Open game expected at Stade Armand-Césari: Bastia vs Paris preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

This season has been gruelling for Bastia up to now, while Paris have enjoyed success. Will the visitors win again at Stade Armand-Césari?

Insights:
  • Bastia have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Ligue 2
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Paris when visiting Bastia as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bastia form and stats

Bastia have collected 24 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 4-12-1.

The Bastia manager Brouard and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Niort (placed 9th). Midfielder Salles-Lamonge was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Salles-Lamonge hit one key pass and had 56 successful passes (of 63 total).

Ahead of that match, Bastia lost 1-2 at home to Guingamp.

From these home matches, Bastia have conceded only 10 goals.

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Paris form and stats

The visitors are W8-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

The Paris goalkeeper Vincent De Marconnay is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 198 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Paris are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Caen (placed 8th). Demarconnay was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.25. The agile goalkeeper Demarconnay saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Rodez.

The visiting Paris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 17 games. 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 opposed to that, Paris have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other earlier on this match year: Paris - Bastia 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Bastia two wins, zero draws and Paris one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
11 goals
BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
9 goals
ParisM. Name
M. Name
6 goals

Bastia missing players

Paris missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bastia Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
8 4 1 Won W 4 8 18
16 12 4 Drew D 1 3 9
10 1 0 Lost L 1 6 7
33 17 5 Scored S 11 21 48
32 10 3 Conceded C 5 19 31
79% 71% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 65% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 68%
29% 18% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 38%
9% 6% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 21%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 6%
50% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 47%
35% 53% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 38%
35% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 15%
 
4.1 4.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.4 4.5
4.1 3.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 4.4
2.3 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.7 8.6 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.8 8.7
3.2 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 4.1
30% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 34%
 
8.1 7.2 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 8.5 7.8
3.2 2.8 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Ligue 2
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris 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 Toulouse 34 21 10 3 78 30 17 12 4 1 48 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 48 73
2 Ajaccio 34 20 7 7 35 17 17 11 3 3 18 7 17 9 4 4 17 10 18 67
3 Auxerre 34 18 10 6 55 36 17 9 4 4 30 18 17 9 6 2 25 18 19 64
4 Paris 34 18 9 7 48 31 17 10 6 1 27 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 17 63
5 Sochaux 34 17 10 7 42 30 17 9 5 3 18 11 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 61
6 Le Havre 34 13 11 10 35 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 17 7 6 4 19 17 1 50
7 Guingamp 34 12 12 10 42 42 17 7 6 4 27 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 0 48
8 Caen 34 12 10 12 47 37 17 8 2 7 27 17 17 4 8 5 20 20 10 46
9 Niort 34 12 9 13 35 33 17 7 5 5 19 12 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 45
10 Nîmes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 17 7 3 7 18 20 -7 43
11 Amiens SC 34 9 15 10 40 36 18 7 6 5 25 14 16 2 9 5 15 22 4 42
12 Dijon 34 12 6 16 38 44 17 8 2 7 20 20 17 4 4 9 18 24 -6 42
13 Pau 34 12 6 16 34 43 17 10 1 6 23 17 17 2 5 10 11 26 -9 42
14 Bastia 34 8 16 10 33 32 17 4 12 1 17 10 17 4 4 9 16 22 1 40
15 Grenoble Foot 38 34 11 6 17 29 40 17 7 3 7 19 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -11 39
16 Valenciennes 34 8 12 14 30 45 17 4 4 9 18 28 17 4 8 5 12 17 -15 36
17 Rodez 34 7 13 14 26 39 17 3 9 5 13 16 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 34 8 10 16 26 45 17 4 7 6 14 19 17 4 3 10 12 26 -19 34
19 Dunkerque 34 8 6 20 26 46 17 5 5 7 13 18 17 3 1 13 13 28 -20 30
20 Nancy 34 5 9 20 26 58 16 4 4 8 13 24 18 1 5 12 13 34 -32 24

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 Toulouse 34 21 10 3 78 30 17 12 4 1 48 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 48 73
2 Ajaccio 34 20 7 7 35 17 17 11 3 3 18 7 17 9 4 4 17 10 18 67
3 Auxerre 34 18 10 6 55 36 17 9 4 4 30 18 17 9 6 2 25 18 19 64
4 Paris 34 18 9 7 48 31 17 10 6 1 27 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 17 63
5 Sochaux 34 17 10 7 42 30 17 9 5 3 18 11 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 61
6 Le Havre 34 13 11 10 35 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 17 7 6 4 19 17 1 50
7 Guingamp 34 12 12 10 42 42 17 7 6 4 27 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 0 48
8 Caen 34 12 10 12 47 37 17 8 2 7 27 17 17 4 8 5 20 20 10 46
9 Niort 34 12 9 13 35 33 17 7 5 5 19 12 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 45
10 Nîmes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 17 7 3 7 18 20 -7 43
11 Amiens SC 34 9 15 10 40 36 18 7 6 5 25 14 16 2 9 5 15 22 4 42
12 Dijon 34 12 6 16 38 44 17 8 2 7 20 20 17 4 4 9 18 24 -6 42
13 Pau 34 12 6 16 34 43 17 10 1 6 23 17 17 2 5 10 11 26 -9 42
14 Bastia 34 8 16 10 33 32 17 4 12 1 17 10 17 4 4 9 16 22 1 40
15 Grenoble Foot 38 34 11 6 17 29 40 17 7 3 7 19 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -11 39
16 Valenciennes 34 8 12 14 30 45 17 4 4 9 18 28 17 4 8 5 12 17 -15 36
17 Rodez 34 7 13 14 26 39 17 3 9 5 13 16 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 34 8 10 16 26 45 17 4 7 6 14 19 17 4 3 10 12 26 -19 34
19 Dunkerque 34 8 6 20 26 46 17 5 5 7 13 18 17 3 1 13 13 28 -20 30
20 Nancy 34 5 9 20 26 58 16 4 4 8 13 24 18 1 5 12 13 34 -32 24

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