Ajaccio and Lens measure forces at Stade François Coty, in a match for the 18th round of League 2. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the last 4 games In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was in 10‑05-2019, for League 2, which ended Lens’ victory by (0‑2). The goals of the match were scored by S. Touka (10 ‘) and J. Bellegarde (76’) for Lens.
Ajaccio:
The home team is currently in 3rd position, with 33 points won, after 9 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, he won out against Chambly by (0-2). In the last match, he won out against Niort by (0-1). For the championship, Ajaccio conquered 13 points in 24 possible, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 8 games he played in his stadium.
For this competition, he did not lose any of the last 6 games in his stadium. In their home league games the most frequent final result at the break was 0-0 (4 in 8 games). The defense has been strong and only suffered goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and its attack has scored regularly, as it scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency to have few goals, since 4 of the last 8 he played ended with less than 1.5 goals. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 10 home games for all competitions: he scored 5 of his 12 goals between minutes (31′ ‑ 45 ‘).
Ajaccio is doing a good campaign in Ligue 2 and that is why he does not want to slow down. Therefore, he will no longer think where his duels will take place, since he knows what he must score points as many times as possible. That way, he wants a good result and will fight for ninety minutes to make that happen. If you do it with quality and efficiency it will not be a surprise to have the result in your favor when the whistle blows for the last time. In this match, the best players available will be on the field.
Lens:
The visiting team is currently in the 2nd position, with 34 points won, after 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out against Valenciennes by (2‑0). In the last match, he won at home against Chambly by (3-0). The team arrives at this match after a loss away with Dieppe by (2‑1). For the championship, the Lens conquered 15 points in 27 possible, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in the last 9 games he played as a visitor. In their matches for the league as a visitor the most frequent final result at the break was 1-0 (4 in 8 games). His attack has scored regularly, as he scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of their last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1.5 goals. In 17 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times, but got the comeback in 3.
Being in second place in the championship is very good, but he knows he will have to continue working if he wants to reach the elite. The idea of Lens is to face all rivals, whether they play at home or not, because they want to score as many times as possible. Therefore, it values quality, objectivity and efficiency during the ninety minutes, to avoid the risk of being defeated. If he shows determination and an intelligent football knows that he can score at least one point in this duel. In this match, Steven Fortes will be absent, for being in the medical department.
