Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Saint-Étienne (3rd, 60 pts) and Bastia (17th, 28 pts). Saint-Étienne ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Bastia were scoring 0.68 and conceding 1.24, Saint-Étienne 1.74 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Bastia's winless run stood at 11. Saint-Étienne were unbeaten in 9. From the last five rounds, Bastia held 3 points of 15 and Saint-Étienne 11.
14 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bastia 2, draws 3, Saint-Étienne 9, at 2.43 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Stade Armand-Césari (capacity 16,078). Bastia led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Bastia: Alexandre Zaouai (1'), Joachim Eickmayer (71')
Key stats
Possession: Bastia 25% · Saint-Étienne 75% · Total shots: 10-9 · On target: 4-2 · Corners: 2-6




