Home advantage could prove decisive in Caen - Ajaccio battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Michel d'Ornano (21215 seats)

Ajaccio have travelled here for an interesting game versus the hosts Caen. Read up on the game with this thorough Ligue 2 preview!

Insights:
  • Caen have the the best goal difference (+6) in Ligue 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ajaccio, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.

This could be an interesting game with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Caen form and stats

Caen have only played one Ligue 2 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats from 19 matches.

Caen are confident in defense, having played 329 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Caen, who won 2-0 against Concarneau (placed 17th). The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Mendy, having bagged a goal in five consecutive matches. Defender Abdi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.62/10. Abdi scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Pau.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Caen handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Caen at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Ajaccio form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ligue 2, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 2 draws and 14 defeats from 19 matches.

The Ajaccio goalkeeper Mathieu Michel is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 264 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

There were no winners in Ajaccio's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Bordeaux (placed 15th). Goalkeeper Michel got the top player rating of the team with 8.13/10. Michel topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that result Ajaccio won their away game at Quevilly Rouen. The scoreline was 1-0.

Ajaccio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Ajaccio have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Caen victories, one draw and four Ajaccio wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
3 goals
CaenA. Abdi
A. Abdi
2 goals
CaenQ. Daubin
Q. Daubin
1 goals

Caen missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Caen Ajaccio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 2 0 Scored S 0 1 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.3 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2.7
2.3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.7
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.3 23 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 10.7
4.3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.7
46% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 18%
 
7.7 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4 9
2.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have the the best goal difference (+6) in Ligue 2
Caen Last season Ajaccio
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
16 11   Won W   3 7
11 6   Drew D   2 5
11 2   Lost L   14 26
52 33   Scored S   13 23
43 17   Conceded C   44 74
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 68%
53% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 53%
29% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
61% 63%   BTTS BTTS   47% 34%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 16%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   47% 58%
 
5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 3.3
3.7 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.4
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
2 2   Red cards R C   5 10
 
11.5 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.4
3.9 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.4
35% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 25%
 
8.7 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 11.6
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 9
2 Amiens SC 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Grenoble Foot 38 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
4 Pau 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 6
5 Laval 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
6 Troyes 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
7 Ajaccio 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
8 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 4
9 Bastia 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
10 Guingamp 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
11 Annecy 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
12 Rodez 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
13 Dunkerque 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Saint-Etienne 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Bordeaux 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 3
16 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
17 Concarneau 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
18 Valenciennes 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 1
19 Quevilly Rouen 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
20 Paris 3 0 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Etienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nimes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 9
2 Amiens SC 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Grenoble Foot 38 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
4 Pau 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 6
5 Laval 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
6 Troyes 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
7 Ajaccio 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
8 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 4
9 Bastia 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
10 Guingamp 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
11 Annecy 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
12 Rodez 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
13 Dunkerque 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Saint-Etienne 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Bordeaux 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 3
16 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
17 Concarneau 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
18 Valenciennes 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 1
19 Quevilly Rouen 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
20 Paris 3 0 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 0

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