About Match
Bastia go into the game 8th in the table on 9 points; Valenciennes sit 15th on 5 — a 4-point gap. Bastia have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 8th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.83/1.33 for Bastia and 0.83/1.5 for Valenciennes (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.16. Bastia would climb to 12 points with a win and up to 2nd (other results held equal).
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bastia 3, draws 0, Valenciennes 4, at 4.29 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 71% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 86% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 71%.
Stade Armand-Césari in Furiani stages the fixture, a ground that holds 16,078.