17th- against 10th position might not sound all that hot. But look: Here's the data that makes Bastia - Pau (even) more engrossing!
- Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Pau, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Pau could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 2 game only four sleeps ago.
Bastia form and stats
3 victories, 8 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Bastia have to build on here at Stade Armand-Césari in the Ligue 2. The Bastia fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Armand-Césari and will expect new points from this game. Bastia has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Salles-Lamonge (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Salles-Lamonge scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 0-0 versus Toulouse.This is expected to be a close game, with Bastia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bastia as a small favourite), we find six games. Bastia has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.
The Bastia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Bastia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Pau form and stats
There's been little loot from Pau's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 2. Pau only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
Pau failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Nîmes (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Lobry got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Lobry hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Toulouse.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Pau in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Pau, four draws and seven defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Pau struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Bastia and Pau have played each other previously this season: Pau - Bastia 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  B. Santelli 7 goals |   V. Lobry 5 goals |  E. Assifuah-Inkoom 5 goals |
Bastia missing players
Pau missing players
| Bastia | Pau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 24 |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| 77% | 64% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 64% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 73% |
| 32% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 36% | 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 32% |
| 45% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.1 | 4.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8.3 | 9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.4 | 9.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 30% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 28% |
| 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.2 | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bastia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Toulouse | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Ajaccio | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 42 |
| 3 | Paris | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 41 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Niort | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Le Havre | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Nîmes | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Dijon | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Pau | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Rodez | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | Amiens SC | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 14 | Caen | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 25 |
| 16 | Quevilly Rouen | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 17 | Bastia | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 24 |
| 18 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Nancy | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -27 | 15 |
