It's the second chance for points this season as Bastia and Valenciennes bump heads at Stade Armand-Césari.
It's quite the trip for Valenciennes when visiting Bastia as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Bastia form and stats
The previous season, Bastia's league stats were 10 wins, 16 draws and 12 losses, leading to 12th spot in the Ligue 2. During these 38 matches they scored {38 goals} and conceded 36. Playing at home in the former season Bastia produced 5-12-2 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 12 conceded.
Bastia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Concarneau that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Placide got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.02 out of ten. Placide saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Bastia lost 0-1 at home to UNFP.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bastia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 8 and lost 1.
Valenciennes form and stats
Let's have a look at how Valenciennes performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 14 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 9 and lost 5 with 15/19 goals scored/conceded.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Auxerre with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Boutoutaou got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Boutoutaou served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against UNFP in the Hybrid Friendlies.We have checked recent matches where Valenciennes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 5 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Bastia wins - draws - Valenciennes wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Buatu Mananga 1 goals |
Bastia missing players
Valenciennes missing players
| Bastia | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bastia | Last season | Valenciennes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Auxerre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Guingamp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Caen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Amiens SC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Laval | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dunkerque | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Troyes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ajaccio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rodez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bastia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Concarneau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Pau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Quevilly Rouen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Angers SCO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Paris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Annecy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
