Lorient vs Ajaccio betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 2 match on September 27th, 2024

A Ligue 2 match between Lorient and Ajaccio will hold on September 27th, 2024, Friday at 18:00h (UTC), in France, check the Lorient vs Ajaccio betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Lorient vs Ajaccio will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir stadium, in the city of Lorient, with a capacity for 18110 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Lorient vs Ajaccio betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Ligue 2 has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.49 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.46 goals per game of the last championship.

Lorient last match

The last match ended in a draw for the Lorient team. On that occasion they met Metz for the Ligue 2, and the match ended 1-1. Coach O. Pantaloni's lined up a 4-4-2 formation.

The game had all the elements to be an even game between both teams, for that reason it was logical that the draw was one of the most expected results, with odds around 3.30.

Lorient performance was certainly not typical of a top team, but some players still left a good mark on the match. Isaac James, with an excellent sense of position and a precise foot, was one of the best players, and he gave a big contribution to the team to leave the field undefeated.

Ajaccio last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 2, Ajaccio, who used a 4-1-3-2 formation, faced the Caen team with a final score of 1-0.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.00.

Lorient vs Ajaccio h2h

Ajaccio occupied 18th place when they went against Lorient, who was in 8th place, in their last match at Ligue 1. Ajaccio first went in with a 4-1-4-1 formation, which was engaged by Lorient with a 4-2-3-1 deployment.

It was on 19-02-2023 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 3-0 win for Lorient, was valid for the 2022/2023 season of the Ligue 1.

Lorient

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

The Lorient team with 10 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

In the 7th round, the team has the same score compared to Grenoble Foot 38 which is just above, in 3rd place.

Lorient analysis

Lorient at the end of round 6 in Ligue 2 had 6 goals scored and 3 conceded.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Lorient team usually tries for an average ball possession of 59.4% to control the game.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 1 game as the visiting team, compared to their record of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws playing in their home base.

In comparison to Ajaccio 520 attacks and 4 goals, Lorient has had 551 attacks and 6 goals.

Ajaccio

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Ajaccio arrives in this game with 7 points, and in 11th place in the Ligue 2, having won twice in total and lost 2 times, making a total of 1 draw.

Ajaccio analysis

Currently, in the Ligue 2, Ajaccio sums 4 goals for and a total of 4 goals against, after 6 rounds played.

Recent performances have shown that Ajaccio is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

Team with a low scoring efficiency, the average goals scored do not exceed 0.8 per game. With a low score efficiency and playing away from home, this could be decisive for a bad result.

The adaptation of Benjamin Santelli with the new jersey has not been the best. He had another disappointing performance in Ajaccio last game of the season, against Caen. In the clash, the midfielder failed to be effective and did little for the team. Despite the good expectations for the player, his performance is starting to worry.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Since Ajaccio has an average of 0.33 goals per game when playing away from home, and they often do not concede goals away from home, the under 2.5 goals can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 8 corners.

Lorient is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 11.2 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Lorient in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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