Ajaccio vs OGC Nice Prediction, Betting Tips & Preview

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Taimoor Khan Oct 21, 2015 @ 06:31 am

Bottom of the table Ajaccio take on OGC Nice at Stade Ange Casanova in the last game to be played this Saturday.

GFC Ajaccio look to set their campaign back on the track after collecting just three points this season. The hosts have had a dreadful start to the 2015-16 Ligue 1 season and are one of the two teams in the league to not to have win a single match so far this season. At the end of gameweek 10, Ajaccio are at the bottom of the table with 3 draws and 7 defeats.

The hosts are heading into this game on the back of a disappointing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Saint-Etienne last week. No player for the hosts has managed to score more than one goal this season. Kader Mangane, Mohamed Larbi, Kevin Mayi and Gregory Pujol, all have one goal to their name so far. Coach, Thierry Laurey, would be hoping for one or more of those players to step up their game against OGC Nice, who have performed admirably since the start of the season. It would be the first time these two teams will be facing each other in Ligue 1. The last time they met was way back in 1993 in Ligue 2, in a game that Nice won 2-1.

OGC Nice have enjoyed a good start to the season and are currently 5^th in the league, collecting 17 points in the process and have a game in hand. After 9 games in French top flight, Les Aiglons have won 5 of their games while drawing 2 and losing out on 2 occasions as well. They are coming in this game with just one defeat and four victories in their last five Ligue 1 outings and are currently unbeaten in their last 4 games. Manager, Claude Puel would be looking to collect another three points on the road when his men take on struggling Ajaccio and nothing but a victory will satisfy him at the moment.

OGC Nice have been scoring goals for fun unlike their Saturday’s opponents. They have scored 17 goals in their last 4 games, conceding just 4 in return. It would not be a bad idea to bet on Nice scoring some more goals against a side that has found it hard to defend so far. Hatem Ben Arfa has been the star performer for the visitors this season and has scored 7 goals already,followed by Velere Germain with 4 goals. If GFC Ajaccio want to get something out of Saturday’s game, they have to stop the duo from finding the back of the net.

GFC AJACCIO

Stats:W-0 D-3 L-7

Recent Form:LDLDL

OGC NICE

Stats:W-5 D-2 L-2

Recent Form:WWWWL

Possible Line ups:

GFC AJACCIO –MAURY, BRECHET, TOURE, MARTINEZ, LE MOIGNE, LARBI, MANGANE, DJOKOVIC, MAYI, BOUTAIB, ZOUA

OGC NICE – CARDINALE, LE MARCHAND, PEREIRA, BODMER, SERI, MALLMANN, MENDY, KOZIELLO, BEN ARFA, GERMAIN, PIED

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