Ajaccio vs Lens: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 10.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

The visiting Lens side should be favourites in this visit to Ajaccio, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 36 league games this season.

Ajaccio and Lens should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It's quite the trip for Lens when visiting Ajaccio as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

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Ajaccio form and stats

6 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Ajaccio have to build on here at Stade François Coty.

The Ajaccio supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Orléans in Ligue 2 and win 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Nancy.

Ajaccio are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 18 goals in 18 matches. Ajaccio are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade François Coty, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches.

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Lens form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Lens are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Ligue 2 against Clermont. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Brest wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The attacking power of Lens when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored in 18 matches. Lens have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lens - Ajaccio 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ajaccio 2 wins, 3 draws and Lens 5 victories.

Top Goalscorers

A. Gomis
13 goals / 6 assists
R. Nouri
6 goals / 5 assists
M. Coutadeur
5 goals / 3 assists

Ajaccio missing players

Lens missing players

Ajaccio Lens
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played 6 18 36
9 6 0 Won 2 6 16
12 7 3 Drew 1 4 9
15 5 2 Lost 3 8 11
29 18 0 Scored 6 17 42
43 17 3 Conceded 6 19 26
78% 72% 40% Over 0.5 83% 83% 78%
58% 56% 20% Over 1.5 33% 61% 56%
36% 39% 0% Over 2.5 33% 33% 33%
22% 17% 0% Over 3.5 17% 11% 11%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 17% 6% 8%
42% 50% 0% BTTS 17% 28% 25%
31% 39% 60% Clean Sheets 50% 39% 53%
50% 39% 100% Failed To Score 50% 50% 44%
 
4.1 4.7 4.2 Corners For (avg) 5.7 6.1 5.8
3.9 3.6 3.6 Corners Against (avg) 3.2 4.4 4.2
1.7 1.9 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.7 2.2 2.1
3 0 0 Red Cards 1 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Ajaccio is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Ajaccio
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-03-19 L2 Le Havre 3 - 1 Ajaccio
29-03-19 L2 Ajaccio 1 - 1 Châteauroux
05-04-19 L2 Gazélec Ajaccio 1 - 0 Ajaccio
12-04-19 L2 Ajaccio 1 - 2 Grenoble Foot 38
19-04-19 L2 Clermont 0 - 0 Ajaccio
23-04-19 L2 Ajaccio 0 - 2 Brest
26-04-19 L2 Nancy 1 - 0 Ajaccio
03-05-19 L2 Ajaccio 1 - 0 Orléans
10-05-19 L2 Ajaccio 18:45 Lens
17-05-19 L2 Troyes - Ajaccio
Lens
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-03-19 L2 Gazélec Ajaccio 1 - 0 Lens
01-04-19 L2 Lens 0 - 0 Le Havre
08-04-19 L2 Châteauroux 0 - 0 Lens
12-04-19 L2 Lens 0 - 0 Valenciennes
20-04-19 L2 Grenoble Foot 38 0 - 2 Lens
23-04-19 L2 Lens 0 - 1 Lorient
27-04-19 L2 Brest 2 - 0 Lens
04-05-19 L2 Lens 1 - 0 Clermont
10-05-19 L2 Ajaccio 18:45 Lens
17-05-19 L2 Lens - Orléans

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Metz 36 23 9 4 59 22 18 12 3 3 33 11 18 11 6 1 26 11 37 78
2 Brest 36 20 11 5 61 34 18 12 4 2 35 16 18 8 7 3 26 18 27 71
3 Troyes 36 20 7 9 47 26 18 12 0 6 25 15 18 8 7 3 22 11 21 67
4 Paris 36 15 14 7 34 22 18 9 8 1 21 6 18 6 6 6 13 16 12 59
5 Lorient 36 16 11 9 48 39 18 8 7 3 25 19 18 8 4 6 23 20 9 59
6 Lens 36 16 9 11 42 26 18 10 5 3 25 7 18 6 4 8 17 19 16 57
7 Le Havre 36 13 15 8 43 36 18 8 8 2 30 23 18 5 7 6 13 13 7 54
8 Orléans 36 15 6 15 49 48 18 7 4 7 21 21 18 8 2 8 28 27 1 51
9 Grenoble Foot 38 36 13 10 13 42 44 18 8 4 6 19 18 18 5 6 7 23 26 -2 49
10 Clermont 36 11 14 11 40 31 18 5 9 4 20 15 18 6 5 7 20 16 9 47
11 Niort 36 10 14 12 33 38 18 5 9 4 18 17 18 5 5 8 15 21 -5 44
12 Châteauroux 36 10 14 12 33 39 18 5 7 6 18 20 18 5 7 6 15 19 -6 44
13 Auxerre 36 10 9 17 33 35 18 6 5 7 16 14 18 4 4 10 17 21 -2 39
14 Valenciennes 36 10 9 17 50 60 18 6 4 8 30 32 18 4 5 9 20 28 -10 39
15 Nancy 36 11 6 19 35 47 18 6 2 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 20 25 -12 39
16 Ajaccio 36 9 12 15 29 43 18 6 7 5 18 17 18 3 5 10 11 26 -14 39
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 36 9 12 15 29 51 18 5 4 9 12 24 18 4 8 6 17 27 -22 39
18 Sochaux 36 10 7 19 24 42 18 6 3 9 13 22 18 4 4 10 11 20 -18 37
19 Béziers 36 8 10 18 30 50 18 2 9 7 10 19 18 6 1 11 20 31 -20 34
20 Red Star 36 7 9 20 28 56 18 5 2 11 15 32 18 2 7 9 13 24 -28 30

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