Ajaccio vs Paris: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

Ajaccio will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Paris.

Insights:
  • Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Ajaccio can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 2. Paris is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Ajaccio form and stats

8 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Ajaccio have to build on here at Stade François Coty in the Ligue 2.

Ajaccio drew their last game, 0-0 away at Pau (placed 15th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Amiens SC that ended 2-2.

The Ajaccio fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 18 matches. From these home matches, Ajaccio have conceded only 16 goals.

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Paris form and stats

Playing away, Paris have won 6 games, drawn 7 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. Two points from the last two away games for Paris, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Paris won their last game, 3-1 versus Toulouse played at home. A 0-0 draw at Guingamp's stadium before that.

The visiting Paris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Paris have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Paris - Ajaccio 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Ajaccio won three, Paris won one and six draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioG. Courtet
G. Courtet
8 goals
ParisG. Laura
G. Laura
8 goals
AjaccioB. Moussiti-Oko
B. Moussiti-Oko
7 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Paris missing players

Ajaccio Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
11 8 1 Won W 2 6 16
11 5 1 Drew D 3 7 12
14 5 3 Lost L 1 5 8
33 20 2 Scored S 7 21 49
42 16 8 Conceded C 7 18 36
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 83% 89%
64% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 67% 67%
31% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 42%
17% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 22%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
33% 28% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 47%
36% 44% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 36%
42% 39% 80% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 28%
 
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 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 5 8
 
8.1 8.5 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.8 9.3
3.3 3.6 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.8 3.8
28% 31% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) 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 Troyes 36 22 8 6 56 33 18 14 3 1 30 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 23 74
2 Clermont 35 19 9 7 55 21 18 12 5 1 34 8 17 7 4 6 21 13 34 66
3 Toulouse 34 18 8 8 62 37 17 12 3 2 39 16 17 6 5 6 23 21 25 62
4 Grenoble Foot 38 35 17 10 8 48 32 17 11 6 0 33 12 18 6 4 8 15 20 16 61
5 Paris 36 16 12 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 28 18 18 6 7 5 21 18 13 60
6 Auxerre 36 15 13 8 60 40 18 10 5 3 37 17 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 58
7 Sochaux 36 12 15 9 42 31 18 6 7 5 22 19 18 6 8 4 20 12 11 51
8 Valenciennes 36 12 11 13 44 50 18 7 6 5 21 18 18 5 5 8 23 32 -6 47
9 Nancy 36 11 12 13 50 50 18 6 7 5 26 26 18 5 5 8 24 24 0 45
10 Amiens SC 36 11 12 13 32 38 18 7 7 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 45
11 Ajaccio 36 11 11 14 33 42 18 8 5 5 20 16 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 44
12 Rodez 36 8 18 10 37 42 18 6 8 4 22 19 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 42
13 Guingamp 36 8 17 11 37 43 18 3 10 5 17 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -6 41
14 Le Havre 35 9 14 12 30 42 17 3 8 6 13 20 18 6 6 6 17 22 -12 41
15 Pau 35 10 10 15 36 43 18 8 5 5 22 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -7 40
16 Dunkerque 36 10 10 16 31 42 18 6 7 5 19 15 18 4 3 11 12 27 -11 40
17 Niort 36 9 13 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 18 3 7 8 17 33 -22 40
18 Caen 36 8 14 14 32 45 18 5 9 4 15 18 18 3 5 10 17 27 -13 38
19 Chambly 36 8 11 17 40 61 18 6 3 9 20 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -21 35
20 Châteauroux 36 4 10 22 32 56 18 3 4 11 21 31 18 1 6 11 11 25 -24 22

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.