Soccer betting preview: Niort welcomes Bastia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

It's time for Ligue 2 and Niort - Bastia. In this preview and prediction you'll find statistics, scores, analysis, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Bastia have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Ligue 2

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bastia, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

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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Niort form and stats

Niort have collected 25 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 7-4-5.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Niort, as their goalkeeper Mathieu Michel has completely shut out the opponents for 240 minutes in the Ligue 2.

Niort enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nancy's place. The match ended 2-0 with Mendes and Boutobba scoring. Midfield player Boutobba got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Boutobba scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that, Niort drew at home versus Nîmes.

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 eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost two.

Niort are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 16 games. Niort are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bastia form and stats

There's been little loot from Bastia's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Ligue 2. Bastia only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. Visiting Bastia has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The manager Brouard was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stade Armand-Césari. Bastia suffered a 1-2 loss to Guingamp (placed 8th). Attacker Salles-Lamonge got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Salles-Lamonge served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 0-0 draw at Amiens SC's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Bastia in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Bastia, two draws and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Bastia, the Ligue 2 home match versus Paris. Busy days.

The attacking power of Bastia when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Bastia have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bastia - Niort 2-0 was the score in these squads' previous h2h game, earlier this season. Data for the last seven meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Niort, two draws and four wins for Bastia. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

NiortI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
9 goals
BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
8 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
6 goals

Niort missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Niort Bastia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
12 7 3 Won W 1 4 8
8 4 0 Drew D 1 3 15
13 5 2 Lost L 3 9 10
34 18 6 Scored S 5 15 32
32 11 5 Conceded C 8 21 31
85% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 79%
64% 56% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 64%
33% 25% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 30%
15% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 9%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 6%
30% 25% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 48%
39% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 36%
45% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 36%
 
3.6 3.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.8 4.1
5.2 4.8 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 4.7 4.2
1.3 1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.3 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.1 8.7 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 6.8 7.7
3.2 3.1 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.2
32% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 33% 30%
 
8.1 7.8 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 9.2 8.2
2.9 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bastia have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Ligue 2
  • Bastia have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Ligue 2

  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 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 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 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 23

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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.