Match Report
9 points for Bastia (8th), 7 for Le Puy-en-Velay (13th): a 2-point gap. The last five rounds placed Bastia 2nd in the league for form — higher than their 8th in the standings. Per game in the league, Bastia were scoring 0.83 and conceding 1.33, Le Puy-en-Velay 0.83 and 1, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Le Puy-en-Velay had gone 8 games without a win. The five-game form split read 8/15 points for Bastia against 2/15 for Le Puy-en-Velay.
Stade Armand-Césari, capacity 16,078, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Le Puy-en-Velay led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Le Puy-en-Velay: Michaël Faty (45'), Marvin Emmanuel (90')
Key stats
Possession: Bastia 50% · Le Puy-en-Velay 50% · Total shots: 14-18 · On target: 4-8 · Corners: 3-9