The home followers anticipate a win and three points in this fixture, and the home advantage might do the trick against a struggling visitor. Bastia are in 8th spot while the guesting Nîmes lose sleep at 18th.
- Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nîmes have the most conceded goals (24) away in Ligue 2
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Bastia form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Bastia have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.
It's back home for Bastia, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rodez away with the result 2-0. Kaiboue and Vincent found the net in that victory. At last, a league victory after three fixtures without. Goalkeeper Placide got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.12 out of ten. Placide topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Bastia hosted Guingamp and drew the game 1-1.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.
It should be added that a look at the 21 most recent league fixtures reveals that 16 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Bastia aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Armand-Césari in the league, with only {12 goals} from 13 games. Bastia have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nîmes form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nîmes so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose).
Nîmes lost away at Metz (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Defender Burner was the best team player with a rating of 7.21. Burner won 4 of 4 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Saint-Etienne.Nîmes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nîmes have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Bastia and Nîmes have met earlier this season: Nîmes - Bastia 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Bastia three wins, three draws and Nîmes two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 10 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tchokounté 9 goals |  M. Koné 4 goals |   B. Santelli 3 goals |
Bastia missing players
Nîmes missing players
| Bastia | Nîmes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 26 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 38 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 60% | 46% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 85% | 68% |
| 24% | 8% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 54% | 44% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 28% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 15% | 16% |
| 28% | 15% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 77% | 56% |
| 44% | 54% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 24% |
| 32% | 31% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | 28% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 11 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 25% | 20% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 27% |
| 8.3 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
- Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nîmes have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Ligue 2
- Nîmes have the most conceded goals (24) away in Ligue 2
| 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 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 52 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | Metz | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Caen | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Quevilly Rouen | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Bastia | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Annecy | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Paris | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 31 |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 31 |
| 14 | Laval | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 16 | Pau | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 19 | Niort | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 23 |
| 20 | Rodez | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -12 | 22 |
