Laval and Bastia followers can't wait for Ligue 2 clash at Stade Francis Le Basser

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis Le Basser (18467 seats)

Laval will pray that their home advantage is enough to get at least a draw from this hard duel, against potent Bastia.

Insights:
  • Laval is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Bastia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Laval form and stats

The total Ligue 2 results at home this season for Laval are 6-2-8 (wins-draws-losses). When Laval hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bordeaux, Caen, Sochaux, Metz and Le Havre), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Laval faced defeat in their previous match, away at Guingamp (1-3). Balde was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Balde served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sochaux.

The Laval fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. 22 goals have been conceded. When Laval hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Valenciennes, Niort, Annecy, Pau, Nîmes and Dijon), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

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Bastia form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Bastia have produced an overall stat of 5-5-6 so far.

There were no winners in Bastia's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Amiens SC (placed 13th). Midfield player Kaiboue was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.9/10. Kaiboue served one assist, hit three key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 70 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dijon that ended 1-1.

A tale of few goals? 21 of this side's latest 27 league matches have had two or less goals.

Bastia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 23 goals have been conceded by Bastia in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Bastia - Laval 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Laval victories, one draw and five Bastia wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
9 goals
LavalJ. Maggiotti
J. Maggiotti
7 goals
LavalZ. Naidji
Z. Naidji
6 goals

Laval missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Laval Bastia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
10 6 2 Won W 2 5 15
4 2 1 Drew D 3 5 8
19 8 2 Lost L 0 6 10
36 21 11 Scored S 9 17 40
50 22 9 Conceded C 4 23 36
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
61% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 67%
55% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 30%
33% 25% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 21%
15% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
48% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 36%
24% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 39%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 27%
 
4.8 4.8 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.2 5.2
4.1 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.4 3.8
2 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.5
6 3 0 Red cards R C 2 4 7
 
9 10.1 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.5 10.9
3.8 4.2 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.3
29% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 29% 28%
 
10.2 9.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.7 8.6
3.8 3.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3.5
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.
  • Laval have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Laval have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Ligue 2
  • Laval haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Laval is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

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 Le Havre 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

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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.