Can Bastia defeat Rodez in Stade Armand-Césari clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

Bastia host Rodez for another action-packed Ligue 2 game here at Stade Armand-Césari.

Insights:
  • Bastia have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2

It's quite the trip for Rodez when visiting Bastia as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous match. Let's hope for an animated game!

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Bastia form and stats

Only two Ligue 2 home games for Bastia so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Bastia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Amiens SC (1-3). Salles-Lamonge (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.15/10. Salles-Lamonge hit six key passes and had 79 successful passes (of 85 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Grenoble Foot 38 in a game that was won 3-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bastia as they are travelling to their away game against Saint-Étienne in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Bastia's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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Rodez form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Ligue 2 for Rodez with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

There were no winners in Rodez's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Annecy (placed 19th). The draw against Annecy came from a losing position. The Rodez manager Peyrelade brought on Depres as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Danger got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Danger scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nîmes wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

A quick return to home after this game, as Rodez are hosting Metz in the Ligue 2 only three days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rodez has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Rodez have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (1-4-0) when facing Bastia.

Top Goalscorers

BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
3 goals
BastiaS. Salles Lamonge
S. Salles Lamonge
1 goals
BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
1 goals

Bastia missing players

Rodez missing players

Bastia Rodez
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
8 3 3 Scored S 0 0 2
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
75% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 75%
 
4 3.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.2
4.2 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3
2.5 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.5 12 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 9.5
5.8 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4
35% 30% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
 
9.8 5.5 3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.5 9.2
4.5 2.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2
Bastia Last season Rodez
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 5   Won W   5 10
16 12   Drew D   4 13
12 2   Lost L   10 15
38 19   Scored S   16 32
36 12   Conceded C   26 42
82% 74%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 87%
66% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 63%
32% 21%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 24%
8% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   32% 34%
34% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 37%
34% 32%   Failed to Score F T   47% 42%
 
3.9 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.2
4.3 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.8
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
2 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
7.6 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 8.7
3.1 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.6
32% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 24%
 
8.2 7.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 7.9
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
2 Amiens SC 4 3 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 9
3 Dijon 4 2 2 0 6 4 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 8
4 Metz 4 2 1 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 4 7
5 Bordeaux 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
6 Guingamp 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 7
7 Laval 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 7
8 Bastia 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
9 Niort 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 -2 6
10 Le Havre 4 1 2 1 7 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 6 1 5 5
11 Paris 4 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 5
12 Valenciennes 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 5
13 Sochaux 4 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 4
14 Nîmes 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 4
15 Grenoble Foot 38 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 4
16 Quevilly Rouen 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
17 Rodez 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 2
18 Pau 4 0 2 2 1 8 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 -7 2
19 Annecy 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
20 Saint-Étienne 4 0 2 2 4 11 2 0 1 1 1 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 -7 -1
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

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.