📏 Form Guide

AC Ajaccio

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AC Ajaccio, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-0 Ligue 2 victory vs St Etienne.

In that match, AC Ajaccio had 34% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For AC Ajaccio, the scorers were Christopher Ibayi (17') and Clément Vidal (45'). Saint-Etienne got 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that AC Ajaccio have shown defensive steel. The reality is that AC Ajaccio have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals during that time.

Ahead of this clash, AC Ajaccio have not registered a win against SM Caen in their previous 2 league games.

SM Caen

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SM Caen will come into the meeting following a 1-0 Ligue 2 win as they beat Rodez in their previous match.

In that game, SM Caen had 52% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Rodez got 14 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Dembo Sylla (45' Own goal) was the scorer for Rodez.

The stats tell the story, and SM Caen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in all. At the back, SM Caen have not been doing too well. Despite that, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern will continue on here in this game or not.

Coming into this fixture, SM Caen are winless against AC Ajaccio in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 24/01/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with AC Ajaccio winning 3 of those games, SM Caen 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.

A sum of 10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 4 for L 'Ours and 6 created by Caen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 4 on 26/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of SM Caen 3-0 AC Ajaccio.

The match was refereed by Aurélien Petit.

📰 Team News: AC Ajaccio

Julien Benhaim (Heel injury), Ben Hamed Touré (unknown injury), Thibault Campanini (Knee injury), Cyrille Bayala (Cruciate ligament injury), Mehdi Puch-Herrantz (Injury to the ankle) and Al Hassan Touré (Calf injury) will not be taking part for AC Ajaccio gaffer Olivier Pantaloni.

📰 Team News: SM Caen

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is only a single fitness worry for the SM Caen gaffer Nicolas Seube to contend with. Godson Kyeremeh (Dead leg) won’t be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that SM Caen and AC Ajaccio could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. That’s why our selection here is for a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 16:01 20/04/2024