Which team will claim the points when Bastia visit Nîmes? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant information and stats needed to enjoy the game more.
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Bastia's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
This should be an engrossing match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!
Nîmes form and stats
Nîmes have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Ligue 2. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Nîmes after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Nîmes lost their last game at Valenciennes (placed 6th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Fomba (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Fomba dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Heartbreak before that as Nîmes lost 2-3 at Grenoble Foot 38's place.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 Nîmes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Nîmes have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Nîmes have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Bastia form and stats
Bastia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 2, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Bastia have lost on their last two travels.
Bastia go into this game after a win, the home game against Dijon that ended 1-0. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone three league matches without victory. Midfield player Kerkhof was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Kerkhof served one assist and hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, the Bastia manager Brouard faced defeat when travelling to Saint-Etienne and losing 0-5.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bastia playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Bastia wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Bastia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior seven meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Nîmes, two draws and three wins for Bastia. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The matches between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Koné 3 goals |  M. Tchokounté 3 goals |   F. Magri 3 goals |
Nîmes missing players
Bastia missing players
| Nîmes | Bastia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 9.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 28% |
| 11.1 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.3 | 8.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.7 | 4.6 |
- All of Bastia's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Bastia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bordeaux | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Le Havre | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Caen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Metz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Dijon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Bastia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Nîmes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Paris | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Laval | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Niort | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Annecy | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Rodez | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Pau | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
