📏 Form Guide

AC Ajaccio

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AC Ajaccio will be hoping to bounce back here following a 4-0 Ligue 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of Girondins de Bordeaux.

In that game, AC Ajaccio had 43% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Bordeaux had 18 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Pedro Díaz (6'), Zuriko Davitashvili (28'), Yoann Barbet (87') and Vital N'Simba (91') scored for Girondins de Bordeaux.

It’s not been often in recent times that AC Ajaccio haven’t conceded. 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 8 goals in the process. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Leading up to this clash, AC Ajaccio:

• are unbeaten in the league by Grenoble in their last 4 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Grenoble

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Grenoble will come into the encounter following on from a 2-1 Ligue 2 win with the defeat of US Concarneau in their last fixture.

In that match, Grenoble managed 41% possession and 8 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Grenoble was Jessy Benet (41', 43'). Concarneau got 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Axel Urie (18') was the scorer for US Concarneau.

The strike force from Grenoble have suffered from a shortage of goals in their past 6 clashes, contributing the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those matches, GF 38 have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 7.

Heading into this contest, Grenoble have not emerged victorious against AC Ajaccio when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings dating back to 10/01/2020 shows us that AC Ajaccio have won 4 of them & Grenoble 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A combined sum of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from L 'Ours and 5 created by GF 38. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league contest between the two was Ligue 2 match day 13 on 04/11/2023 and the score finished Grenoble 0-3 AC Ajaccio.

That time, Grenoble had 59% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

AC Ajaccio got 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Tim Jabol-Folcarelli (3'), Vincent Marchetti (26') and Valentin Jacob (52') scored.

The referee was Abdelatif Kherradji.

🗞️ Team News: AC Ajaccio

Thibault Campanini (Knee injury), Yoann Touzghar (unknown injury), Tim Jabol-Folcarelli (unknown injury), Cyrille Bayala (Cruciate ligament injury), Al Hassan Touré (Calf injury), Valentin Jacob (unknown injury), Ben Hamed Touré (unknown injury), Julien Benhaim (Heel injury) and Mehdi Puch-Herrantz (Injury to the ankle) won’t be available for AC Ajaccio boss Olivier Pantaloni.

🗞️ Team News: Grenoble

Due to a completely healthy squad available to select from, the Grenoble manager Laurent Peyrelade has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this game.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Grenoble might have a difficult job to score against this AC Ajaccio lineup who we think might well gain the upper hand.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning score for AC Ajaccio at the conclusion of the game.

Let’s see how this one goes.

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

Andre Moura, 18:08 10/05/2024