Laval have come here for an interesting duel against the home side Bastia. Get ready for the match with this thorough Ligue 2 preview!
- Bastia have won all their matches at home so far.
- Laval have yet to win a game away.
Laval have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Bastia and Laval 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.
Bastia form and stats
Perfect Ligue 2 season at home so far for Bastia 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Bastia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Grenoble Foot 38 that ended 0-0. Boucher, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.6 out of 10 in that game. Boucher topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Troyes.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bastia handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 8 draws and 1 defeat.
Early season league goal statistics from Bastia's 2 home games: {6 goals}, 2 conceded.
Laval form and stats
The Ligue 2 season is young and Laval have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Impressive finishing from Tchokounté and Vargas secured the home win 2-1 against Caen in their previous game. Late drama in the previous game, when Tchokounté scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Caen. Vargas got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Vargas scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Quevilly Rouen.Laval 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, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Laval have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Bastia won four games, one match ended with a tie and Laval managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Santelli 2 goals |  F. Conte 2 goals |   M. Tchokounté 2 goals |
Bastia missing players
Laval missing players
| Bastia | Laval | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.5 | 4.2 |
| 6.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 20 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.5 | 12 |
| 3.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 28% |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.6 |
- All of Bastia's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bastia have won all their matches at home so far.
- Bastia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Laval have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Laval have yet to win a game away.
| Bastia | Last season | Laval | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 12 | 20 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 32 | 56 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 66% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 58% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 13% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 24% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Caen | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Laval | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Bastia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Pau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Troyes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Annecy | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Rodez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Dunkerque | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Paris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | Concarneau | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
