Thursday , 2 July 2026

GFC Ajaccio vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2018-19
GFC Ajaccio
1 – 0
Full Time
Racing Club de Lens
Mon 18 Mar 2019 · 19:45 UTC Stade Francois Coty HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 40' Jean-Kevin Duverne
Y 44' Souleymane Diarra
Y 45' Steven Fortes
Y 63' Guillaume Gillet
Joris Marveaux 70' Y
Romain Armand 89' Y

Overview

Match Preview

GFC Ajaccio vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 2 at Stade Francois Coty.

Match Details

  • Referee Franck Schneider
  • Referee Djemel Zitouni
  • Referee Julien Rouquette
  • Referee Nicolas Henninot

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 ES Troyes AC 34 67
2 Le Mans FC 34 62
3 SC Bastia 34 28
4 Amiens SC 34 24
5 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 0 0
6 FC Metz 0 0
7 FC Nantes 0 0
8 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0 0
9 AS Saint-Étienne 0 0
10 Red Star FC 0 0
11 Rodez Aveyron Football 0 0
12 Stade de Reims 0 0
13 FC Annecy 0 0
14 Montpellier HSC 0 0
15 Pau FC 0 0
16 USL Dunkerque 0 0
17 En Avant Guingamp 0 0
18 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0
19 Clermont Foot 63 0 0
20 AS Nancy-Lorraine 0 0
21 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 0 0
22 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 0 0

Head-to-Head

1
1
GFC Ajaccio 2 games · Avg 3.0 goals Racing Club de Lens
Last 5 meetings
2019-03-18 GFC Ajaccio 1–0 Racing Club de Lens 2018-10-22 Racing Club de Lens 5–0 GFC Ajaccio

Recent Form

GFC Ajaccio
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Mar Racing Club de Lens H 1–0 W
08 Mar US Orleans Loiret A 2–2 D
01 Mar Clermont Foot 63 H 0–3 L
22 Feb AS Nancy-Lorraine A 1–3 L
15 Feb Stade Brestois 29 H 1–1 D
08 Feb Red Star FC A 1–1 D
Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Mar GFC Ajaccio A 0–1 L
09 Mar AJ Auxerre H 2–0 W
03 Mar Paris FC A 0–2 L
25 Feb Chamois Niortais FC H 4–1 W
17 Feb FC Sochaux-Montbeliard A 1–0 W
09 Feb FC Metz H 0–0 D

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds Stade Francois Coty will turn into a battlefield for GFC Ajaccio and Racing Club de Lens.
  • 5' It’s high time Philippe Montanier made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 10' It looks surprising Racing Club de Lens does not make any changes. Jean-Kevin Duverne has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Racing Club de Lens is showing some good football. However, Racing Club de Lens are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Racing Club de Lens needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yannick Gomis made 446 appearances and scored 44 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 30' It looks like no one’s ball. GFC Ajaccio is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 35' Jimmy Roye needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 40' The referee shows Racing Club de Lens player a Yellow card on 40.
  • 41' GOAL! Romain Armand scores on 41.
  • 44' Racing Club de Lens player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 45' Steven Fortes was booked on 45.
  • 50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 55' Fode Camara has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 60' GFC Ajaccio started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 60.
  • 61' Another change for Racing Club de Lens made on 61 minute. Souleymane Diarra leaves to be changed by Grejohn Kyei.
  • 63' Racing Club de Lens player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 67' Another substitution for GFC Ajaccio to replace Wesley Jobello by Mayoro N'Doye on 67 minute.
  • 70' Joris Marveaux was booked on 70.
  • 74' Another substitution for Racing Club de Lens to replace Walid Mesloub by Thierry Ambrose on 74 minute.
  • 78' The supporters are chanting for Jean-Ricner Bellegarde. He replaces El-Hadji Ba on 78 minute.
  • 83' 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.
  • 88' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 88 minutes.
  • 89' Romain Armand is having his name booked by the referee on 89.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for GFC Ajaccio players.

Lineups

GFC Ajaccio Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Herve Della Maggiore

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Yannick Gomis 2
Fode Camara 1
Jeremy Blayac 1
Thierry Ambrose 1
Romain Armand 1

Head to Head

2019-03-18 GFC Ajaccio 1–0 Racing Club de Lens 2018-10-22 Racing Club de Lens 5–0 GFC Ajaccio

GFC Ajaccio Form

2019-03-18 GFC Ajaccio 1–0 Racing Club de Lens W 2019-03-08 US Orleans Loiret 2–2 GFC Ajaccio D 2019-03-01 GFC Ajaccio 0–3 Clermont Foot 63 L 2019-02-22 AS Nancy-Lorraine 3–1 GFC Ajaccio L 2019-02-15 GFC Ajaccio 1–1 Stade Brestois 29 D 2019-02-08 Red Star FC 1–1 GFC Ajaccio D

Racing Club de Lens Form

2019-03-18 GFC Ajaccio 1–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2019-03-09 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 AJ Auxerre W 2019-03-03 Paris FC 2–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2019-02-25 Racing Club de Lens 4–1 Chamois Niortais FC W 2019-02-17 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 0–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2019-02-09 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 FC Metz D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.03 GFC Ajaccio xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.26 Racing Club de Lens xG
I would bet for: GFC Ajaccio or Racing Club de Lens 71% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
GFC Ajaccio35% Draw29% Racing Club de Lens36%
Actual: GFC Ajaccio win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes47% 0% No53%
Avg goals/match: 2.29
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

GFC Ajaccio or Draw
64%
Draw or Racing Club de Lens
65%
GFC Ajaccio or Racing Club de Lens
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
GFC Ajaccio21% Draw51% Racing Club de Lens28%
Actual: GFC Ajaccio win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14.1%
0 – 0
12.4%
0 – 1
11.6%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
8%
0 – 2
7.8%
2 – 1
6.5%
2 – 0
5.2%
2 – 2
4.2%
1 – 3
3.4%
0 – 3
3.2%
3 – 1
2.3%

Asian Handicap — GFC Ajaccio

Handicap GFC Ajaccio covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 8% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 17% 71%
-0.5 29% — 71%
+0.5 60% — 40%
+1 60% 22% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 12% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

GFC Ajaccio keeps clean sheet
29% ✗
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
36% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.