In a mid week match on Wed Dec 28th, in week 16, Ajaccio hosts Angers SCO in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. Ajaccio is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Nantes. Youcef Belaïli struck first for Ajaccio in the 57th minute on a penalty, then Romain Hamouma added another in the 66th minute on a feed from Youcef Belaïli. Ajaccio is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while angers SCO sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Lille. Tiago Djaló struck first for Lille in the 36th minute on a feed from Rémy Cabella, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Angers SCO couldn’t muster any offence and Lille ran away with the shutout win. Angers SCO looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Angers SCO is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Miha Blažić and Jean Matteo Bahoya each only have 1 goal in their last five. Youcef Belaïli has been the most prolific scorer on Ajaccio in his last 5 matches with three goals
Clement Vidal, Yoann Touzghar, Fernand Mayembo and Avinel are unavailable to play for Ajaccio, while Ilyes Chetti and Kalla are unavailable to play for Abdelaziz Bouhazama’s team.