Caen have had trouble finding points this season. Could they get some sugar when Ajaccio visit Stade Michel d'Ornano?
- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ajaccio have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2
These teams have little in common geographically as Ajaccio have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Caen form and stats
Caen's struggle is real here at Stade Michel d'Ornano with only 10 points collected from 10 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6.
Caen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sochaux (2-3). Cissé, defender, was given a rating of 7.3/10 in that game, top of the team. Cissé won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that, Caen played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Quevilly Rouen.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Niort are coming to town in four days.
The Caen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. 11 goals have been conceded. When Caen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Amiens SC, Bastia and Grenoble Foot 38), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Ajaccio form and stats
5-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ajaccio, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ligue 2, in their Ligue 2 matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for Ajaccio on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ajaccio goalkeeper Benjamin Leroy is eager to challenge this, with his 575 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Ajaccio, whose manager Pantaloni could celebrate last time after the Ligue 2 win against Amiens SC. Leroy (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.85. Leroy topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Ajaccio secured a home win against Grenoble Foot 38 with the score 1-0.A new game in only four days for Ajaccio, the Ligue 2 home match versus Auxerre. Busy days.
Ajaccio find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played previously this season: Ajaccio - Caen 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Caen victories, three draws and four Ajaccio wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendy 9 goals |   R. Nouri 6 goals |  G. Courtet 4 goals |
Caen missing players
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| Caen | Ajaccio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 24 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 65% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 60% | 70% |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 10.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 5.5 | 7.6 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 40% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.4 | 6 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 3 |
- 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 (14) in Ligue 2
- Ajaccio have the most clean sheets (6) away in Ligue 2
- Ajaccio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Caen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 26 | 41 |
| 2 | Ajaccio | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 |
| 4 | Paris | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Niort | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Pau | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Rodez | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Nimes | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Dijon | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Quevilly Rouen | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Bastia | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Caen | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 22 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 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 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 15 |
