AUXERRE. Auxerre prevails over Bastia 1-0 after B. Toure scored just 1 goal (34′). Auxerre took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade de l’Abbé Deschamps stadium in Auxerre on Monday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Legat who had the assistance of Nicolas Rodrigues and Michel Dolmadjian. The 4th official was Aldric Chancioux. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Auxerre had a superior ball possession 56% while Bastia was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bastia was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Auxerre managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Auxerre shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Bastia shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Auxerre received 2 yellow cards (A. Coeff and G. Charbonier). On the other side, Bastia received 1 yellow card (T. Ducrocq).

Standings

After this match, Auxerre will have 23 points to stay in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Bastia will stay with 11 points to stay in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Auxerre will play away against Valenciennes on the 1st of November with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Auxerre (13 draws).

Bastia will host Amiens SC on the 30th of October with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Bastia (5 draws).

Auxerre – Formation

Auxerre adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jean-Marc Furlan decided to play with the following team: Donovan Leon (7.2), Alec Georgen (7.8), Jubal (7.1), Théo Pellenard (7.8), Quentin Bernard (7.1), Birama Toure (7.8), Alexandre Coeff (7.0), Gauthier Hein (6.8), Mathias Autret (6.3), Gaëtan Perrin (6.4) and Gaëtan Charbonnier (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Lassine Sinayoko (6.6), Iyad Mohamed, Nicolas Mercier, Paul Joly, Sonny Laiton, Carlens Arcus and Kévin Danois.

Substitutions

Auxerre made 2 changes: G. Perrin for L. Sinayoko (67′) and G. Hein for C. Arcus (90′).

Best player: Alec Georgen​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Auxerre was Alec Georgen even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 47 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Bastia – Formation

Also Bastia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Régis Brouard played with: Thomas Vincensini (6.5), Lloyd Palun (7.8), Dominique Guidi (7.0), Yohan Bocognano (7.5), Stephen Quemper (6.7), Christophe Vincent (7.4), Tom Ducrocq (7.9), Benjamin Santelli (6.3), Amine Talal (6.4), Sebastian Salles-Lamonge (6.2) and Idriss Saadi (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kylian Kaiboue (6.7), Julien Le Cardinal (6.5), Anthony Robic (6.8), Johny Placide, Joris Sainati, Chaouki Ben Saada (6.7) and Kevin Schur (6.9).

Substitutions

Bastia made 5 changes: B. Santelli for K. Schur (60′), A. Talal for A. Robic (67′), I. Saadi for J. Le Cardinal (81′), S. Quemper for K. Kaiboue (81′) and S. Salles Lamonge for C. Ben Saada (82′).

Best player: Tom Ducrocq​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bastia was Tom Ducrocq.

His rating is (7.9) with 52 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Auxerre – Bastia – 1-0