Ajaccio 3-1 Niort: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 21 April 2017

Result

Ajaccio 3-1 Niort

Ligue 2 · Friday 21 April 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

Ajaccio · Niort · Ligue 2 predictions

Ajaccio 3-1 Niort: match report

Ajaccio beat Niort 3-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 21 April 2017. The half-time score was 3-1.

M. Madri opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Ajaccio's goals came from M. Madri (5'), Pape Abou Cissé (17') and Riad Nouri (42'). Niort scored through R. Grange (29').

Discipline: Ajaccio received 1 yellow card; Niort received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajaccio were 15th on 39 points from 33 and Niort 8th on 47 points from 33. Ajaccio went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Niort 10th with 49.

Ajaccio lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Niort in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Riad Nouri of Ajaccio (8.8), ahead of Pape Abou Cissé (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajaccio win, 1 draw and 1 for Niort.

Going into the match Ajaccio's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Niort's L-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · M. MadriAjaccio · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Pape Abou CisséAjaccio · 2-0
  • 29'Goal · R. GrangeNiort · 2-1
  • 42'Goal · Riad NouriAjaccio · 3-1
  • 56'Yellow card · A. DembéléNiort
  • 77'Yellow card · Riffi MandandaAjaccio
  • 87'Yellow card · Dylan BronnNiort

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Ajaccio 1, draws 1, Niort 1.

Team news

Ajaccio line-up (4-2-3-1)

Riffi Mandanda, Joris Sainati, Pape Abou Cissé, Manuel Cabit, Anthony Lippini, Mady Camara, Riad Nouri, Laurent Abergel, Yann Boé-Kane, Ouwo Moussa Maâzou, Mouaad Madri

Niort line-up (4-1-4-1)

Saturnin Allagbé, David Kiki, Junior Sambia, Jérémy Choplin, Dylan Bronn, Didier Lamkel Zé, Laurent Agouazi, Aliou Dembélé, Jimmy Roye, Romain Grange, Adrian Dabasse