Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Bastia (4th, 60 pts) held a 31-point advantage over Niort (20th, 29 pts). Bastia ranked just 10th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Bastia 1.37 scored and 1.18 conceded per game, Niort 0.92 and 1.76, with the league averaging 1.2.
Bastia carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Niort had lost three in a row. The last-five ledger: Bastia 11/15, Niort 1/15.
Stade Armand-Césari in Furiani, capacity 16,078, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.