Stade François Coty: Ajaccio vs Clermont Ligue 2 preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Ajaccio have their presumed home advantage while Clermont are ahead 14 points in the Ligue 2 table.

Insights:
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 2

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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Clermont, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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Ajaccio form and stats

Overall Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Ajaccio are 5-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Ajaccio are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 224 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Barreto).

In their previous game, the manager O. Pantaloni led his Ajaccio to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Toulouse. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade François Coty. Prior to that, an away loss at Olympique Lyonnais in the Coupe de France.

Ajaccio have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Ajaccio have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Clermont form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Clermont, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 2, have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far. Clermont seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Clermont won their last game, 1-0 versus Chambly played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Rodez before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Clermont have scored 12 goals in 12 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Clermont - Ajaccio 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ajaccio four wins, four draws and Clermont two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
14 goals
ClermontJ. Allevinah
J. Allevinah
7 goals
ClermontJ. Dossou
J. Dossou
7 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Clermont missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajaccio Clermont
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 12 25
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 13
8 4 1 Drew D 3 4 7
9 3 2 Lost L 1 4 5
22 11 2 Scored S 4 12 36
30 10 6 Conceded C 3 10 16
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 83% 84%
60% 42% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 60%
28% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 36%
20% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 16%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
36% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 28%
36% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 42% 56%
40% 42% 75% Failed to Score F T 60% 42% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.5 8.2 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.9 11.3
3.1 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4 4.9
28% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 25% 29%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont has the most clean sheets (14) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont has the the best goal difference (+20) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 25 15 6 4 37 20 13 10 3 0 23 9 12 5 3 4 14 11 17 51
2 Toulouse 25 14 7 4 48 29 13 8 3 2 27 15 12 6 4 2 21 14 19 49
3 Clermont 25 13 7 5 36 16 13 9 3 1 24 6 12 4 4 4 12 10 20 46
4 Grenoble Foot 38 25 13 6 6 33 20 12 9 3 0 24 7 13 4 3 6 9 13 13 45
5 Auxerre 25 11 8 6 46 29 13 8 3 2 31 12 12 3 5 4 15 17 17 41
6 Paris 25 10 8 7 35 30 12 6 4 2 20 15 13 4 4 5 15 15 5 38
7 Sochaux 25 8 11 6 33 24 13 5 4 4 19 16 12 3 7 2 14 8 9 35
8 Valenciennes 25 9 8 8 32 29 12 5 3 4 13 11 13 4 5 4 19 18 3 35
9 Amiens SC 25 8 9 8 21 20 12 4 6 2 7 5 13 4 3 6 14 15 1 33
10 Caen 25 8 9 8 25 29 13 5 6 2 13 12 12 3 3 6 12 17 -4 33
11 Le Havre 25 8 9 8 21 27 12 3 6 3 9 10 13 5 3 5 12 17 -6 33
12 Ajaccio 25 8 8 9 22 30 12 5 4 3 11 10 13 3 4 6 11 20 -8 32
13 Niort 25 7 9 9 27 37 12 4 5 3 12 11 13 3 4 6 15 26 -10 30
14 Nancy 25 6 10 9 31 35 12 3 6 3 20 21 13 3 4 6 11 14 -4 28
15 Rodez 25 5 12 8 24 32 13 4 5 4 13 14 12 1 7 4 11 18 -8 27
16 Dunkerque 25 7 5 13 19 30 13 4 4 5 13 12 12 3 1 8 6 18 -11 26
17 Guingamp 25 4 12 9 26 33 12 2 6 4 12 14 13 2 6 5 14 19 -7 24
18 Chambly 25 5 8 12 27 43 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 1 6 5 12 22 -16 23
19 Pau 25 5 6 14 21 36 12 3 4 5 11 14 13 2 2 9 10 22 -15 21
20 Chateauroux 25 4 6 15 23 38 13 3 2 8 15 20 12 1 4 7 8 18 -15 18

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 Troyes 25 15 6 4 37 20 13 10 3 0 23 9 12 5 3 4 14 11 17 51
2 Toulouse 25 14 7 4 48 29 13 8 3 2 27 15 12 6 4 2 21 14 19 49
3 Clermont 25 13 7 5 36 16 13 9 3 1 24 6 12 4 4 4 12 10 20 46
4 Grenoble Foot 38 25 13 6 6 33 20 12 9 3 0 24 7 13 4 3 6 9 13 13 45
5 Auxerre 25 11 8 6 46 29 13 8 3 2 31 12 12 3 5 4 15 17 17 41
6 Paris 25 10 8 7 35 30 12 6 4 2 20 15 13 4 4 5 15 15 5 38
7 Sochaux 25 8 11 6 33 24 13 5 4 4 19 16 12 3 7 2 14 8 9 35
8 Valenciennes 25 9 8 8 32 29 12 5 3 4 13 11 13 4 5 4 19 18 3 35
9 Amiens SC 25 8 9 8 21 20 12 4 6 2 7 5 13 4 3 6 14 15 1 33
10 Caen 25 8 9 8 25 29 13 5 6 2 13 12 12 3 3 6 12 17 -4 33
11 Le Havre 25 8 9 8 21 27 12 3 6 3 9 10 13 5 3 5 12 17 -6 33
12 Ajaccio 25 8 8 9 22 30 12 5 4 3 11 10 13 3 4 6 11 20 -8 32
13 Niort 25 7 9 9 27 37 12 4 5 3 12 11 13 3 4 6 15 26 -10 30
14 Nancy 25 6 10 9 31 35 12 3 6 3 20 21 13 3 4 6 11 14 -4 28
15 Rodez 25 5 12 8 24 32 13 4 5 4 13 14 12 1 7 4 11 18 -8 27
16 Dunkerque 25 7 5 13 19 30 13 4 4 5 13 12 12 3 1 8 6 18 -11 26
17 Guingamp 25 4 12 9 26 33 12 2 6 4 12 14 13 2 6 5 14 19 -7 24
18 Chambly 25 5 8 12 27 43 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 1 6 5 12 22 -16 23
19 Pau 25 5 6 14 21 36 12 3 4 5 11 14 13 2 2 9 10 22 -15 21
20 Chateauroux 25 4 6 15 23 38 13 3 2 8 15 20 12 1 4 7 8 18 -15 18

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