Bordeaux favourites for feisty fight facing Bastia

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Matmut-Atlantique (42115 seats)

A fast pace is expected at Stade Matmut-Atlantique when Bordeaux meet Bastia in what looks to be a grand game. Read more!

Insights:
  • Bordeaux have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Ligue 2
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Bordeaux form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Matmut-Atlantique as Bordeaux have scored 19 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 8-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Bordeaux, as their goalkeeper Gaetan Poussin has completely shut out the opponents for 230 minutes in the Ligue 2.

Bordeaux are returning here after visiting Guingamp and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Fransérgio scored the goal(s). The gifted forward Bakwa outdid all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Bakwa hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 9 times.

Before that, Bordeaux had a home game versus Nimes which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bordeaux handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Bordeaux has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Bordeaux have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bastia form and stats

5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bastia in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Bastia had fun at their own home (Stade Matmut-Atlantique) last time out, beating Sochaux 3-2. Djoco, Magri and Alfarela scored. Magri has scored for the visitors four matches in a row. The capability! Midfielder Salles-Lamonge was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Salles-Lamonge served one assist and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Paris with the score of 1-0.

Bastia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Low on goals? 18 of this club's last 23 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Bastia have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Bastia have conceded 20 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bordeaux have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) against Bastia.

This isn't the first time these teams meet this season, as the results database show this recent match: Bastia - Bordeaux 1-1. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BordeauxJ. Maja
J. Maja
12 goals
BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
8 goals
BordeauxD. Bakwa
D. Bakwa
5 goals

Bordeaux missing players

Bastia missing players

Bordeaux Bastia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
15 8 2 Won W 0 5 14
8 4 0 Drew D 0 4 6
6 2 1 Lost L 3 5 9
40 19 5 Scored S 1 16 35
23 9 3 Conceded C 7 20 32
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
69% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 62%
41% 36% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 31%
14% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
48% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 34%
38% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 41%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 28%
 
4.1 4.1 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.4 5.4
3.6 2.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.1 3.7
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
11 12 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.6 10.8
4.1 5.3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 4.4
33% 26% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 30% 28%
 
9 8 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.4 8.7
2.8 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.4 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bastia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bordeaux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Bordeaux have the most scored goals in the first half (23) 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 29 16 12 1 40 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 60
2 Bordeaux 29 15 8 6 40 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 53
3 Metz 29 14 9 6 44 26 15 7 6 2 20 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 18 51
4 Sochaux 29 14 7 8 46 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 14 5 3 6 17 15 20 49
5 Bastia 29 14 6 9 35 32 15 9 2 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 16 20 3 48
6 Caen 29 12 10 7 36 30 15 9 5 1 23 10 14 3 5 6 13 20 6 46
7 Grenoble Foot 38 29 12 8 9 29 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 14 4 4 6 13 14 4 44
8 Paris 29 11 7 11 33 33 14 4 3 7 15 17 15 7 4 4 18 16 0 40
9 Quevilly Rouen 29 10 9 10 31 31 14 5 6 3 21 16 15 5 3 7 10 15 0 39
10 Guingamp 29 10 8 11 36 38 15 4 3 8 17 21 14 6 5 3 19 17 -2 38
11 Amiens SC 29 10 7 12 31 37 14 6 3 5 16 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -6 37
12 Saint-Etienne 29 10 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 24 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 0 36
13 Rodez 29 8 10 11 30 37 15 3 5 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -7 34
14 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 32 39 15 5 9 1 25 20 14 2 3 9 7 19 -7 33
15 Annecy 29 8 9 12 30 38 14 6 3 5 13 13 15 2 6 7 17 25 -8 33
16 Pau 29 8 9 12 22 32 14 4 5 5 11 15 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 33
17 Laval 29 9 4 16 33 44 14 5 2 7 19 20 15 4 2 9 14 24 -11 31
18 Nimes 29 8 5 16 32 43 14 7 1 6 17 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -11 29
19 Dijon 29 6 8 15 25 36 15 5 5 5 15 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -11 26
20 Niort 29 7 5 17 27 48 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 2 3 10 10 25 -21 26

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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.