AC Ajaccio vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AC Ajaccio vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Stade Francois-Coty.
- AC Ajaccio 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Racing Club de Lens 34 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Cyril Mugnier
- Referee Mathieu Vernice
- Referee Romain Lissorgue
- Referee Mikael Berchebru
- Referee Stephanie Frappart
- Referee
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Aug Racing Club de Lens H 0–0 D 05 Aug Olympique Lyonnais A 1–2 L 14 May Toulouse FC H 1–0 W 07 May Grenoble Foot 38 A 1–1 D 30 Apr Le Havre AC H 2–1 W 22 Apr Valenciennes FC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Aug AC Ajaccio A 0–0 D 07 Aug Stade Brestois 29 H 3–2 W 21 May AS Monaco FC H 2–2 D 14 May ES Troyes AC A 3–1 W 08 May Stade de Reims A 2–1 W 30 Apr FC Nantes H 2–2 D Key Stats
40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Racing Club de Lens0-15–/316-301/231-452/246-603/261-753/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. AC Ajaccio is hosting Racing Club de Lens for another epic battle.
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Vincent Marchetti made 321 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' The travelling Racing Club de Lens supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 35' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Oumar Gonzalez.
- 36' Oumar Gonzalez was booked on 36.
- 37' AC Ajaccio player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 38' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Thomas Mangani.
- 42' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Cyrille Bayala.
- 43' AC Ajaccio receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 43.
- 48' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 53' Racing Club de Lens started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 53.
- 58' AC Ajaccio is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 59' The referee shows AC Ajaccio player a Yellow card on 59.
- 64' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 66' The AC Ajaccio manager makes a substitution. Michael Barreto departs to be replaced by Yanis Cimignani.
- 71' Benjamin Leroy needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 75' Florian Sotoca is having his name booked by the referee on 75.
- 76' Racing Club de Lens manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jimmy Cabot is hanging Przemyslaw Frankowski on the field on 76 minute.
- 79' The referee shows AC Ajaccio player a Yellow card on 79.
- 84' It looks like no one’s ball. AC Ajaccio is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 85' Another substitution for AC Ajaccio to replace Thomas Mangani by Qazim Laci on 85 minute.
- 90' The referee shows Racing Club de Lens player a Yellow card on 90.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
AC Ajaccio Lineups
Starting XI
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Thomas Mangani ↓ Qazim Laci 85'
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- 4
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14
Cyrille Bayala ↓ Riad Nouri 66'
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- 3
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25
Oumar Gonzalez ↓ Cedric Avinel 85'
Bench
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Cedric Avinel ↑ 85'
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Qazim Laci ↑ 85'
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Riad Nouri ↑ 66'
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- 15
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Yanis Cimignani ↑ 66'
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27
Kevin Spadanuda ↑ 66'
Coach Olivier PantaloniRacing Club de Lens Lineups
Starting XI
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Lois Openda ↓ Ignatius Ganago 76'
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- 30
- 4
- 8
- 3
- 14
- 7
- 26
- 20
- 29
Bench
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Ignatius Ganago ↑ 76'
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22
Wesley Said ↑ 76'
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Jimmy Cabot ↑ 76'
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Massadio Haidara ↑ 85'
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Coach Franck Haise -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Florian Sotoca 2 Naoto Sawai 1 Mounir Chouiar 1 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 1 Saif Touka 1 Qazim Laci 1 Lois Openda 1 Adrien Thomasson 1 Head to Head
AC Ajaccio Form
Racing Club de Lens Form
2022-08-14 AC Ajaccio 0–0 Racing Club de Lens D 2022-08-07 Racing Club de Lens 3–2 Stade Brestois 29 W 2022-05-21 Racing Club de Lens 2–2 AS Monaco FC D 2022-05-14 ES Troyes AC 1–3 Racing Club de Lens W 2022-05-08 Stade de Reims 1–2 Racing Club de Lens W 2022-04-30 Racing Club de Lens 2–2 FC Nantes D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.01 AC Ajaccio xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.04 Racing Club de Lens xGI would bet for: AC Ajaccio or Racing Club de Lens 68% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.05Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 61% 39% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
AC Ajaccio or Draw 67%Draw or Racing Club de Lens 66%AC Ajaccio or Racing Club de Lens 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.5%0 – 1 12%1 – 0 11.7%1 – 2 6.8%2 – 1 6.7%0 – 2 6.6%2 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 3.6%1 – 3 2.4%3 – 1 2.3%0 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — AC Ajaccio
Handicap AC Ajaccio covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 20% 68% -0.5 32% — 68% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 20% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
AC Ajaccio keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet 37% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.