Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Bastia 4th with 60 points, Nîmes 19th with 36, 24 apart. On recent form Bastia sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Bastia were scoring 1.37 and conceding 1.18, Nîmes 1.16 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Stade Armand-Césari in Furiani staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,078. On the scoreboard, Bastia led 2-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-2.