The visiting Ajaccio side should be favourites in this visit to Niort, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
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 Niort and Ajaccio.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Niort form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Niort have to build on here at Stade Rene Gaillard in the Ligue 2.
The Niort fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligue 2 game also here at Stade Rene Gaillard: A 0-1 defeat against Ajaccio (placed 3rd). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Clermont.
The Niort fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. Niort have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Ajaccio form and stats
Ajaccio's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ajaccio, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Ligue 2, collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Ligue 2. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Ajaccio as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. Ajaccio love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Ajaccio, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Niort (placed 15th) in the Ligue 2 last time out. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Chambly.
The travelling fans enjoy Ajaccio's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Ajaccio as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Niort victories, 4 draws and 3 Ajaccio wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 8 goals |   G. Courtet 5 goals |
Niort missing players
Ajaccio missing players
| Niort | Ajaccio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 59% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 53% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 24% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 41% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 65% |
| 41% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 137 | 70 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 87 | 175 |
| 55 | 30 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 37 | 64 |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 33% |
- Ajaccio has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Ajaccio has the most clean sheets (10)
- Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Lens | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Troyes | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Sochaux | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Clermont | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Nancy | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Caen | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Auxerre | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Rodez | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Niort | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Chambly | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | Paris | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 20 | Orléans | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 10 |