AJACCIO. Bastia prevails over Ajaccio 1-0 after A. Roncaglia scored just 1 goal (42′). Ajaccio was much better in terms of ball possession (72%).
The match was played at the Stade François Coty stadium in Ajaccio on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj with the help of Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Mohamed Benkemouche. The 4th official was Marco Bolano. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12 degrees Celsius or 53.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ajaccio was in firm control of the ball 72% while Bastia was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajaccio was putting more pressure with 89 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Bastia found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Ajaccio shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bastia shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Ajaccio didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Bastia received 5 yellow cards (J. Boyer, A. Robic, L. Palun, Y. Sylla and B. Santelli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ajaccio will stay with 51 points like Auxerre to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Bastia will have 33 points to hold in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Ajaccio will play away against Quevilly Rouen on the 15th of March with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Ajaccio (0 draws).
Bastia will host Dunkerque on the 15th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Dunkerque (0 draws).
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Olivier Pantaloni decided to play with the following team: Benjamin Leroy , Gedeon Kalulu Kyatengwa , Oumar Gonzalez , Cedric Avinel , Ismaël Diallo , Cyrille Bayala , Mathieu Coutadeur , Vincent Marchetti , Yanis Cimignani , Mounaim El Idrissy and Jean-Philippe Krasso .
The home team had on the bench: Qazim Laci , Gaëtan Courtet , Mohamed Youssouf, Clement Vidal , Mickaël Barreto , Riad Nouri and Francois-Joseph Sollacaro.
Substitutions
Ajaccio made 5 changes: Y. Cimignani for R. Nouri (56′), J. Krasso for G. Courtet (65′), C. Bayala for M. Barreto (65′), C. Avinel for C. Vidal (74′) and V. Marchetti for Q. Laci (75′).
Best player: Ismaël Diallo
The player that probably impressed the most for Ajaccio was Ismaël Diallo.
His rating is with 56 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 9 crosses.
Bastia – Formation
Bastia started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Régis Brouard played with: Johny Placide , Julien Le Cardinal , Joris Sainati , Dominique Guidi , Kevin Schur , Anthony Roncagua , Kylian Kaiboue , Julien Boyer , Amine Talal , Anthony Robic and Benjamin Santelli .
They had on the bench: Idriss Saadi, Thomas Vincensini, Chaouki Ben Saada , Yacouba Sylla , Alexandre Jourda, Frank Magri and Lloyd Palun .
Bastia could not rely on the presence of L. Palun (injured).
Substitutions
Bastia made 3 changes: K. Schur for L. Palun (45′), A. Robic for C. Ben Saada (61′) and A. Roncaglia for Y. Sylla (75′).
Best player: Dominique Guidi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bastia was Dominique Guidi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 22 passes (54% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Niort – 2-0
- Valenciennes – Dijon – 0-0
- Le Havre – Nîmes – 0-1
- Guingamp – Quevilly Rouen – 1-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Rodez – 0-0
- Auxerre – Sochaux – 3-2
- Dunkerque – Pau – 1-0
- Caen – Toulouse – 4-1
- Amiens SC – Nancy – 1-0
- Ajaccio – Bastia – 0-1