FC Metz vs AC Ajaccio, Ligue 2 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Metz vs AC Ajaccio — Ligue 2 at Stade Saint Symphorien.
- FC Metz 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- AC Ajaccio 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Romain Lissorgue
16 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Etienne 34 60 4 Red Star FC 34 58 5 Rodez Aveyron Football 34 58 6 Stade de Reims 34 56 7 FC Annecy 34 52 8 Montpellier HSC 34 51 9 Pau FC 34 45 10 USL Dunkerque 34 43 11 En Avant Guingamp 34 40 12 Grenoble Foot 38 34 39 13 Clermont Foot 63 34 37 14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 34 37 15 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 34 36 16 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 34 32 17 SC Bastia 34 28 18 Amiens SC 34 24 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 Feb AC Ajaccio H 0–1 L 15 Feb En Avant Guingamp A 3–0 W 08 Feb Clermont Foot 63 H 3–1 W 31 Jan SC Bastia A 1–1 D 24 Jan Grenoble Foot 38 H 3–0 W 18 Jan Paris FC H 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 Feb FC Metz A 1–0 W 14 Feb Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC H 3–0 W 08 Feb En Avant Guingamp H 0–3 L 31 Jan Clermont Foot 63 A 1–0 W 24 Jan Rodez Aveyron Football A 2–1 W 17 Jan SM Caen H 2–1 W Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Stade Saint Symphorien that hosts another battle between FC Metz and AC Ajaccio.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Metz needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' FC Metz is showing some good football. However, FC Metz are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' FC Metz started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' Matthieu Udol has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' Cheikh Sabaly needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' 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.
- 33' That looks like a foul for a card for Gauthier Hein.
- 36' FC Metz receives a card for a hard tackle on 36.
- 41' AC Ajaccio is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 46' Jesah Ayessa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Matthieu Huard on 46 minute.
- 51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Metz that had 431 games and scored 342 goals.
- 56' FC Metz seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 58' Mohamed Youssouf was booked on 58.
- 63' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 65' Benjamin Santelli is replacing Aboubakary Kante for the AC Ajaccio side.
- 70' Another substitution for AC Ajaccio to replace Moussa Soumano by Ben Hamed Toure on 70 minute.
- 72' It’s a booking for FC Metz player. Jessy Deminguet gets a card.
- 73' Morgan Bokele is replacing Pape Diallo for the FC Metz side.
- 78' 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.
- 80' It is a substitution in FC Metz team. Cheikh Sabaly is replaced by Joel Asoro on 80 minute.
- 84' It’s a booking for FC Metz player. Morgan Bokele gets a card.
- 89' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- Another three points for AC Ajaccio.
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Lineups
FC Metz Lineups
Starting XI
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20
Jessy Deminguet ↓ Ablie Jallow 73'
- 7
- 3
- 21
- 29
- 39
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10
Pape Diallo ↓ Morgan Bokele 73'
- 38
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14
Cheikh Sabaly ↓ Joel Asoro 80'
- 18
- 4
Bench
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99
Joel Asoro ↑ 80'
- 2
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36
Ablie Jallow ↑ 73'
- 16
- 8
- 9
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19
Morgan Bokele ↑ 73'
Coach Stephane Le MignanAC Ajaccio Lineups
Starting XI
- 88
- 20
- 25
- 4
- 27
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12
Matthieu Huard ↓ Jesah Ayessa 46'
- 5
- 30
- 17
- 22
- 43
Bench
- 6
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9
Benjamin Santelli ↑ 65'
- 40
- 8
- 23
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11
Ben Hamed Toure ↑ 70'
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31
Jesah Ayessa ↑ 46'
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20
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Habib Diallo 2 Habib Diallo 2 Ibrahima Niane 1 Ghislain Gimbert 1 Ghislain Gimbert 1 Ibrahima Niane 1 Gauthier Hein 1 Ben Hamed Toure 1 Head to Head
FC Metz Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.19 FC Metz xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.96 AC Ajaccio xGI would bet for: FC Metz or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 64%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: AC Ajaccio winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.15Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 64% 36% ± 2.5 36% 64% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
FC Metz or Draw 71%Draw or AC Ajaccio 60%FC Metz or AC Ajaccio 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.2%0 – 0 14%1 – 0 12.6%0 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8%2 – 1 7.7%1 – 2 6.1%0 – 2 5.1%2 – 2 3.8%3 – 0 3.1%3 – 1 3.1%1 – 3 2%Asian Handicap — FC Metz
Handicap FC Metz covers Push AC Ajaccio covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 12% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 22% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 17% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
FC Metz keeps clean sheet 39% ✓AC Ajaccio keeps clean sheet 31% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.