The season has been rough for Bastia so far, while Sochaux have taken lots of points. Will the away side claim victory again at Stade Armand-Césari?
- Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Bastia and Sochaux should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sochaux have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Bastia form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Bastia have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 8 games. When Bastia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Toulouse, Auxerre, Ajaccio, Paris and Le Havre), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
No payout for Bastia in their previous match, an away game at Paris that ended in defeat 0-1. The attacker Sebastian Salles-Lamonge was announced as "man of the match" for Bastia with the rating of 7.85/10. Salles-Lamonge hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Bastia played out a Coupe de France draw 1-1 when visiting Les Herbiers (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bastia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.
Bastia aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Armand-Césari in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Bastia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sochaux form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.
Impressive finishing from Rassoul Ndiaye and Joseph Lopy secured the home win 2-1 against Pau in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager O. Daf when Joseph Lopy scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Joseph Lopy scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Pau. Defender Valentin Henry was the best team player with a rating of 7.72. Henry hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Montchat Lyon at their stadium, the result 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sochaux playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Sochaux wins, four draws and six defeats.
The visiting Sochaux have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Sochaux have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Bastia victories, three draws and one Sochaux win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Santelli 6 goals |   G. Weissbeck 4 goals |  A. Kalulu Kyatengwa 4 goals |
Bastia missing players
Sochaux missing players
| Bastia | Sochaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 17 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 82% | 62% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 82% |
| 65% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 29% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 9.5 | 9.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | 27% |
| 9 | 7.6 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.9 | 7.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
- Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bastia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sochaux 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Ajaccio | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Paris | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Rodez | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Pau | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Niort | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Nîmes | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Quevilly Rouen | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Valenciennes | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Dijon | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Amiens SC | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 17 | Caen | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 18 | Bastia | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 16 |
| 20 | Nancy | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |