Evenly matched teams: Concarneau vs Ajaccio match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

Faithful supporters at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir haven’t seen many victories this season, with Concarneau withering away in the 14th spot. The opposing Ajaccio will attempt to guard their higher league position in this match.

Insights:
  • Concarneau have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Ligue 2

It's quite the trip for Ajaccio when visiting Concarneau as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Concarneau form and stats

Concarneau have collected 5 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 1-2-2.

The home team returns to Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir after drawing with Troyes (placed 17th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. The goalie Salles was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.93 out of ten. Salles saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Concarneau had a home game versus Dunkerque which ended with a victory 4-3.

Concarneau's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ajaccio form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Ajaccio, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The Ajaccio goalkeeper Francois-Joseph Sollacaro is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 392 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Mangani and Touzghar scored in Ajaccio's previous match, the home game against Pau that ended 2-0. Youssouf, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Youssouf hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Saint-Etienne that ended 0-0.

Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league matches involving this club have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Goals are few and far between in Ajaccio's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 5 travels. As opposed to that, Ajaccio have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ConcarneauN. Chadli
N. Chadli
3 goals
ConcarneauP. Bâ
P. Bâ
3 goals
ConcarneauY. Merdji
Y. Merdji
2 goals

Concarneau missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Concarneau Ajaccio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 1 5 11
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
3 2 2 Drew D 0 2 5
5 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
9 5 1 Scored S 1 1 10
15 7 3 Conceded C 0 6 10
82% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 73%
55% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 64%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 36%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 27%
27% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 55%
64% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 80% 45%
 
4.7 3.8 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.2 3.2
5 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 4
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.9 11.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 3 6.8 9.8
4.2 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.1
20% 28% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 8% 29%
 
14.3 12.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 4 8 8.2
4.6 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ajaccio have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Ligue 2
  • Concarneau have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ajaccio have scored away.
  • Concarneau have won significantly less corners at 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 Laval 10 8 1 1 13 5 5 5 0 0 7 2 5 3 1 1 6 3 8 25
2 Angers SCO 11 7 2 2 17 8 6 4 2 0 10 2 5 3 0 2 7 6 9 23
3 Auxerre 11 6 4 1 24 11 5 2 2 1 9 4 6 4 2 0 15 7 13 22
4 Grenoble Foot 38 11 5 6 0 14 7 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 2 3 0 5 3 7 21
5 Rodez 11 5 3 3 20 16 6 4 1 1 14 8 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 18
6 Saint-Etienne 10 5 3 2 10 6 5 2 2 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 6 4 4 18
7 Ajaccio 11 4 5 2 10 10 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 1 6 0 17
8 Guingamp 11 4 4 3 18 12 6 2 3 1 11 5 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 16
9 Pau 11 4 3 4 16 18 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 1 2 3 8 13 -2 15
10 Amiens SC 11 4 3 4 10 13 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 2 7 -3 15
11 Caen 11 4 2 5 17 14 6 2 1 3 8 6 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 14
12 Annecy 11 2 6 3 13 15 6 1 4 1 8 8 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2 12
13 Bastia 11 3 3 5 11 17 5 3 0 2 9 10 6 0 3 3 2 7 -6 12
14 Concarneau 11 3 3 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 2 1 3 4 8 -6 12
15 Bordeaux 11 3 3 5 8 14 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 2 8 -6 11
16 Paris 11 3 1 7 12 16 5 2 0 3 6 5 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 10
17 Troyes 11 1 6 4 12 14 5 1 2 2 6 6 6 0 4 2 6 8 -2 9
18 Valenciennes 11 1 5 5 7 15 5 0 2 3 3 8 6 1 3 2 4 7 -8 8
19 Quevilly Rouen 11 1 4 6 11 16 5 0 2 3 4 7 6 1 2 3 7 9 -5 7
20 Dunkerque 11 1 3 7 10 20 6 0 2 4 4 9 5 1 1 3 6 11 -10 6

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.