| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastia | 15 | W3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10/15 | 9-4 |
| Racing Besançon | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8/15 | 8-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastia | 56 | 6 | 9 | -2 | LWLLW | 484 | -428 |
| Racing Besançon | 272 | 1 | 0 | -1 | L | 1763 | -1491 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-07-23
Bastia went into the game 56th in the table on 9 points; Racing Besançon sat 272nd on 0 — a 9-point gap. Racing Besançon ranked just 1763rd in the league on five-round form despite their 272nd table position. Against a league average of 1.75 goals per team per game, Bastia ran at 1.67 scored and 2 conceded, Racing Besançon at 1 and 2.
Bastia came in having won three on the spin.
The match was played at Stade du Gros Murger in Mâcot-la-Plagne.
