Ligue 2: Valenciennes expected to win home game against Ajaccio

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

Valenciennes will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Ajaccio.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Overall Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Valenciennes are 7-4-2 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager O. Guégan led his Valenciennes to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Niort. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade du Hainaut. Before that, Valenciennes had a home game versus Sochaux which ended with a victory 3-2.

Valenciennes has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Valenciennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du Hainaut in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.

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Ajaccio form and stats

The away team, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Ligue 2, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Ligue 2. Ajaccio have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

236 minutes! That's how long the Ajaccio goalkeeper Benjamin Leroy and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ajaccio won their last game, 2-0 versus Le Mans played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Orleans.

Ajaccio has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. Ajaccio are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Ajaccio - Valenciennes 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Valenciennes, three draws and five wins for Ajaccio. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesT. Chevalier
T. Chevalier
12 goals
AjaccioG. Courtet
G. Courtet
10 goals
Ajaccio
M. El Idrissy
5 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Ajaccio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
10 7 3 Won W 3 9 14
8 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
8 2 0 Lost L 1 2 6
21 14 6 Scored S 5 21 37
19 7 0 Conceded C 3 10 22
85% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
42% 46% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 62%
15% 15% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 38%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 23%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
27% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 42%
46% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 75% 62% 54%
42% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 15%
 
4.4 4 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.2 4.3
5 4.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.7
2.3 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2
5 5 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
243 149 33 Total Shots T S 46 117 254
78 48 14 Shots on Target S O 19 51 98
27% 29% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 41% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Ajaccio has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Ajaccio has the most clean sheets (8) away
  • Ajaccio has the most points (29) away
  • Ajaccio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals (19)
  • Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
  • Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
  • Valenciennes has the most matches under the total-line (20)

  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 26 17 3 6 44 22 13 9 1 3 21 10 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 54
2 Ajaccio 26 14 6 6 37 22 13 5 4 4 16 12 13 9 2 2 21 10 15 48
3 Lens 26 13 8 5 36 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 47
4 Troyes 26 15 2 9 31 24 13 8 0 5 19 16 13 7 2 4 12 8 7 47
5 Clermont 26 12 8 6 31 24 13 6 3 4 19 14 13 6 5 2 12 10 7 44
6 Guingamp 26 10 9 7 38 29 14 5 6 3 20 14 12 5 3 4 18 15 9 39
7 Le Havre 26 9 11 6 34 25 13 4 7 2 17 10 13 5 4 4 17 15 9 38
8 Valenciennes 26 10 8 8 21 19 13 7 4 2 14 7 13 3 4 6 7 12 2 38
9 Grenoble Foot 38 26 7 14 5 26 24 13 3 8 2 12 10 13 4 6 3 14 14 2 35
10 Nancy 26 6 15 5 25 23 13 6 6 1 15 7 13 0 9 4 10 16 2 33
11 Sochaux 26 8 9 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 16 10 13 2 5 6 11 17 0 33
12 Auxerre 26 7 10 9 28 28 13 4 7 2 16 11 13 3 3 7 12 17 0 31
13 Caen 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 4 5 4 18 15 -2 31
14 Chambly 26 8 7 11 22 29 14 4 3 7 10 19 12 4 4 4 12 10 -7 31
15 Châteauroux 26 8 7 11 20 34 12 2 4 6 9 19 14 6 3 5 11 15 -14 31
16 Rodez 26 7 7 12 28 32 13 5 3 5 20 17 13 2 4 7 8 15 -4 28
17 Paris 26 7 6 13 21 37 12 3 2 7 9 20 14 4 4 6 12 17 -16 27
18 Niort 26 6 7 13 28 37 13 4 4 5 15 15 13 2 3 8 13 22 -9 25
19 Le Mans 26 6 4 16 26 42 13 4 3 6 14 16 13 2 1 10 12 26 -16 22
20 Orleans 26 4 7 15 21 40 13 2 2 9 8 21 13 2 5 6 13 19 -19 19

Table
  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 26 17 3 6 44 22 13 9 1 3 21 10 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 54
2 Ajaccio 26 14 6 6 37 22 13 5 4 4 16 12 13 9 2 2 21 10 15 48
3 Lens 26 13 8 5 36 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 47
4 Troyes 26 15 2 9 31 24 13 8 0 5 19 16 13 7 2 4 12 8 7 47
5 Clermont 26 12 8 6 31 24 13 6 3 4 19 14 13 6 5 2 12 10 7 44
6 Guingamp 26 10 9 7 38 29 14 5 6 3 20 14 12 5 3 4 18 15 9 39
7 Le Havre 26 9 11 6 34 25 13 4 7 2 17 10 13 5 4 4 17 15 9 38
8 Valenciennes 26 10 8 8 21 19 13 7 4 2 14 7 13 3 4 6 7 12 2 38
9 Grenoble Foot 38 26 7 14 5 26 24 13 3 8 2 12 10 13 4 6 3 14 14 2 35
10 Nancy 26 6 15 5 25 23 13 6 6 1 15 7 13 0 9 4 10 16 2 33
11 Sochaux 26 8 9 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 16 10 13 2 5 6 11 17 0 33
12 Auxerre 26 7 10 9 28 28 13 4 7 2 16 11 13 3 3 7 12 17 0 31
13 Caen 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 4 5 4 18 15 -2 31
14 Chambly 26 8 7 11 22 29 14 4 3 7 10 19 12 4 4 4 12 10 -7 31
15 Châteauroux 26 8 7 11 20 34 12 2 4 6 9 19 14 6 3 5 11 15 -14 31
16 Rodez 26 7 7 12 28 32 13 5 3 5 20 17 13 2 4 7 8 15 -4 28
17 Paris 26 7 6 13 21 37 12 3 2 7 9 20 14 4 4 6 12 17 -16 27
18 Niort 26 6 7 13 28 37 13 4 4 5 15 15 13 2 3 8 13 22 -9 25
19 Le Mans 26 6 4 16 26 42 13 4 3 6 14 16 13 2 1 10 12 26 -16 22
20 Orleans 26 4 7 15 21 40 13 2 2 9 8 21 13 2 5 6 13 19 -19 19

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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.