AC Ajaccio vs Lyon Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

AC Ajaccio

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AC Ajaccio enter this game after a 0-0 Ligue 1 tied result vs Lyon.

In that match, AC Ajaccio had 41% possession and 1 shots on goal with 1 on target. Lyon had 0 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

It has not been often in recent games that AC Ajaccio have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that AC Ajaccio have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 13 goals on the way.

Heading into this contest, AC Ajaccio have not emerged victorious against Lyon in their previous 2 league matches.

Lyon

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Laurent Blanc's Lyon have had reason to celebrate scoring 10 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period adds up to 6.

Looking at their past form shows that Lyon:

• have not registered a win against AC Ajaccio when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 16/09/2012 shows us that AC Ajaccio have won 2 of these games and Lyon 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in total at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The last league contest between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 1 on 05/08/2022 when it finished Lyon 2-1 AC Ajaccio.

In that game, Lyon had 68% possession and 11 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Tetê (12') and Alexandre Lacazette (22').

At the other end, AC Ajaccio had 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Thomas Mangani (31') scored.

The referee was Benoît Bastien.

ℹ️ Team News: AC Ajaccio

Romain Hamouma (Ill), Mathieu Coutadeur (Adductor problems), Youssouf Koné (Sprained ankle) and Yoann Touzghar (Stretched Ligament) will not be taking part for AC Ajaccio manager Olivier Pantaloni.

📋 Team News: Lyon

Lyon boss Laurent Blanc has to choose a team with limited availability. Houssem Aouar (Unknown Injury) and Henrique Silva (Knee Injury) are not able to play.

✨ Prediction

We think that AC Ajaccio could well find it tough to break down this Lyon lineup who we reckon will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

Therefore, we predict a narrow 0-1 win for Lyon at the end of this game.

Let’s see.

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Lucas Pereira, 01:36 25/01/2023