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FC Lorient

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FC Lorient will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 Ligue 2 defeat last time out to Pau FC.

Pathé Mboup (34') scored for Pau FC.

Their more recent scorelines show that quality has been evident in the FC Lorient backline. FC Lorient have kept it tight, seeing the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six matches standing at 3. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

A look at their previous results shows us that FC Lorient:

• have not lost a league tie with AC Ajaccio in their last 2 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

AC Ajaccio

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AC Ajaccio will go into this meeting following a 2-0 Ligue 2 win against Grenoble in their last outing.

For AC Ajaccio, the scorers were Moussa Soumano (58') and Tim Jabol-Folcarelli (71').

A succession of effective showings by the AC Ajaccio defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 6.

Looking at their past form shows that AC Ajaccio:

• have not won against FC Lorient when having played them away from home in the previous 7 league games. Not good at all.
• have not won away from home in their last 15 matches in the league. Their travelling supporters must be so depressed.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 24/08/2018 tells us that FC Lorient have won 3 of these games and AC Ajaccio 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.

A sum of 6 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 5 for Les Merlus and 1 coming from L 'Ours. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.

The last league match featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 24 on 19/02/2023 which finished with the scoreline of FC Lorient 3-0 AC Ajaccio.

In that match, FC Lorient managed 58% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Bamba Dieng (6'), Romain Faivre (43') and Julien Ponceau (58').

For their opponents, AC Ajaccio had 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Eric Wattellier.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Lorient

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the FC Lorient boss Olivier Pantaloni to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Stéphane Diarra (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out.

📋 Team News: AC Ajaccio

AC Ajaccio boss Mathieu Chabert has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Matthieu Huard (Injury to the ankle), Al Hassan Touré (unknown injury), Michaël Barreto (unknown injury), Tony Strata (unknown injury), Benjamin Santelli (unknown injury) and Thibault Campanini (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be playing here.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that FC Lorient look likely to get a couple of goals in this one when they line up against AC Ajaccio, who will be up against it scoring.

We can therefore see a controlled 2-0 victory for FC Lorient by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:11 27/09/2024