Ajaccio look to Stade François Coty supporters for inspiration before Rodez match

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade François Coty (10660 seats)

3rd spot in the Ligue 2 table for Ajaccio so far, a great performance. The match-going fans pray for more glory as 13th-placed Rodez visit Stade François Coty.

Insights:
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez is in the worst form (0-3-3)

This looks to be an interesting match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Game on!

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Ajaccio form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade François Coty as Ajaccio have scored 11 goals to get 24 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 7-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Ajaccio against Sochaux the last match, as Idrissy were on target. Sollacaro, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.32 out of 10 in that game. Sollacaro topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Guingamp with the scoreline 0-1.

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 15 games) they have won nine times, drawn four and lost two.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ajaccio here at Stade François Coty in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ajaccio have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Rodez form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Rodez playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Rodez played 1-1 against Amiens SC in their previous match. Attacker Vilhjalmsson got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Vilhjalmsson scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-2 defeat away at Dunkerque before that.

We have checked recent matches where Rodez have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, one draw and six defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rodez as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Rodez in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also played each other before this season: Rodez - Ajaccio 0-2. Ajaccio-Rodez H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Ajaccio four wins, Rodez zero wins, zero draws. zero of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioR. Nouri
R. Nouri
6 goals
AjaccioG. Courtet
G. Courtet
4 goals
RodezL. Buadés
L. Buadés
4 goals

Ajaccio missing players

Rodez missing players

Ajaccio Rodez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 13 25
13 7 2 Won W 0 4 7
6 3 1 Drew D 2 3 9
6 2 1 Lost L 2 6 9
22 11 4 Scored S 1 12 21
13 3 2 Conceded C 3 17 26
84% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 84%
40% 25% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 60%
8% 8% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 24%
8% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
12% 8% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 28%
64% 75% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 40%
40% 42% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 46% 48%
 
4.1 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.7 3.8
4.2 3 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 3.8 3.6
2.2 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
7.4 9.4 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 8.7 9.3
3 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 3.7
30% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 23%
 
6.1 4.2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.7 8
3 1.6 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 2.8
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 (13) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (16) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rodez have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 25 14 6 5 36 21 12 7 4 1 18 8 13 7 2 4 18 13 15 48
3 Ajaccio 25 13 6 6 22 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 13 6 3 4 11 10 9 45
4 Sochaux 25 12 8 5 28 21 13 6 4 3 13 10 12 6 4 2 15 11 7 44
5 Auxerre 25 11 9 5 37 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 13 6 5 2 15 14 10 42
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 25 10 5 10 28 26 12 6 2 4 15 9 13 4 3 6 13 17 2 35
8 Nîmes 25 10 5 10 32 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 5 2 5 16 16 0 35
9 Pau 25 10 5 10 27 28 13 8 1 4 18 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -1 35
10 Guingamp 25 7 10 8 27 33 12 4 5 3 17 16 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 31
11 Amiens SC 25 6 12 7 31 24 13 5 4 4 20 11 12 1 8 3 11 13 7 30
12 Dijon 25 9 3 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 4 1 7 13 17 -5 30
13 Rodez 25 7 9 9 21 26 12 3 6 3 9 9 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 30
14 Caen 25 7 8 10 31 28 13 5 1 7 18 13 12 2 7 3 13 15 3 29
15 Bastia 25 6 11 8 25 24 13 3 10 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 29
16 Quevilly Rouen 25 7 8 10 23 34 12 3 6 3 12 14 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 29
17 Valenciennes 25 6 9 10 25 35 12 3 2 7 16 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 -10 27
18 Grenoble Foot 38 25 7 4 14 20 34 12 6 1 5 15 14 13 1 3 9 5 20 -14 25
19 Dunkerque 25 6 6 13 19 31 13 3 5 5 9 12 12 3 1 8 10 19 -12 24
20 Nancy 25 4 8 13 21 46 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -25 20

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.