Rodez vs Bastia: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Paul Lignon (5955 seats)

Rodez have some catching up to do from their 20th spot, and the job starts versus Bastia. Read more!

Insights:
  • Rodez is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Bastia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rodez form and stats

With 1 Ligue 2 win, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Rodez are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The Rodez manager Santini and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Valenciennes (placed 13th). The forward Corredor was declared "man of the match" for Rodez with the rating of 7.11/10. Corredor hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Nimes.

Not much happening? In this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

The manager Santini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Toulouse in only four days.

Rodez have scored {10 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rodez defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Bastia form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

There were no winners in Bastia's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Guingamp (placed 11th). Defender Kaiboue was the best team player with a rating of 8.14. Kaiboue scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Quevilly Rouen.

Few goals the story here? 12 of this team's latest 13 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bastia have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Rodez have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (2-4-0) versus Bastia.

The latest logged history between these squads is the Bastia - Rodez 0-2 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

RodezC. Dépres
C. Dépres
7 goals
BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
3 goals
BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
3 goals

Rodez missing players

Bastia missing players

Rodez Bastia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 11 24
4 1 0 Won W 1 3 10
10 5 2 Drew D 1 3 5
10 6 2 Lost L 1 5 9
20 10 3 Scored S 4 11 23
30 19 5 Conceded C 6 18 26
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 96%
67% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 58%
33% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 25%
17% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 17%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 18% 8%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 29%
21% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 42%
42% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 33%
 
4.6 4.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 5.4
4.5 4.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.5 3.8
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
8.1 8.6 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 7.7 9.5
2.7 2.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 4.1
31% 29% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 23%
 
9.5 8.2 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 10.5 8.2
3.2 2.7 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bastia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rodez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the fewest points (8) at home in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Rodez haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rodez is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 24 14 9 1 34 10 12 8 4 0 17 4 12 6 5 1 17 6 24 51
2 Bordeaux 24 12 6 6 34 20 12 7 3 2 17 8 12 5 3 4 17 12 14 42
3 Sochaux 24 12 5 7 37 21 12 7 3 2 22 9 12 5 2 5 15 12 16 41
4 Metz 24 10 8 6 35 24 12 5 5 2 16 11 12 5 3 4 19 13 11 38
5 Grenoble Foot 38 24 10 7 7 25 21 12 6 3 3 12 9 12 4 4 4 13 12 4 37
6 Caen 24 9 9 6 28 24 12 7 4 1 19 8 12 2 5 5 9 16 4 36
7 Quevilly Rouen 24 9 8 7 28 25 12 5 5 2 19 13 12 4 3 5 9 12 3 35
8 Bastia 24 10 5 9 23 26 13 7 2 4 12 8 11 3 3 5 11 18 -3 35
9 Amiens SC 23 9 6 8 26 26 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 4 3 5 13 16 0 33
10 Annecy 24 8 8 8 27 23 12 6 2 4 12 9 12 2 6 4 15 14 4 32
11 Guingamp 24 8 7 9 30 33 12 3 3 6 14 18 12 5 4 3 16 15 -3 31
12 Laval 24 9 4 11 29 35 12 5 2 5 18 17 12 4 2 6 11 18 -6 31
13 Valenciennes 24 7 9 8 22 27 12 5 7 0 17 11 12 2 2 8 5 16 -5 30
14 Paris 23 7 7 9 19 25 10 2 3 5 8 14 13 5 4 4 11 11 -6 28
15 Pau 24 6 9 9 20 28 12 3 5 4 10 14 12 3 4 5 10 14 -8 27
16 Saint-Etienne 23 7 6 10 33 38 12 5 3 4 19 19 11 2 3 6 14 19 -5 24
17 Nimes 23 6 5 12 23 34 11 5 1 5 10 12 12 1 4 7 13 22 -11 23
18 Niort 24 6 5 13 22 37 12 4 2 6 12 18 12 2 3 7 10 19 -15 23
19 Dijon 24 5 7 12 21 29 13 4 5 4 14 14 11 1 2 8 7 15 -8 22
20 Rodez 24 4 10 10 20 30 12 1 5 6 10 19 12 3 5 4 10 11 -10 22

Read more about Ligue 2

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.