Rodez should be probable winners of this home fixture versus Bastia, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
- Bastia have yet to win a game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Bastia have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Rodez and Bastia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rodez form and stats
Rodez have played 5 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Rodez here at Stade Paul Lignon, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Rodez's last game was hosting Caen (placed 11th) and winning 5-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? What a game it was for Arconte when beating Caen, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The forward Arconte outshone all others in that match and received a match rating of 9.15 out of 10. Arconte scored three goals and hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at Auxerre.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rodez handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Goals are plentiful at Stade Paul Lignon in the league this season as Rodez has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Rodez have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Bastia form and stats
0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bastia in their Ligue 2 matches away. Bastia has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The followers enjoyed Bastia's previous match versus Annecy (placed 12th), a 2-1 win played at home. That victory felt nice as this side had gone five league matches without victory. Janneh got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Janneh dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
Prior to that match, the Bastia manager Brouard faced defeat when travelling to Ajaccio and losing 0-2.Bastia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Goals are few and far between in Bastia's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 5 travels. 6 goals have been conceded by Bastia in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - four - two (Rodez wins - draws - Bastia wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Conte 4 goals |   L. Rajot 3 goals | K. Corredor 3 goals |
Rodez missing players
Bastia missing players
| Rodez | Bastia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 60% | 80% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 80% |
| 70% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.6 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14.5 | 18.4 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9 | 10.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| 37% | 39% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 9% | 32% |
| 12 | 10.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 15.2 | 12.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- Bastia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Bastia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Bastia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bastia have yet to win a game away.
- Rodez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rodez have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bastia have scored away.
- Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
- Rodez have the most points from losing position (7) in Ligue 2
- Rodez have the most scored goals (13) at home in Ligue 2
- Rodez have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Ligue 2
- Rodez have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rodez haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Laval | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Auxerre | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Angers SCO | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Saint-Etienne | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Rodez | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Pau | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Ajaccio | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Amiens SC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Caen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Annecy | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Bastia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Concarneau | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Troyes | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Paris | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | Dunkerque | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
