Balanced ball game between Niort and Bastia expected

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

It's only fixture two of the Ligue 2 for these sides. And fresh bodies and minds here at Stade René Gaillard as Niort host Bastia. Get smart with this preview!

Bastia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

This should be an engaging game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Niort form and stats

The previous season, Niort's league stats were 12 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses, providing 13th position in the Ligue 2. From these 38 matches they scored 39 goals and let in 42. Performing as the home side in the previous season Niort produced 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 17 conceded.

Niort enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Annecy's place. The match ended 2-1 with Merdji and Boutobba scoring. A big relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in eight consecutive fixtures. Defender Vallier got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Vallier won 8 of 9 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Valenciennes (1-2).

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 Niort have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 4.

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Bastia form and stats

Let's have a look at how Bastia performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 16 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 19/24 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Laval with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Salles-Lamonge got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, top player of the team. Salles-Lamonge hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Nîmes with the score of 2-0.

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 10 relevant matches. Results were 5 Bastia wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last eight meetings): Niort won one game, three matches ended with a tie and Bastia got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
1 goals
NiortY. Merdji
Y. Merdji
1 goals

Niort missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Niort Bastia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Niort Last season Bastia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 7   Won W   5 10
10 5   Drew D   4 16
16 7   Lost L   10 12
39 21   Scored S   19 38
42 17   Conceded C   24 36
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 82%
68% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 66%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 32%
18% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 8%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
37% 37%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
34% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 34%
42% 37%   Failed to Score F T   37% 34%
 
3.5 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 3.9
5.4 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
1.2 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
7.9 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   6.7 7.6
3.1 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.1
33% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 32%
 
8.7 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   8.8 8.2
3.2 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Laval 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Dijon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Niort 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rodez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nîmes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 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 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Laval 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Dijon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Niort 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rodez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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