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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

This should be an absorbing game as Valenciennes have their presumed home advantage, while Bastia lead them by 9 points in the Ligue 2 standings.

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This could be an engrossing game with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Valenciennes form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Valenciennes at their home stadium (Stade du Hainaut) is 5 wins, 8 draws and 0 defeats. The last three games played by Valenciennes, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

An away draw last time out for Valenciennes, facing Quevilly Rouen in a game that ended 1-1. Kaba, a natural forward, was the best performer for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 8.02 (out of 10). Kaba served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dijon that ended 2-2.

The Valenciennes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches.

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Bastia form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Bastia are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the fixture against Nîmes (placed 19th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Nîmes was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Kerkhof got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, top player of the team. Kerkhof scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

Prior to that result Bastia won their away game at Rodez. The scoreline was 2-0.

A tale of few goals? 13 of this side's most recent 15 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

Bastia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Bastia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This duo encountered each other previously this campaign: Bastia - Valenciennes 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Valenciennes four wins, one draw and Bastia five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
4 goals
BastiaF. Magri
F. Magri
4 goals
BastiaK. Van Den Kerkhof
K. Van Den Kerkhof
4 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Bastia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Bastia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 6 12 26
7 5 2 Won W 2 4 12
11 8 2 Drew D 2 3 5
8 0 0 Lost L 2 5 9
25 19 5 Scored S 6 13 29
30 13 3 Conceded C 10 18 28
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
58% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 75% 62%
35% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 27%
27% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 19%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 12%
50% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 31%
27% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 42%
35% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 33% 31%
 
3.2 2.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.2 5.2
5 5.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 3.7
1.5 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
8 7.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.3 10.2
3.5 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.6 4.2
27% 36% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 26%
 
11.5 11.5 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.6 8.4
4.3 3.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.6 3.7
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.
  • Valenciennes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Valenciennes 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 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 26 13 7 6 37 22 13 7 4 2 18 9 13 6 3 4 19 13 15 46
3 Sochaux 26 13 6 7 42 22 13 8 3 2 27 10 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 45
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 26 12 5 9 29 28 14 8 2 4 16 10 12 4 3 5 13 18 1 41
6 Caen 26 10 10 6 30 25 13 7 5 1 19 8 13 3 5 5 11 17 5 40
7 Quevilly Rouen 26 10 9 7 30 26 13 5 6 2 20 14 13 5 3 5 10 12 4 39
8 Grenoble Foot 38 26 10 8 8 25 22 13 6 4 3 12 9 13 4 4 5 13 13 3 38
9 Amiens SC 25 10 6 9 28 28 13 6 3 4 15 12 12 4 3 5 13 16 0 36
10 Guingamp 26 9 7 10 33 36 13 3 3 7 15 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -3 34
11 Annecy 26 8 8 10 28 31 13 6 2 5 12 12 13 2 6 5 16 19 -3 32
12 Valenciennes 26 7 11 8 25 30 13 5 8 0 19 13 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 32
13 Saint-Étienne 26 9 7 10 38 40 13 6 3 4 21 19 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 31
14 Paris 25 8 7 10 23 27 12 3 3 6 12 16 13 5 4 4 11 11 -4 31
15 Laval 26 9 4 13 30 38 13 5 2 6 18 18 13 4 2 7 12 20 -8 31
16 Pau 26 6 9 11 20 31 12 3 5 4 10 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -11 27
17 Dijon 26 6 8 12 24 31 14 5 5 4 15 14 12 1 3 8 9 17 -7 26
18 Rodez 26 5 10 11 23 34 13 1 5 7 10 21 13 4 5 4 13 13 -11 25
19 Nîmes 26 6 5 15 26 42 12 5 1 6 11 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -16 23
20 Niort 26 6 5 15 24 43 13 4 2 7 14 21 13 2 3 8 10 22 -19 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 Le Havre 26 15 10 1 36 11 13 9 4 0 19 5 13 6 6 1 17 6 25 55
2 Bordeaux 26 13 7 6 37 22 13 7 4 2 18 9 13 6 3 4 19 13 15 46
3 Sochaux 26 13 6 7 42 22 13 8 3 2 27 10 13 5 3 5 15 12 20 45
4 Metz 26 12 8 6 40 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 13 6 3 4 22 13 16 44
5 Bastia 26 12 5 9 29 28 14 8 2 4 16 10 12 4 3 5 13 18 1 41
6 Caen 26 10 10 6 30 25 13 7 5 1 19 8 13 3 5 5 11 17 5 40
7 Quevilly Rouen 26 10 9 7 30 26 13 5 6 2 20 14 13 5 3 5 10 12 4 39
8 Grenoble Foot 38 26 10 8 8 25 22 13 6 4 3 12 9 13 4 4 5 13 13 3 38
9 Amiens SC 25 10 6 9 28 28 13 6 3 4 15 12 12 4 3 5 13 16 0 36
10 Guingamp 26 9 7 10 33 36 13 3 3 7 15 20 13 6 4 3 18 16 -3 34
11 Annecy 26 8 8 10 28 31 13 6 2 5 12 12 13 2 6 5 16 19 -3 32
12 Valenciennes 26 7 11 8 25 30 13 5 8 0 19 13 13 2 3 8 6 17 -5 32
13 Saint-Étienne 26 9 7 10 38 40 13 6 3 4 21 19 13 3 4 6 17 21 -2 31
14 Paris 25 8 7 10 23 27 12 3 3 6 12 16 13 5 4 4 11 11 -4 31
15 Laval 26 9 4 13 30 38 13 5 2 6 18 18 13 4 2 7 12 20 -8 31
16 Pau 26 6 9 11 20 31 12 3 5 4 10 14 14 3 4 7 10 17 -11 27
17 Dijon 26 6 8 12 24 31 14 5 5 4 15 14 12 1 3 8 9 17 -7 26
18 Rodez 26 5 10 11 23 34 13 1 5 7 10 21 13 4 5 4 13 13 -11 25
19 Nîmes 26 6 5 15 26 42 12 5 1 6 11 14 14 1 4 9 15 28 -16 23
20 Niort 26 6 5 15 24 43 13 4 2 7 14 21 13 2 3 8 10 22 -19 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.