Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Saint-Étienne (3rd, 65 pts) held a 19-point advantage over Ajaccio (15th, 46 pts). On recent form Saint-Étienne sat only 8th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.92/1.21 for Ajaccio and 1.26/0.82 for Saint-Étienne (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.23.
Ajaccio were winless in 7. Saint-Étienne arrived on a run of four straight wins. From the last five rounds, Ajaccio held 1 points of 15 and Saint-Étienne 13.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Ajaccio have 0 wins to Saint-Étienne's 5, with 3 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Stade François Coty in Ajaccio (capacity 10,660). The referee was P. Legat, with 56 matches in our database and 1.6 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Ajaccio led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.