Match Report
8 points and 5 places separated them: Bastia 4th with 60, Sochaux 9th with 52. Sochaux had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Per game in the league, Bastia were scoring 1.37 and conceding 1.18, Sochaux 1.42 and 1.08, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Bastia entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games. 7 matches unbeaten backed Sochaux's arrival.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Bastia have 2 wins to Sochaux's 1, with 3 draws, at 3.17 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 17% of the meetings went to the host. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
Stade Armand-Césari in Furiani, capacity 16,078, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Sochaux led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.