Ligue 1
February 9, 2013
AC Ajaccio
1 - 0
Bordeaux
Ligue 1
19:00 +00:00, February 9, 2013
Francois-Coty , France
AC Ajaccio 1-0 Bordeaux
Scoring Summary
| AC Ajaccio | Bordeaux |
|---|---|
| Ricardo Faty (31') |
Teams
| AC Ajaccio | Bordeaux |
|---|---|
| 1 Guillermo Ochoa | 16 Cedric Carrasso |
| 17 Yoann Poulard | 23 Florian Marange |
| 6 Ronald Zubar | 27 Marc Planus |
| 28 Felipe Saad | 28 Benoît Trémoulinas |
| 2 Mathieu Chalmé | 25 Mariano |
| 18 Johan Cavalli | 4 Ludovic Obraniak |
| 19 Paul-Bastien Lasne | 6 Ludovic Sané |
| 4 Ricardo Faty | 18 Jaroslav Plasil |
| 12 Adrian Mutu | 11 David Bellion |
| 10 Chahir Belghazouani | 20 Henri Saivet |
| 21 Frederic Sammaritano | 8 Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
| Substitutes | |
| 29 Dennis Oliech | Julien Faubert 22 |
| 13 Fabrice Begeorgi | Nicolas Maurice-Belay 19 |
| 26 Samuel Bouhours | Kévin Olimpa 30 |
| 16 Oumar Sissoko | Abdou Traore 24 |
| 8 Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi | Evan Chevalier 13 |
| 14 Mehdi Mostefa | Andre Biyogo Poko 17 |
| 9 Andy Delorte | Maxime Poundje 29 |
| Substitutions | |
| Dennis Oliech for Frederic Sammaritano (77) | Julien Faubert for Mariano (23) |
| Mehdi Mostefa for Johan Cavalli (77) | Nicolas Maurice-Belay for Florian Marange (62) |
| Fabrice Begeorgi for Chahir Belghazouani (86) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Felipe Saad (45) | |
| Ricardo Faty (70) | |
| · Squads: AC Ajaccio | Bordeaux | |
Bordeaux slipped out of the top four after slumping to defeat at improving Ajaccio, who followed up their surprise win over Lyon last weekend with another impressive scalp.
A first-half strike from Ricardo Faty was enough to earn Ajaccio the spoils as Bordeaux suffered only their second defeat in 13 matches in all competitions.
The loss sees Bordeaux drop to sixth in the standings, with St Etienne taking their spot among the European places.
Ajaccio, meanwhile, are up to 14th after extending their unbeaten run to five matches in Ligue 1, which has also included holding title favourites Paris St Germain to a draw.
Les Girondins, who face Dynamo Kiev in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie on Thursday, came into today's match having won five of their last six in league and cup and they enjoyed the better of the early exchanges at the Stade Francois Coty.
David Bellion saw his goal-bound volley deflected away by home defender Ronald Zubar before Fahid Ben Khalfallah's effort from a Ludovic Obraniak cross flew just wide.
Ajaccio had produced little to worry Cedric Carrasso in the visiting goal in the opening half-hour, but when they finally created a decent chance they made the most of it as Faty opened the scoring in the 32nd minute.
Bordeaux struggled to properly clear a Johan Cavalli free-kick, allowing Faty the chance to head the loose ball past Carrasso.
That proved to be the match-wining effort, although Bordeaux came close to an equaliser on more than one occasion.
Guillermo Ochoa denied Julien Faubert before the break at the expensive of a corner while the home goalkeeper did superbly to keep out Bellion's deflected shot at the start of the second half.
Ochoa also performed heroics in the 72nd minute to save Nicolas Maurice-Belay's close-range shot.
Ajaccio were again causing little danger at the other end but they came within inches of doubling their lead in the 78th minute when Adrian Mutu's volley smashed against the post.
Bordeaux had one late chance to snatch a point but again Ochoa stood in their way, the Mexico international deflecting Maurice-Belay's well-struck effort away with his thigh.