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AC Ajaccio

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AC Ajaccio will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 Ligue 2 defeat last time out to Red Star.

Samuel Renel (3') scored for Red Star.

AC Ajaccio haven’t made the most of their chances in recent times. Their goals record equals just 3 against opposition teams during their last 6 matches. In those games, AC Ajaccio have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 10.

ESTAC

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Clermont Foot in Ligue 2 action, ESTAC and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Henri Saivet (23') was the scorer for Clermont Foot.

The numbers tell their own story, and ESTAC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in all. In defence, ESTAC just haven’t been too solid at all. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, however.

Going into this encounter, ESTAC have not registered a win against AC Ajaccio when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes dating back to 31/10/2020 shows us that AC Ajaccio have won 2 of them and ESTAC 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 5 of them for L 'Ours and 10 created by Troyes. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league contest featuring the two was Ligue 2 match day 20 on 13/01/2024 when the final score was ESTAC 3-1 AC Ajaccio.

On that occasion, ESTAC had 44% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Rafiki Saïd (33', 71') and Andreas Bruus (48').

AC Ajaccio had 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Valentin Jacob (41') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Karim Abed.

📰 Team News: AC Ajaccio

Benjamin Santelli (Dead leg), Ben Hamed Touré (Ill) and Thibault Campanini (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be able to feature for AC Ajaccio manager Mathieu Chabert.

📰 Team News: ESTAC

Out of a mainly full-strength squad, there is only a single fitness issue for the ESTAC gaffer Stéphane Dumont to be concerned with. Thierno Baldé (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

When taking everything into account, ESTAC will have to perform well to score goals against this AC Ajaccio outfit who we reckon will manage to score & go ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for AC Ajaccio when the full-time whistle blows.

We’ll see what happens.

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

Andre Moura, 17:23 30/08/2024