BIZANOS. Bastia conquers Pau 6-2 after playing a incredible match. Pau lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

Y. Begraoui squandered a decisive penalty (27′). That would have allowed Pau to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 stadium in Bizanos on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Remi Landry with the support of Matthieu Lombard and Djemel Zitouni. The 4th official was Julien Schmitt. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 59.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pau was in firm control of the ball 59% while Bastia was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pau was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Bastia found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Pau shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bastia shot 13 times, 9 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Pau received 2 yellow cards (Jean Ruiz and Noé Sow). On the opposite side, Bastia received 1 yellow card (Frank Magri).

Standings

After this match, Pau will stay with 41 points like Dijon to hold in the 16th place. On the other side, Bastia will have 59 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Pau will host Caen on the 2nd of June with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Pau (2 draws).

Bastia will play away agasint Metz on the 2nd of June with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Bastia (1 draw).

Pau – Formation

Pau started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Didier Tholot decided to play with the following team: Jérôme Prior (6.0), Erwin Koffi (5.2), Xavier Kouassi (5.8), Antoine Batisse (5.5), Abzi Diyaeddine (6.5), Yanis Begraoui (6.2), Steeve Beusnard (6.5), Sessi D’Almeida (6.2), Quentin Boisgard (6.6), Mayron George (7.1) and Henri Saivet (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Eddy Sylvestre (6.6), Jean Ruiz (6.0), Charles Boli, Noé Sow (6.0), Mons Bassouamina (6.8), Massamba Ndiaye (5.9) and Mohamed Yattara.

Pau could not rely on the presence of M. Ndiaye (injured) and Eddy Sylvestre (injured).

Substitutions

Pau made 5 changes: Jérôme Prior for Massamba Ndiaye (26′), Y. Begraoui for Mons Bassouamina (60′), Sessi D’Almeida for Jean Ruiz (60′), D. Abzi for Eddy Sylvestre (72′) and Antoine Batisse  for Noé Sow (72′).

Best player: Henri Saivet​

The player that probably impressed the most for Pau was Henri Saivet.

His rating is (7.6) with 47 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 18.

Bastia – Formation

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

Régis Brouard played with: Johny Placide (7.1), Lloyd Palun (7.1), Dominique Guidi (7.3), Kylian Kaiboue (6.6), Kevin Van Den Kerkhof (7.2), Sébastien Salles-Lamonge (8.4), Tom Ducrocq (7.4), Dylan Tavares (7.2), Kapitbafan Djoco (6.2), Frank Magri (8.7) and Benjamin Santelli (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Maguette Diongue, Migouel Alfarela, Jocelyn Janneh, Joris Sainati, Kevin Schur, Issiar Drame and Zacharie Boucher.

Substitutions

Bastia made 4 changes: Kapit Djoco for Migouel Alfarela (84′), Sébastien Salles-Lamonge for Jocelyn Janneh (84′), Kapit Djoco for Kevin Schur (86′) and Frank Magri for Maguette Diongue (89′).

Best player: Frank Magri​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bastia was Frank Magri.

His rating is (8.7) with 3 goals, 15 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 24. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Paris – Sochaux – 2-1
• Saint-Étienne – Quevilly Rouen – 4-2
• Guingamp – Metz – 1-1
• Nîmes – Dijon – 1-2
• Pau – Bastia – 2-6
• Niort – Annecy – 2-2
• Amiens SC – Caen – 1-3
• Bordeaux – Laval – 3-0