Ligue 2 game guide and facts: Bastia host Annecy

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

The home team, Bastia, should be expected winners in this fixture, but Annecy have shown both flair and intrepidity. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Bastia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an energetic game!

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Bastia form and stats

Overall Ligue 2 stats playing at home this season for Bastia are 9-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Bastia has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Armand-Césari, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

In their previous game, the manager Brouard led his Bastia to a defeat away at Bordeaux. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Armand-Césari. Up until that loss this team had gone six consecutive league games without a loss. The versatile forward Djoco edged out all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.15 out of 10. Djoco hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Before that, Bastia had a home game versus Sochaux which ended with a victory 3-2.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 24 league games, 19 have had zero, one or two goals.

The Bastia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Bastia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Armand-Césari in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.

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Annecy form and stats

There's been little loot from Annecy's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Ligue 2. Annecy only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Annecy are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Annecy had fun at their own home (Stade Armand-Césari) last time out, beating Valenciennes 2-1. Ndimba and Shamal scored. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone five league fixtures without victory. Annecy goalie Escales was high and low in the Valenciennes game, contributing six saves towards the victory.

The match before that was the Coupe de France-duel against Toulouse, a home defeat (1-2). As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Annecy playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 3 home wins.

Annecy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Annecy rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other previously this season, with the result Annecy - Bastia 0-2 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Bastia wins - draws - Annecy wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
8 goals
BastiaK. Van Den Kerkhof
K. Van Den Kerkhof
4 goals

Bastia missing players

Annecy missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bastia Annecy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
14 9 2 Won W 0 2 9
6 2 1 Drew D 1 6 9
10 4 2 Lost L 4 7 12
35 19 4 Scored S 2 17 32
34 12 3 Conceded C 10 25 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 87% 87%
63% 53% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 73%
30% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 53% 43%
23% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 47% 23%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 7%
33% 27% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 40%
40% 47% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 33%
30% 27% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 40% 40%
 
5.4 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.2
3.6 3.2 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.3 3.3
2.6 2.7 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.2
7 3 2 Red cards R C 3 6 8
 
10.8 11.9 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.1 8.3
4.4 4.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3
27% 26% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 39% 35%
 
8.7 7.1 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 10.9 9.5
3.7 3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 5.3 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bastia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 30 16 13 1 40 14 15 9 6 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 61
2 Bordeaux 30 16 8 6 42 23 15 9 4 2 21 9 15 7 4 4 21 14 19 56
3 Sochaux 30 15 7 8 49 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 15 6 3 6 20 15 23 52
4 Metz 30 14 10 6 45 27 15 7 6 2 20 12 15 7 4 4 25 15 18 52
5 Bastia 30 14 6 10 35 34 15 9 2 4 19 12 15 5 4 6 16 22 1 48
6 Grenoble Foot 38 30 13 8 9 30 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 14 14 5 47
7 Caen 30 12 10 8 37 32 15 9 5 1 23 10 15 3 5 7 14 22 5 46
8 Quevilly Rouen 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 6 6 3 23 17 15 5 3 7 10 15 1 42
9 Paris 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 7 4 4 18 16 -2 40
10 Amiens SC 30 11 7 12 32 37 15 7 3 5 17 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -5 40
11 Saint-Etienne 30 11 9 10 47 45 15 7 4 4 24 20 15 4 5 6 23 25 2 39
12 Guingamp 30 10 9 11 36 38 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 6 6 3 19 17 -2 39
13 Annecy 30 9 9 12 32 39 15 7 3 5 15 14 15 2 6 7 17 25 -7 36
14 Rodez 30 8 10 12 30 38 15 3 5 7 14 23 15 5 5 5 16 15 -8 34
15 Pau 30 8 10 12 23 33 15 4 6 5 12 16 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 34
16 Valenciennes 30 7 12 11 33 41 15 5 9 1 25 20 15 2 3 10 8 21 -8 33
17 Laval 30 9 4 17 33 45 15 5 2 8 19 21 15 4 2 9 14 24 -12 31
18 Dijon 30 7 8 15 26 36 16 6 5 5 16 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -10 29
19 Nimes 30 8 5 17 32 44 14 7 1 6 17 14 16 1 4 11 15 30 -12 29
20 Niort 30 7 5 18 27 51 15 5 2 8 17 26 15 2 3 10 10 25 -24 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 30 16 13 1 40 14 15 9 6 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 61
2 Bordeaux 30 16 8 6 42 23 15 9 4 2 21 9 15 7 4 4 21 14 19 56
3 Sochaux 30 15 7 8 49 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 15 6 3 6 20 15 23 52
4 Metz 30 14 10 6 45 27 15 7 6 2 20 12 15 7 4 4 25 15 18 52
5 Bastia 30 14 6 10 35 34 15 9 2 4 19 12 15 5 4 6 16 22 1 48
6 Grenoble Foot 38 30 13 8 9 30 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 14 14 5 47
7 Caen 30 12 10 8 37 32 15 9 5 1 23 10 15 3 5 7 14 22 5 46
8 Quevilly Rouen 30 11 9 10 33 32 15 6 6 3 23 17 15 5 3 7 10 15 1 42
9 Paris 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 7 4 4 18 16 -2 40
10 Amiens SC 30 11 7 12 32 37 15 7 3 5 17 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -5 40
11 Saint-Etienne 30 11 9 10 47 45 15 7 4 4 24 20 15 4 5 6 23 25 2 39
12 Guingamp 30 10 9 11 36 38 15 4 3 8 17 21 15 6 6 3 19 17 -2 39
13 Annecy 30 9 9 12 32 39 15 7 3 5 15 14 15 2 6 7 17 25 -7 36
14 Rodez 30 8 10 12 30 38 15 3 5 7 14 23 15 5 5 5 16 15 -8 34
15 Pau 30 8 10 12 23 33 15 4 6 5 12 16 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 34
16 Valenciennes 30 7 12 11 33 41 15 5 9 1 25 20 15 2 3 10 8 21 -8 33
17 Laval 30 9 4 17 33 45 15 5 2 8 19 21 15 4 2 9 14 24 -12 31
18 Dijon 30 7 8 15 26 36 16 6 5 5 16 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -10 29
19 Nimes 30 8 5 17 32 44 14 7 1 6 17 14 16 1 4 11 15 30 -12 29
20 Niort 30 7 5 18 27 51 15 5 2 8 17 26 15 2 3 10 10 25 -24 26

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.