FURIANI. Bastia prevails over Valenciennes 1-0 after I. Dramé scored just 1 goal (78′).

The match was played at the Stade Armand-Césari stadium in Furiani on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Benjamin Lepaysant with the collaboration of Ludovic Reyes and Youssef El Hamzaoui. The 4th official was Simon Amzallag. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.4 degrees Celsius or 52.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Bastia was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Valenciennes that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bastia was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bastia won the match​.

Bastia shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Valenciennes shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Bastia received 2 yellow cards (Niakhate Ndiaye and Migouel Alfarela). On the opposite side, Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards (Mohamed Kaba, Allan Linguet and Allan Linguet).

Standings

After this encounter, Bastia will have 24 points like Caen, Quevilly Rouen, Valenciennes and Paris to hold in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Valenciennes will stay with 24 points like Caen, Quevilly Rouen, Paris and Bastia to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Bastia will play away against Quevilly Rouen on the 10th of January with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Bastia (1 draw).

Valenciennes will host Annecy on the 10th of January with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Bastia – Formation

Bastia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Régis Brouard decided to play with the following team: Johny Placide (7.0), Joris Sainati (7.5), Issiar Drame (8.0), Abdoulaye Niakhate Ndiaye (7.1), Kevin Van Den Kerkhof (7.6), Tom Ducrocq (7.1), Sebastian Salles-Lamonge (7.0), Dylan Tavares (7.6), Kevin Schur (6.8), Benjamin Santelli (7.0) and Migouel Alfarela (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Lloyd Palun, Anthony Roncaglia, Christophe Vincent (6.2), Kapitbafan Djoco (6.8), Zacharie Boucher, Amine Talal and Dominique Guidi.

Substitutions

Bastia made 4 changes: Benjamin Santelli for Kapitbafan Djoco (68′), Kévin Schur for Christophe Vincent (69′), Sébastien Salles-Lamonge for Anthony Roncaglia (83′) and Tom Ducrocq for Amine Talal (87′).

Best player: Issiar Drame​

The most impressive player for Bastia was Issiar Drame.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 32 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Valenciennes – Formation

Valenciennes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Nicolas Rabuel played with: Gautier Larsonneur (7.6), Allan Linguet (6.8), Mathieu Debuchy (7.4), Jonathan Buatu-Mananga (6.8), Quentin Lecoeuche (6.6), Noah Diliberto (6.8), Mohamed Kaba (7.1), Aymen Boutoutaou (6.8), Mathis Picouleau (6.3), Ilyes Hamache (6.4) and Marius Noubissi (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Matteo Rabuel, Hillel Konaté, Aeron Zinga, Nassim Innocenti, Ugo Bonnet (6.3), Jason Berthomier (6.1) and Landry Nomel.

Valenciennes could not rely on the presence of Mattéo Rabuel (injured).

Substitutions

Valenciennes made 5 changes: Aymen Boutoutaou for Jason Berthomier (62′), Marius Noubissi for Ugo Bonnet (62′), Ilyes Hamache for Aeron Zinga (82′), Mathis Picouleau for Lorng Nomel (82′) and Aeron Zinga for Mattéo Rabuel (87′).

Best player: Gautier Larsonneur​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Valenciennes was the goalkeeper: Gautier Larsonneur. His rating is 7.60. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Paris – Le Havre – 0-0
• Saint-Étienne – Caen – 1-1
• Bordeaux – Sochaux – 2-1
• Guingamp – Quevilly Rouen – 0-2
• Bastia – Valenciennes – 1-0
• Niort – Pau – 2-1
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Metz – 0-1
• Rodez – Dijon – 2-1
• Laval – Amiens SC – 0-3
• Annecy – Nîmes – 0-0