Soccer betting preview: Grenoble Foot 38 welcomes Bastia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

Grenoble Foot 38 - Bastia in Ligue 2: Numbers, squad info, games, tendencies and headlines. Check out our broad guide!

Insights:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

Grenoble Foot 38 have played 14 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).

The Grenoble Foot 38 goalkeeper Brice Maubleu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 276 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.

A good away victory last time out for Grenoble, who won 1-0 against Pau (placed 8th). Straalman was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The defender Straalman won 8 of 9 duels.

Before that, Grenoble Foot 38 drew at home versus Rodez.

The Grenoble Foot 38 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Grenoble have conceded 16 goals.

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Bastia form and stats

Bastia have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 4-1-9 (14 played).

The Bastia goalkeeper Johny Placide is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 259 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from Talal secured the home win 1-0 against Dunkerque in their previous game. Attacker Talal got a player rating of 8.14 in the game. "Man of the match" Talal scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Ajaccio.

As opposed to that, Bastia have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Bastia - Grenoble Foot 38 0-0 was the score in these participants' previous head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - four - one (Grenoble wins - draws - Bastia wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
8 goals
Grenoble Foot 38Y. Ravet
Y. Ravet
5 goals
BastiaI. Saadi
I. Saadi
4 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grenoble Foot 38 Bastia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 6 14 29
9 6 3 Won W 2 4 8
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 12
15 6 1 Lost L 3 9 9
22 15 6 Scored S 7 14 29
36 16 3 Conceded C 9 20 27
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 79%
48% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 64% 62%
34% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 31%
21% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 14% 10%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 14% 7%
31% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 45%
38% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 14% 38%
45% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 38%
 
4 5.5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.8 4.1
4.2 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.1 4.3
2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.9 7.6 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.1 7.9
2.7 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.3
29% 37% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 30%
 
11.3 9.9 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 9.4 8.2
4.3 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 29 17 9 3 67 25 15 10 4 1 44 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 42 60
2 Paris 29 16 7 6 42 26 14 9 4 1 23 9 15 7 3 5 19 17 16 55
3 Auxerre 29 15 9 5 46 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 8 5 2 20 16 15 54
4 Ajaccio 29 15 7 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 10 52
5 Sochaux 29 13 9 7 33 28 14 7 4 3 14 10 15 6 5 4 19 18 5 48
6 Le Havre 29 10 11 8 27 27 15 5 5 5 12 12 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 41
7 Nîmes 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 4 6 18 19 14 6 2 6 17 19 -3 39
8 Pau 29 11 5 13 29 32 15 9 1 5 20 12 14 2 4 8 9 20 -3 38
9 Dijon 29 11 4 14 33 36 15 7 2 6 19 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -3 37
10 Caen 29 9 9 11 38 32 15 7 1 7 24 15 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 36
11 Amiens SC 29 8 12 9 36 32 15 7 4 4 24 11 14 1 8 5 12 21 4 36
12 Bastia 29 8 12 9 29 27 15 4 11 0 15 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 2 36
13 Niort 29 10 6 13 29 31 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 36
14 Guingamp 29 8 12 9 30 36 14 5 6 3 19 17 15 3 6 6 11 19 -6 36
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 28 37 15 4 4 7 18 25 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 33
16 Rodez 29 7 11 11 24 32 14 3 7 4 11 13 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 32
17 Grenoble Foot 38 29 9 5 15 22 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 15 3 3 9 7 20 -14 32
18 Quevilly Rouen 29 7 10 12 24 38 14 3 7 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 31
19 Dunkerque 29 8 6 15 22 35 15 5 5 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 22 -13 30
20 Nancy 29 5 8 16 24 49 14 4 4 6 13 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -25 23

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 Toulouse 29 17 9 3 67 25 15 10 4 1 44 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 42 60
2 Paris 29 16 7 6 42 26 14 9 4 1 23 9 15 7 3 5 19 17 16 55
3 Auxerre 29 15 9 5 46 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 8 5 2 20 16 15 54
4 Ajaccio 29 15 7 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 10 52
5 Sochaux 29 13 9 7 33 28 14 7 4 3 14 10 15 6 5 4 19 18 5 48
6 Le Havre 29 10 11 8 27 27 15 5 5 5 12 12 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 41
7 Nîmes 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 4 6 18 19 14 6 2 6 17 19 -3 39
8 Pau 29 11 5 13 29 32 15 9 1 5 20 12 14 2 4 8 9 20 -3 38
9 Dijon 29 11 4 14 33 36 15 7 2 6 19 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -3 37
10 Caen 29 9 9 11 38 32 15 7 1 7 24 15 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 36
11 Amiens SC 29 8 12 9 36 32 15 7 4 4 24 11 14 1 8 5 12 21 4 36
12 Bastia 29 8 12 9 29 27 15 4 11 0 15 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 2 36
13 Niort 29 10 6 13 29 31 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 36
14 Guingamp 29 8 12 9 30 36 14 5 6 3 19 17 15 3 6 6 11 19 -6 36
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 28 37 15 4 4 7 18 25 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 33
16 Rodez 29 7 11 11 24 32 14 3 7 4 11 13 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 32
17 Grenoble Foot 38 29 9 5 15 22 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 15 3 3 9 7 20 -14 32
18 Quevilly Rouen 29 7 10 12 24 38 14 3 7 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 31
19 Dunkerque 29 8 6 15 22 35 15 5 5 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 22 -13 30
20 Nancy 29 5 8 16 24 49 14 4 4 6 13 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -25 23

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