Nancy will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Ajaccio.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Nancy form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Nancy have to build on here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the Ligue 2. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Nancy, their manager J. Garcia and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Nancy manager J. Garcia and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Niort (placed 18th) in the Ligue 2. Preceding that match was a defeat to Clermont (1-2).
Nancy are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. Nancy have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ajaccio form and stats
Ajaccio, who have the most clean sheets (16) in Ligue 2, have an excellent away record in the Ligue 2 so far with 9-3-2 from 14 games.
Ajaccio have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Benjamin Leroy. It's been 416 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.
Ajaccio go into this game after a win, the home game against Lorient that ended 1-0. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Valenciennes that ended 0-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Ajaccio's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 14 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Ajaccio - Nancy 0-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nancy four wins, three draws and Ajaccio three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Courtet 10 goals |  V. Dias Gonçalves 7 goals |  S. Ciss 5 goals |
Nancy missing players
Ajaccio missing players
| Nancy | Ajaccio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 38 |
| 26 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 82% | 79% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 36% | 36% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 21% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 61% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | 57% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 14% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 240 | 142 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 67 | 131 | 275 |
| 89 | 54 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 56 | 108 |
| 30% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 38% | 35% |
- Ajaccio has the most clean sheets (16)
- Ajaccio has the most clean sheets (9) away
- Ajaccio has the most points (30) away
- Ajaccio has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nancy have won significantly more 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 | Lorient | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 54 |
| 2 | Lens | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Troyes | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 51 |
| 5 | Clermont | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Chambly | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | -6 | 35 |
| 11 | Auxerre | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 12 | Nancy | 28 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | Caen | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -1 | 34 |
| 14 | Sochaux | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 15 | Châteauroux | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -16 | 34 |
| 16 | Rodez | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | Paris | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -18 | 28 |
| 18 | Niort | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 26 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -15 | 26 |
| 20 | Orléans | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -22 | 19 |