Nimes take on the visitors AC Ajaccio at “Stade des Costieres” in the round 24 of the French Ligue 2. The match will be played on Friday, February 2nd.
Nimes are racing for promotion to the French elite division as the team is currently sitting on the second place in the Ligue 2 standings with 43 points taken after 23 encounters played, having lost only eight times in them. “Les crocodiles” impress with their offensive line which has scored 46 goals, however, their defense has some problems which resulted in 23 goals conceded. Nimes participated in 11 fights conducted in face of their supporters, having gained eight victories and three defeats in them. In the latest home clashes “Les crocodiles” have beaten Chateauroux 3:0, Clermont 3:1, but failed 0:1 against Lens.
AC Ajaccio have top class footballers due to whom the club occupies now the fourth position in the Ligue 2 table. “L'ours” picked up 41 points with six losses in 23 matches played. The club’s attack is quite powerful and dangerous as it has scored 37 goals while its defense is doing a bit worse with 23 goals conceded. In the recent battles conducted on the road AC Ajaccio have been broken by Paris FC 1:2 and Lens 0:2, but managed to upset Brest 3:2. Those results demonstrate that the team has certain problems at this point.
Nimes celebrated 4:1 triumph over AC Ajaccio in the previous head-to-head. At this point “Les crocodiles” look stronger than their upcoming rival as the side is in a good form now, contending for the highest positions while “L'ours” also show enough solid play, however, I wouldn’t expect for as many goals combined in the forthcoming fight as it was in the first-lap game.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 scored goals.
