AC Ajaccio vs Metz Prediction & Betting Tips (4 November)

It has now been 18 months since AC Ajaccio no longer played in the elite. And yet, he still seems to have difficulty digesting his relegation. Arriving in 15th position in the standings last season, this team is once again in this place but it has exactly the same number of points as the first relegation, Red Star, although with a match in hand following the end of its match against Bastia last weekend. More generally, the Corsicans have not won any of their last 4 matches and they have even lost 3 times over this period, against Lorient 3-0, Amiens 3-1 and finally Guingamp 1-0 on Tuesday evening at the very end of the match. .FC Metz, for its part, had to endure another relegation last year.

But as is often the case, the Moselle club is a candidate for an immediate rise in a championship where it is used to doing very well. However, the Grenats are above all very successful in front of their home crowd where they have won their last 3 matches, against Martigues 6-0, Amiens 3-2 and Guingamp 1-0. Conversely, Stéphane Le Mignan's men can no longer do it on the road where they had to lose as against Grenoble 2-0 and Red Star 1-0 this week. With 18 points, Messins are in 6th place in Ligue 2 with a small delay on the podium.

The ACA will have to prepare for this meeting without right-back Campanini, experienced striker Touzghar and summer recruit Kanté who are out of shape. On the other hand, senior defender Kouassi will be back after being suspended against Guingamp. On the other hand, winger Jacob and left back Quemper risk once again being dismissed by their coach, Mathieu Chabert. Up front, the young Soumano remains the top scorer of this team with 3 goals ahead of the interesting Ibayi (2 goals) who is often content to come into play recently. Now unwanted, the former holder Van den Kerkhof will miss this trip to Corsica again. This should also be the case for striker Elisor, who is still continuing his recovery phase.

On the other hand, Stéphane Le Mignan records the return of right side Colin who was suspended during the trip to Red Star on Tuesday evening. As for the forces present, we should obviously find the excellent scorer Sabaly who has already found the fault 8 times in this championship. The excellent Gautier Hein (2 goals, 1 assist) and the quite offensive left side Udol (3 goals, 1 assist) will also be on the trip. On the other hand, goalkeeper Oukidja is not really reassuring, he who was guilty of Red Star's only goal on Tuesday evening and who also made a blunder against Grenoble.