Ligue 2 preview: Can Toulouse edge out victory against Ajaccio?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Mon 15.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Robert Barran (33150 seats)

It's advantage Toulouse so far with their 2nd position in the Ligue 2 table, welcoming Ajaccio who are placed 10th.

Insights:
  • Toulouse has the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have scored more than double the goals of 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!

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Toulouse form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 12 Ligue 2 games here at Stade Robert Barran for Toulouse. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Ever since the Guingamp game Toulouse has been unbeatable here at Stade Robert Barran producing four straight wins.

Toulouse enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bordeaux's place. The match ended 2-0 with Janis Antiste and Vakoun Issouf Bayo scoring. Before that, Toulouse played out a Ligue 2 draw 1-1 when visiting Troyes.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Toulouse handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and three defeats.

Toulouse can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 24 times. Toulouse have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Ajaccio form and stats

3-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ajaccio in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ajaccio goalkeeper Francois-Joseph Sollacaro is eager to challenge this, with his 208 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Ajaccio, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Olympique Lyonnais. A draw for Ajaccio before that, at their own venue hosting Auxerre (0-0).

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Olympique Lyonnais was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Ajaccio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ajaccio as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Ajaccio have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Ajaccio - Toulouse 0-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Toulouse won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Ajaccio has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseR. Healey
R. Healey
9 goals
ToulouseS. Spierings
S. Spierings
8 goals
ToulouseA. Adli
A. Adli
6 goals

Toulouse missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Toulouse Ajaccio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
13 7 2 Won W 1 3 8
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
4 2 1 Lost L 2 5 8
45 24 10 Scored S 4 11 22
29 15 9 Conceded C 8 17 27
92% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
71% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 58%
54% 58% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 25%
38% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 21%
17% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
54% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 38%
42% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 38%
12% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.1 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.8 7.5
5.1 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.2
37% 47% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 28%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Toulouse has the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toulouse have scored more than double the goals of Ajaccio.

  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 24 14 6 4 35 19 12 9 3 0 21 8 12 5 3 4 14 11 16 48
2 Toulouse 24 13 7 4 45 29 12 7 3 2 24 15 12 6 4 2 21 14 16 46
3 Grenoble Foot 38 24 13 5 6 33 20 11 9 2 0 24 7 13 4 3 6 9 13 13 44
4 Clermont 24 12 7 5 35 16 12 8 3 1 23 6 12 4 4 4 12 10 19 43
5 Auxerre 24 11 7 6 45 28 12 8 2 2 30 11 12 3 5 4 15 17 17 40
6 Paris 24 10 7 7 34 29 12 6 4 2 20 15 12 4 3 5 14 14 5 37
7 Valenciennes 24 9 8 7 32 27 12 5 3 4 13 11 12 4 5 3 19 16 5 35
8 Sochaux 24 7 11 6 31 24 12 4 4 4 17 16 12 3 7 2 14 8 7 32
9 Amiens SC 24 8 8 8 21 20 12 4 6 2 7 5 12 4 2 6 14 15 1 32
10 Ajaccio 24 8 8 8 22 27 12 5 4 3 11 10 12 3 4 5 11 17 -5 32
11 Caen 24 7 9 8 24 29 12 4 6 2 12 12 12 3 3 6 12 17 -5 30
12 Le Havre 24 7 9 8 20 27 12 3 6 3 9 10 12 4 3 5 11 17 -7 30
13 Niort 24 7 9 8 27 36 12 4 5 3 12 11 12 3 4 5 15 25 -9 30
14 Rodez 24 5 12 7 23 30 13 4 5 4 13 14 11 1 7 3 10 16 -7 27
15 Dunkerque 24 7 5 12 18 28 12 4 4 4 12 10 12 3 1 8 6 18 -10 26
16 Nancy 24 5 10 9 29 34 12 3 6 3 20 21 12 2 4 6 9 13 -5 25
17 Guingamp 24 4 11 9 25 32 12 2 6 4 12 14 12 2 5 5 13 18 -7 23
18 Chambly 24 5 8 11 27 42 13 4 2 7 15 21 11 1 6 4 12 21 -15 23
19 Pau 24 5 5 14 20 35 11 3 3 5 10 13 13 2 2 9 10 22 -15 20
20 Chateauroux 24 4 6 14 23 37 12 3 2 7 15 19 12 1 4 7 8 18 -14 18

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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.