Pau v Bastia betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

Pau will pray that their home advantage is enough to get something from this hard encounter, versus gutsy Bastia.

Insights:
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Bastia when visiting Pau as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

This looks to be an action-packed game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Pau form and stats

All-inclusive Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Pau are 5-6-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Pau travelled for their previous game, a trip to Valenciennes that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Tholot made a successful contribution in the game against Valenciennes, bringing on George who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. The talented striker Saivet bested all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Saivet hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Pau lost 3-4 at home to Quevilly Rouen.

This is expected to be a close game, with Pau perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pau as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Pau has won 13 of these, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Both teams to score! That has happened in 5 league rounds in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

Pau have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Bastia form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Bastia playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Impressive finishing from Kerkhof and Santelli secured the home win 2-1 against Niort in their previous game. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league games without winning. Kaiboue, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Kaiboue hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Bastia in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Bastia, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Bastia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 17 games (in the league). 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 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The newest past match involving both these squads is the Bastia - Pau 1-0 played not long ago this season. Last three meetings between these squads: Pau won one, Bastia were winners in one and we saw one draw. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
10 goals
PauH. Saivet
H. Saivet
7 goals
PauY. Begraoui
Y. Begraoui
7 goals

Pau missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pau Bastia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 6 17 35
10 5 0 Won W 2 5 16
11 6 1 Drew D 3 5 8
14 6 3 Lost L 1 7 11
34 17 1 Scored S 10 18 43
44 21 7 Conceded C 6 25 39
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 97%
60% 53% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 69%
34% 41% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 34%
20% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 20%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 11%
46% 41% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 40%
26% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 37%
34% 41% 75% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 26%
 
4.1 4.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.4 5.3
4.7 3.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.2 3.7
2 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 3 5 8
 
9.1 10.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.6 11.2
3.5 4.1 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 4.3
28% 24% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 29% 28%
 
11 8.2 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 10.5 8.7
4.4 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Le Havre 34 19 14 1 44 15 17 10 7 0 22 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 29 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Étienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
16 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
17 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
18 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
19 Nîmes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 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 34 19 14 1 44 15 17 10 7 0 22 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 29 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Étienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
16 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
17 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
18 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
19 Nîmes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 27

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