Can Dunkerque beat Ajaccio in Stade Marcel-Tribut clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade Marcel-Tribut haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Dunkerque languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Ajaccio will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dunkerque and Ajaccio.

It's quite the trip for Ajaccio when visiting Dunkerque as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.

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Dunkerque form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Dunkerque have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

G. Bosca was the last player to score a league goal for Dunkerque and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Dunkerque haven't scored in 360 minutes.

The spoils were shared in Dunkerque's previous game, also at home. Visiting Amiens SC (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Clermont (0-5).

Dunkerque aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Marcel-Tribut in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. From these home matches, Dunkerque have conceded only 9 goals.

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Ajaccio form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ajaccio so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Ajaccio has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Ajaccio play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Châteauroux (placed 20th). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Caen.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Ajaccio in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ajaccio - Dunkerque 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueC. Diarra
C. Diarra
5 goals
AjaccioB. Moussiti-Oko
B. Moussiti-Oko
5 goals
AjaccioR. Nouri
R. Nouri
4 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Dunkerque Ajaccio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
3 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
11 4 2 Lost L 0 4 7
15 9 3 Scored S 3 8 17
26 9 4 Conceded C 2 14 23
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
45% 40% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 55%
35% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 20%
20% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
10% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
30% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 35%
30% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 35%
45% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
6.2 5.3 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.7 7.6
2.2 1.8 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3 3.4
34% 50% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 25%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dunkerque has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 20 12 5 3 29 15 10 8 2 0 17 6 10 4 3 3 12 9 14 41
2 Toulouse 20 11 6 3 39 23 11 6 3 2 21 13 9 5 3 1 18 10 16 39
3 Clermont 20 10 7 3 30 10 10 6 3 1 20 5 10 4 4 2 10 5 20 37
4 Auxerre 20 10 6 4 41 23 11 7 2 2 27 10 9 3 4 2 14 13 18 36
5 Grenoble Foot 38 20 10 5 5 27 17 9 7 2 0 20 6 11 3 3 5 7 11 10 35
6 Paris 19 9 5 5 26 20 10 5 3 2 13 10 9 4 2 3 13 10 6 32
7 Sochaux 20 6 10 4 26 19 10 4 4 2 17 13 10 2 6 2 9 6 7 28
8 Amiens SC 20 7 7 6 18 14 10 3 5 2 6 5 10 4 2 4 12 9 4 28
9 Caen 20 7 7 6 20 22 10 4 5 1 10 9 10 3 2 5 10 13 -2 28
10 Valenciennes 19 7 6 6 25 22 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 4 3 3 15 12 3 27
11 Ajaccio 20 6 7 7 17 23 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 2 4 4 8 14 -6 25
12 Niort 19 7 4 8 20 29 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 3 1 5 9 19 -9 25
13 Le Havre 20 6 6 8 17 25 9 2 4 3 6 8 11 4 2 5 11 17 -8 24
14 Guingamp 20 4 9 7 21 26 10 2 5 3 10 11 10 2 4 4 11 15 -5 21
15 Dunkerque 20 6 3 11 15 26 10 3 3 4 9 9 10 3 0 7 6 17 -11 21
16 Nancy 20 4 7 9 24 30 9 2 4 3 16 18 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 19
17 Chambly 19 4 7 8 21 29 10 3 1 6 9 14 9 1 6 2 12 15 -8 19
18 Rodez 20 3 10 7 18 28 11 3 4 4 10 13 9 0 6 3 8 15 -10 19
19 Pau 20 3 5 12 15 31 9 2 3 4 8 12 11 1 2 8 7 19 -16 14
20 Châteauroux 20 3 4 13 15 32 10 2 1 7 8 16 10 1 3 6 7 16 -17 13

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.