National 3: Corse-Méditerranée match preview: Ajaccio II versus Istres

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Istres have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-0-6 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.

Ajaccio II form and stats

It’s been three wins in a row for Ajaccio here at Terrain François Coty, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Last season, Ajaccio II's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the CFA 2 Group D. Over these 18 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Ajaccio II managed 4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 9 conceded.

Istres form and stats

Three consecutive losses in away matches means Istres are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Villefranche SJB was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Let's have a look at how Istres performed last season in the CFA 2 Group D: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 0 and lost 5 with 14/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Ajaccio victories, one draw and one Istres win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Ajaccio II missing players

Istres missing players