8 11 21 -14 29
18 Grenoble Foot 38 27 8 4 15 21 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 14 2 3 9 6 20 -15 28
19 Dunkerque 27 7 6 14 21 34 14 4 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 10 21 -13 27
20 Nancy 27 4 8 15 21 48 13 3 4 6 10 20 14 1 4 9 11 28 -27 20

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