Bastia vs Troyes: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

Troyes have come here for an entertaining duel versus the home team Bastia. Get smart on the game with this full Ligue 2 preview!

Insights:
  • Troyes have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Ligue 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Troyes, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

Bastia and Troyes 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.

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Bastia form and stats

Bastia have played 1 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Bastia in their previous match, an away game at Amiens SC that ended in defeat 1-2. Drame was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Drame scored one goal and won 4 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Valenciennes.

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 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Bastia has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Troyes form and stats

Troyes are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 2, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses).

Troyes has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Grenoble Foot 38 for a 0-0 draw. Goalkeeper Alemdar made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Grenoble Foot 38. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Alemdar was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.12. The agile goalkeeper Alemdar topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Troyes secured a home win against Laval with the score 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Troyes in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Troyes, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Troyes has managed {2 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Bastia have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Troyes.

The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

TroyesL. Ilić
L. Ilić
2 goals
BastiaI. Dramé
I. Dramé
1 goals
BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
1 goals

Bastia missing players

Troyes missing players

Bastia Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 2 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 3 0 Scored S 2 2 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 3
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 67%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4.3 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.7
7.3 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 9 8.3
1.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10 9.7
4 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4 4.7
33% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 36%
 
11 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 17 17.3
3.3 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Troyes have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Ligue 2
Bastia Last season Troyes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   19 38
0 0   Won W   3 4
0 0   Drew D   1 12
1 1   Lost L   15 22
0 0   Scored S   26 45
1 1   Conceded C   51 81
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
0% 0%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 87%
0% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   84% 63%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   68% 53%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 21%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   74% 71%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 3%
100% 100%   Failed to Score F T   26% 29%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.9
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.3
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.7
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.8
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 31%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   16.8 16.6
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.7 5.9

  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 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 9
2 Amiens SC 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Grenoble Foot 38 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
4 Pau 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 6
5 Laval 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
6 Troyes 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
7 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 4
8 Bastia 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
9 Guingamp 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
10 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
11 Annecy 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
12 Rodez 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
13 Dunkerque 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Saint-Etienne 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
16 Bordeaux 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 2
17 Concarneau 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
18 Valenciennes 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 1
19 Quevilly Rouen 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
20 Paris 3 0 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 0
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 PSG 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

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.