Quevilly Rouen vs Ajaccio match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Robert Diochon

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Robert Diochon (12018 seats)

After the first game it's Quevilly Rouen - Ajaccio 0-1 in points. Who will prevail in this second Ligue 2 fixture of the season?

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

The season before, Quevilly Rouen's league stats were 12 wins, 14 draws and 12 losses, providing 11th place in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored {47 goals} and conceded 49. Appearing at home in the previous season Quevilly Rouen generated 6-9-4 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 24 conceded.

The supporters are hoping that Quevilly Rouen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Amiens SC (placed 5th). The defeat against Amiens SC was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Touho). Cisse, defender, was given a rating of 7.35/10 in that game, top of the team. Cisse won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that, Quevilly played out a draw 3-3 when visiting Niort.

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Ajaccio form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ajaccio performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 26 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded {74 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 14 with 13/44 goals scored/conceded.

There were no winners in Ajaccio's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Rodez (placed 10th). Midfielder Bayala was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Bayala served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Olympique Marseille.

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings between these contenders: Quevilly Rouen won one, Ajaccio were winners in three and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
1 goals

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Quevilly Rouen Ajaccio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 20
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Quevilly Rouen Last season Ajaccio
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 6   Won W   3 7
14 9   Drew D   2 5
12 4   Lost L   14 26
47 28   Scored S   13 23
49 24   Conceded C   44 74
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
66% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 68%
45% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 53%
34% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
47% 68%   BTTS BTTS   47% 34%
34% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 16%
34% 21%   Failed to Score F T   47% 58%
 
4.1 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 3.3
3.9 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.4
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
6 5   Red cards R C   5 10
 
9.5 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.4
4.3 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.4
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 25%
 
9.2 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 11.6
4.4 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Caen 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Grenoble Foot 38 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Laval 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Troyes 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rodez 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Bastia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Angers SCO 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Paris 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Valenciennes 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
19 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Bordeaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Étienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nimes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

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.