| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastia | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9/15 | 17-13 |
| Saint-Rémoise | 5 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10/15 | 13-8 |
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 | 1 | 25 | 64 | 54 | DDWWW | 2 | -1 |
| Saint-Rémoise | 12 | 15 | 22 | 3 | DLWLL | 10 | +2 |
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 2018-10-20
On paper the standings were lopsided — Bastia 1st with 64 points, Saint-Rémoise 12th with 22, 42 apart. Per game in the league, Bastia were scoring 2.52 and conceding 0.36, Saint-Rémoise 1.47 and 1.27, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Stade Armand-Césari (capacity 16,078). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
