Ligue 2 match prediction: Little separates Guingamp and Ajaccio in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Guingamp receive Ajaccio for another exciting Ligue 2 match here at Stade du Roudourou.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligue 2.

Ajaccio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Guingamp form and stats

Guingamp have less points than they have played home games in the Ligue 2 so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.

A strong away win for Guingamp against Auxerre the last match, as Matthias Phaeton and Youssouf M'Changama were on target. Midfield player Youssouf M'Changama got a match rating of 8.22 in that game, the max score being 10. M'Changama scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Amiens SC (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Guingamp perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Guingamp as a small favourite), we find five games. Guingamp has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.

Guingamp has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Ajaccio form and stats

Things could have gone better for Ajaccio in their Ligue 2 away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Visiting Ajaccio has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

223 minutes! That's how long the Ajaccio goalkeeper Francois-Joseph Sollacaro and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ajaccio had fun at their own home (Stade du Roudourou) last time out, beating Caen 2-0. Oumar Gonzalez and Kouame Jean Fiacre Botue scored. Kouame Jean Fiacre Botue, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Botue scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 6 of 8 times.

Before that, Ajaccio travelled to Auxerre and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ajaccio playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were three Ajaccio wins, four draws and five defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ajaccio has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Guingamp four wins, five draws and Ajaccio one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioQ. Laçi
Q. Laçi
2 goals
GuingampP. Sampaio Azevedo
P. Sampaio Azevedo
1 goals
GuingampY. M'Changama
Y. M'Changama
1 goals

Guingamp missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Guingamp Ajaccio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 7
4 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
60% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
60% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
60% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
6.2 10.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.5
4.2 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 8 4.8
2.8 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 5 3.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.6 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.5 8
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 3
30% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 58%
Guingamp Last season Ajaccio
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 4   Won W   3 11
17 10   Drew D   7 13
11 5   Lost L   9 14
41 19   Scored S   13 34
43 23   Conceded C   26 43
84% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
63% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 63%
37% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 29%
26% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   37% 34%
39% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 37%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   47% 42%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.7
4.7 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.8
1 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
8.6 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.2
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.3
31% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 27%

  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 5 4 1 0 12 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 9 2 8 13
2 Nîmes 5 3 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 6 1 6 11
3 Paris 4 3 1 0 9 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 10
4 Sochaux 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 10
5 Caen 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 9
6 Ajaccio 4 2 2 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 8
7 Auxerre 5 2 2 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
8 Le Havre 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 8
9 Rodez 5 2 2 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 5 6 0 8
10 Pau 5 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 7
11 Quevilly Rouen 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 7
12 Niort 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 7
13 Guingamp 5 1 3 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 -1 6
14 Bastia 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 5
15 Valenciennes 5 1 2 2 3 8 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 -5 5
16 Amiens SC 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -3 4
17 Grenoble Foot 38 5 1 1 3 2 8 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 4
18 Dunkerque 5 0 1 4 3 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 -5 1
19 Dijon 5 0 1 4 6 12 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 -6 1
20 Nancy 5 0 1 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 -7 1

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.