Match information for Ligue 2: Nîmes - Bastia at Stade des Costières

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Welcome to Ligue 2 and Nîmes - Bastia. In this article you'll find statistics, previous results, data, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Nîmes have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Ligue 2
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Nîmes are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Bastia most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Nîmes form and stats

The Ligue 2 statistics at home this season for Nîmes are 6-4-8 (wins-draws-losses).

Nîmes lost their last game at Toulouse (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Paquiez, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Paquiez hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Nancy with a 3-1 scoreline.

The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 18 matches. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Bastia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bastia so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Bastia in their previous game as they lost hosting Rodez, 0-1. Late heartbreak for Bastia in the Rodez match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Kaiboue, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Kaiboue hit three key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Sochaux's place.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bastia have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Bastia - Nîmes 1-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the last five meetings): Nîmes won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Bastia have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesM. Koné
M. Koné
11 goals
NîmesY. Benrahou
Y. Benrahou
10 goals
BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
9 goals

Nîmes missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Bastia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
14 6 5 Won W 1 4 9
7 4 0 Drew D 2 4 16
16 8 1 Lost L 3 10 12
44 22 12 Scored S 7 17 36
49 26 7 Conceded C 9 24 36
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 81%
73% 78% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 67% 65%
57% 61% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 32%
22% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 8%
5% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 5%
51% 67% 83% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 51%
24% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 32%
32% 33% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 39% 35%
 
4.4 5.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 3.9
5.4 4.3 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 4.3
2.1 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.5 8.5 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.8 7.7
3.7 4.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 3.2
32% 30% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 33% 31%
 
12.1 10 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 9.2 8.4
4.8 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.7 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nîmes have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes 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 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 27

Nîmes:
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 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 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.