Ligue 2 forecast and preview: Ajaccio modest expected to overcome Quevilly Rouen

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

The team playing at home, Ajaccio, should be odds-on favourites in this game, but Quevilly Rouen have exhibited both capability and heroism. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Ajaccio have the most points (13) at home in Ligue 2
  • Quevilly Rouen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an active game!

Quevilly Rouen have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Ajaccio form and stats

The total Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Ajaccio are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

R. Nouri was the last player to score a league goal for Ajaccio and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ajaccio haven't scored in 221 minutes.

Ajaccio are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Bastia. Mathieu Coutadeur (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.0/10. Coutadeur had 59 successful passes (of 65 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Niort that ended 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ajaccio have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won ten times, drawn three and lost three.

The Ajaccio fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Ajaccio have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Quevilly Rouen playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Quevilly Rouen played 2-2 against Guingamp in their previous match. Midfielder Kalidou Sidibe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Sidibe scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the Quevilly manager B. Irles faced defeat when travelling to Le Havre and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Quevilly have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 20 games were six victories, four draws and ten defeats.

Quevilly Rouen have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Quevilly in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Ajaccio victories, zero draws and zero Quevilly Rouen wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioO. Gonzalez
O. Gonzalez
3 goals
Quevilly RouenG. Gbelle
G. Gbelle
3 goals
Quevilly RouenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
3 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Ajaccio Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
5 4 1 Won W 0 2 3
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
12 7 2 Scored S 0 6 11
6 1 0 Conceded C 1 6 12
80% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 70%
20% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 60%
60% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
30% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 40%
 
3.9 4.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.8 3.8
4.3 2.8 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 5
2.8 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.3 9.6 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 7.1
2.8 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.4 2.8
43% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 39%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most points (13) at home in Ligue 2
  • Quevilly Rouen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Quevilly Rouen have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Quevilly Rouen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 9 7 2 0 20 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 12 3 14 23
2 Sochaux 10 6 2 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 20
3 Auxerre 10 5 4 1 16 5 5 3 1 1 9 2 5 2 3 0 7 3 11 19
4 Ajaccio 10 5 4 1 12 6 5 4 1 0 7 1 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 19
5 Le Havre 10 4 5 1 9 5 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 2 3 0 4 1 4 17
6 Paris 10 5 1 4 13 11 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 3 0 3 8 8 2 16
7 Pau 10 4 3 3 12 9 6 3 1 2 8 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 15
8 Niort 10 4 3 3 10 9 5 3 1 1 7 2 5 1 2 2 3 7 1 15
9 Nimes 10 3 4 3 12 10 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 13
10 Rodez 10 3 4 3 10 12 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 2 1 2 6 7 -2 13
11 Quevilly Rouen 10 3 3 4 11 12 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 1 2 6 6 -1 12
12 Valenciennes 10 3 3 4 8 13 5 1 1 3 4 10 5 2 2 1 4 3 -5 12
13 Caen 9 3 2 4 9 8 5 2 0 3 7 5 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 11
14 Guingamp 10 2 5 3 8 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 6 2 3 1 5 5 -3 11
15 Grenoble Foot 38 10 3 2 5 10 16 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 0 1 4 2 10 -6 11
16 Bastia 10 2 4 4 9 11 5 1 4 0 5 3 5 1 0 4 4 8 -2 10
17 Dijon 10 3 1 6 11 16 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 10
18 Amiens SC 10 1 5 4 11 15 5 0 2 3 4 8 5 1 3 1 7 7 -4 8
19 Dunkerque 10 1 3 6 7 15 5 0 2 3 2 7 5 1 1 3 5 8 -8 6
20 Nancy 10 0 4 6 6 19 5 0 2 3 3 11 5 0 2 3 3 8 -13 4

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.