Bastia look to Stade Armand-Césari supporters for inspiration before Laval match

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

It's the premier fixture of the new season for Bastia and Laval. The page is blank, the possibilities infinite.

These teams have little in common geographically as Laval have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Bastia form and stats

In the previous season, Bastia's league results were 10 wins, 16 draws and 12 losses, leading to 12th place in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 36. Appearing as the home team in the last season Bastia delivered 5-12-2 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 12 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bastia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 8 and lost 2.

Bastia have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bastia scored 6 goals and let in 3 goals during these four games.

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Laval form and stats

A job perfectly done for Laval last season as they secured promotion from National. With a grand total of 20 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 10 were in away matches.

We have checked recent matches where Laval have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Laval have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeats from six fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Last nine meetings featuring these squads: Bastia won five, Laval were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Bastia missing players

Laval missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bastia Laval
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Bastia Last season Laval
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
10 5   Won W   10 20
16 12   Drew D   4 7
12 2   Lost L   3 7
38 19   Scored S   27 50
36 12   Conceded C   18 31
82% 74%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
66% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 65%
32% 21%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 56%
8% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 21%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
34% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 38%
34% 32%   Failed to Score F T   12% 15%
 
3.9 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.1
4.3 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
7.6 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.9
3.1 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4
32% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 36%
 
8.2 7.6   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 7.1
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annecy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Laval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nîmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nîmes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27
Last season 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 34 20 7 7 50 31 17 10 3 4 23 13 17 10 4 3 27 18 19 67
2 Annecy 34 19 9 6 55 30 17 12 4 1 35 9 17 7 5 5 20 21 25 66
3 Villefranche 34 19 8 7 47 29 17 10 3 4 26 16 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 65
4 Concarneau 34 15 13 6 48 31 17 10 4 3 26 11 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 58
5 Chateauroux 34 15 10 9 41 28 17 8 6 3 25 13 17 7 4 6 16 15 13 55
6 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 15 9 10 55 37 17 8 5 4 25 14 17 7 4 6 30 23 18 54
7 Stade Briochin 34 14 10 10 47 35 17 9 4 4 27 16 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 52
8 Sedan 34 13 11 10 37 37 17 9 4 4 19 14 17 4 7 6 18 23 0 50
9 Orleans 34 12 11 11 37 35 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 5 5 7 15 20 2 47
10 Le Mans 34 12 10 12 35 35 17 8 4 5 19 15 17 4 6 7 16 20 0 46
11 Red Star 34 13 6 15 55 50 17 7 2 8 28 25 17 6 4 7 27 25 5 45
12 Avranches 34 12 6 16 37 58 17 7 2 8 19 30 17 5 4 8 18 28 -21 42
13 Cholet 34 11 8 15 49 62 17 7 4 6 28 28 17 4 4 9 21 34 -13 41
14 Sete 34 10 7 17 35 42 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 5 1 11 17 26 -7 37
15 Bastia-Borgo 34 7 10 17 40 58 17 6 5 6 28 25 17 1 5 11 12 33 -18 31
16 Chambly 34 7 8 19 35 62 17 4 6 7 24 30 17 3 2 12 11 32 -27 29
17 Boulogne 34 6 9 19 28 48 17 3 7 7 14 21 17 3 2 12 14 27 -20 26
18 Creteil 34 6 8 20 35 58 17 5 5 7 23 26 17 1 3 13 12 32 -23 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 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annecy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Laval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nîmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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