Ligue 2 fixture prediction and preview for the Amiens SC vs Ajaccio duel

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Wed 19.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

The guesting Ajaccio side are probably front runners at Amiens SC, as the visitors own a 17 point advantage from their 19 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ajaccio, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

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Amiens SC form and stats

The complete Ligue 2 stats playing at home this season for Amiens SC are 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Amiens SC after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Amiens SC travelled for their previous game, a trip to Linas-Montlhery (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) that ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Amiens SC in the Linas-Montlhery match as a lead 3-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The attacker Lahne was announced as "man of the match" for Amiens SC with the rating of 8.0/10. Lahne scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Paris (0-1).

The Amiens SC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Amiens SC have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ajaccio form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Ajaccio have produced an overall stat of 4-3-2 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Ajaccio, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Ajaccio have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Francois-Joseph Sollacaro. It's been 485 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.

The supporters enjoyed Ajaccio's previous game versus Grenoble Foot 38 (placed 18th), a Ligue 2 1-0 win played at home. Nouri got a match rating of 7.74 in that game, top player of the team. Nouri scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Le Havre with the score of 1-0.

Ajaccio are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Ajaccio as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Ajaccio - Amiens 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Amiens SC victories, four draws and two Ajaccio wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Amiens SCT. Arokodare
T. Arokodare
5 goals
Amiens SCA. Badji
A. Badji
5 goals
AjaccioR. Nouri
R. Nouri
5 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Amiens SC Ajaccio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 1 9 19
4 3 0 Won W 1 4 11
9 4 2 Drew D 0 3 5
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 3
22 14 1 Scored S 1 9 20
19 9 2 Conceded C 0 6 8
74% 70% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 84%
58% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 42%
42% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 11%
26% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 16%
42% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 68%
42% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
4 4.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.1 4
5.1 4.6 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 3.5
1.8 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.7 7.4 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.4 7.7
3 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.1 3
39% 41% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 47% 35%
 
9.1 8.3 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8 5.6
3.2 3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.2 2.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (13) in Ligue 2
  • Ajaccio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Ajaccio 19 11 5 3 20 8 10 7 2 1 11 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 12 38
2 Toulouse 19 10 7 2 40 18 9 5 3 1 23 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 22 37
3 Auxerre 20 10 6 4 33 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 36
4 Paris 19 11 3 5 25 16 9 5 3 1 11 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 36
5 Sochaux 20 10 6 4 21 16 10 5 3 2 9 6 10 5 3 2 12 10 5 36
6 Le Havre 20 8 8 4 20 14 11 4 4 3 9 7 9 4 4 1 11 7 6 32
7 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
8 Pau 20 8 3 9 23 23 11 7 1 3 17 7 9 1 2 6 6 16 0 27
9 Rodez 20 7 6 7 20 21 9 3 4 2 8 6 11 4 2 5 12 15 -1 27
10 Nimes 20 7 5 8 24 25 10 3 3 4 11 13 10 4 2 4 13 12 -1 26
11 Guingamp 20 6 7 7 24 28 9 4 2 3 15 14 11 2 5 4 9 14 -4 25
12 Quevilly Rouen 20 6 6 8 20 28 9 2 4 3 9 12 11 4 2 5 11 16 -8 24
13 Bastia 20 5 8 7 19 19 10 3 7 0 12 5 10 2 1 7 7 14 0 23
14 Dijon 20 7 2 11 25 29 11 4 2 5 15 16 9 3 0 6 10 13 -4 23
15 Caen 19 5 7 7 22 21 10 3 1 6 12 11 9 2 6 1 10 10 1 22
16 Valenciennes 20 5 7 8 16 28 10 2 2 6 9 20 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 22
17 Amiens SC 19 4 9 6 22 19 10 3 4 3 14 9 9 1 5 3 8 10 3 21
18 Grenoble Foot 38 20 6 3 11 17 27 10 5 1 4 13 11 10 1 2 7 4 16 -10 21
19 Dunkerque 19 4 4 11 15 26 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 16
20 Nancy 19 2 6 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 5 17 10 1 3 6 9 16 -19 12

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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.