A key match in National as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Bastia in 3rd position and Laval placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
The visiting Laval played their last game only three days ago, a National match. That game, against Le Mans, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Laval.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Laval, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Bastia form and stats
Bastia, who have the the best goal difference (+6) in National, have collected 4 points from their National home games so far after 1-1-1.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Bastia, who played 1-1 against Orléans. That match was also played at this venue (Stade Armand-Césari). Heartbreak before that as Bastia lost 0-2 at Creteil's place.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bastia handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Bastia has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Bastia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Laval form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in National, are W2-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the National. It's three draws from Laval's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
A loss against Red Star was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Laval are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The attacking power of Laval when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. The Laval defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - one - three (Bastia wins - draws - Laval wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Da Silva 5 goals |  M. Ouadah 4 goals | Y. Bocognano 3 goals |
Bastia missing players
Laval missing players
| Bastia | Laval | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 60% | 78% |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 67% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 80% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 4.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | 42 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 31 | 65 |
| 44 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 41% |
- Bastia has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in National
- Bastia has the the best goal difference (+6) in National
- Laval has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in National
- Laval have not yet lost a game away.
- Laval have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Avranches | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Creteil | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | Bastia | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Quevilly Rouen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Laval | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Cholet | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Concarneau | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Le Mans | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Orléans | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | Red Star | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Boulogne | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Sète | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stade Briochin | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Bastia-Borgo | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Villefranche | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Annecy | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Lyon Duchère | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |