Balanced ball game between Bastia and Sochaux expected

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

A crucial fixture as both teams are battling for the top league positions. With Bastia in 5th position and Sochaux located at 3rd, this promises to be an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (44) in Ligue 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both participants have had enough rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic game!

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Bastia form and stats

8-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Bastia so far this season.

Bastia are returning here after visiting Paris and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Magri scored the goal(s). Magri has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Skilful! Midfield player Kaiboue got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Kaiboue hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).

2-2 away at Valenciennes before that.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 17 league games, 14 have contained zero, one or two goals.

The Bastia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. From these home matches, Bastia have conceded only 10 goals.

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Sochaux form and stats

5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sochaux in their Ligue 2 matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Sochaux, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Sochaux had fun at their own home (Stade Armand-Césari) last time out, beating Grenoble Foot 38 1-0. Kalulu scored. Alvero got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, top player of the team. Alvero hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 44 successful passes (of 51 total).

A draw for Sochaux before that, at their own venue hosting Bordeaux (1-1).

The visiting Sochaux have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 13 games. Sochaux are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sochaux have won or drawn the last 7 games (3-4-0) versus Bastia.

The duelists have played earlier this season: Sochaux - Bastia 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

SochauxI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
10 goals
SochauxM. Doumbia
M. Doumbia
9 goals
BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
7 goals

Bastia missing players

Sochaux missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bastia Sochaux
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 13 28
13 8 2 Won W 0 5 14
6 2 1 Drew D 2 3 7
9 4 0 Lost L 2 5 7
32 16 3 Scored S 1 15 44
30 10 1 Conceded C 3 12 23
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 77% 86%
61% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 62% 64%
29% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 54%
21% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 21%
11% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
32% 21% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 50%
43% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 39%
29% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 38% 25%
 
5.2 6.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 4.4
3.6 3.1 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.9 4
2.5 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.2
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.7 11.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10.1 11
4.3 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 4.7
26% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 28% 33%
 
8.5 6.6 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.6 10.3
3.7 3 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sochaux have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the most scored goals (44) 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 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 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 Le Havre 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

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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.