Another action-packed fixture in Ligue 2 as Troyes welcome Ajaccio

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Aube (20400 seats)

Troyes and Ajaccio are both riding high in the Ligue 2 with their 3rd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for Ajaccio when visiting Troyes as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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Troyes form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Troyes at their home stadium (Stade de l'Aube) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Troyes are confident in defense, having played 274 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Troyes, who won 1-0 against Guingamp (placed 10th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Rodez.

The Troyes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Troyes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ajaccio form and stats

Ajaccio, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Ligue 2, have an excellent away record in the Ligue 2 so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Ajaccio are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 2 home defeat versus Lens with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Niort with the score of 1-0.

Ajaccio are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Ajaccio are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Troyes won 4, Ajaccio won 5 and 1 draw. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioG. Courtet
G. Courtet
5 goals
TroyesB. Kouyate
B. Kouyate
4 goals
TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
4 goals

Troyes missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Troyes Ajaccio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 9 18
11 5 1 Won W 0 6 9
2 0 0 Drew D 1 2 6
5 4 2 Lost L 0 1 3
20 11 4 Scored S 0 13 22
15 12 4 Conceded C 0 6 13
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 89% 83%
56% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 56%
39% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 28%
6% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
39% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 39%
50% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 61%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 11% 17%
 
4.8 5.7 7 Corners For (avg) C F 1 3.9 4.1
5.2 4.3 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5 5.4
2 2 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
182 108 37 Total Shots T S 5 88 182
76 42 14 Shots on Target S O 4 36 64
26% 26% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 34%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
  • Ajaccio has the most clean sheets (11)
  • Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Troyes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 18 12 3 3 30 12 9 6 1 2 13 5 9 6 2 1 17 7 18 39
2 Lens 18 11 4 3 29 15 8 6 1 1 14 4 10 5 3 2 15 11 14 37
3 Troyes 18 11 2 5 20 15 9 5 0 4 11 12 9 6 2 1 9 3 5 35
4 Ajaccio 18 9 6 3 22 13 9 3 4 2 9 7 9 6 2 1 13 6 9 33
5 Clermont 18 8 5 5 20 18 9 3 3 3 10 9 9 5 2 2 10 9 2 29
6 Le Havre 18 7 7 4 28 19 8 3 4 1 13 6 10 4 3 3 15 13 9 28
7 Sochaux 18 7 6 5 20 14 10 5 3 2 14 5 8 2 3 3 6 9 6 27
8 Valenciennes 18 7 6 5 12 11 9 4 3 2 7 5 9 3 3 3 5 6 1 27
9 Nancy 18 5 11 2 19 15 10 5 5 0 13 5 8 0 6 2 6 10 4 26
10 Guingamp 18 6 6 6 27 23 10 3 4 3 15 11 8 3 2 3 12 12 4 24
11 Grenoble Foot 38 18 4 11 3 17 16 8 1 6 1 6 6 10 3 5 2 11 10 1 23
12 Rodez 18 6 3 9 22 24 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 1 2 6 5 12 -2 21
13 Caen 18 4 8 6 19 23 9 2 4 3 8 12 9 2 4 3 11 11 -4 20
14 Auxerre 18 4 7 7 21 21 9 3 4 2 14 10 9 1 3 5 7 11 0 19
15 Chambly 18 5 4 9 14 24 10 2 3 5 6 15 8 3 1 4 8 9 -10 19
16 Châteauroux 18 4 6 8 11 20 8 1 3 4 4 8 10 3 3 4 7 12 -9 18
17 Niort 18 4 5 9 16 23 9 2 3 4 8 10 9 2 2 5 8 13 -7 17
18 Le Mans 18 5 2 11 20 32 10 4 1 5 13 14 8 1 1 6 7 18 -12 17
19 Paris 18 4 3 11 10 25 8 2 1 5 6 14 10 2 2 6 4 11 -15 15
20 Orleans 18 1 7 10 14 28 9 0 2 7 4 16 9 1 5 3 10 12 -14 10

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.