Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Bastia (1st, 53 pts) held a 23-point advantage over Épinal (6th, 30 pts). Per game in the league, Bastia were scoring 1.76 and conceding 0.71, Épinal 1.05 and 0.71, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Bastia entered with five wins in a row. From the last five rounds, Bastia held 15 points of 15 and Épinal 4.
The match was played at Stade Armand-Césari (capacity 16,078). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Épinal led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Bastia: Maguette Diongue (63'), Y. Kherbache (54'), Y. Bocognano (88') · Épinal: N. Borodine (30')