NIORT. Bastia had a straightforward win over Niort. Bastia was just to good to grab a decisive 4-0 lead with D. Tavares (1′), F. Magri (2′), A. Ndiaye (21′) and F. Magri (24′). Niort reduced the distance with a penalty (82′) by B. Boutobba, but there was not much to do for them. Niort lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Benjamin Lepaysant with the support of Julien Garrigues and Ludovic Zmyslony. The 4th official was Cédric Mouysset. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.5 degrees Celsius or 79.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Niort had a superior ball possession 57% while Bastia was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Niort was more aggressive with 104 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, Bastia managed to find the solution to win this match.
Niort shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Bastia shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Niort received 1 yellow card (M. Zemzemi). Talking about the opposition, Bastia received 2 yellow cards (K. Kaiboue and J. Placide).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Niort stays with 3 points to occupy the 11th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Bastia has 3 points (8th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Niort will host Paris on the 20th of August with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Niort (5 draws).
Bastia will play away agasint Saint-Étienne on the 30th of August with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (2 draws).
Niort – Formation
Niort
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Niort started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Sébastien Desabre decided to play with the following team: Mathieu Michel , Joris Moutachy , Ibrahima Sory Conté , Guy-Marcelin Kilama , Lenny Vallier , Nacim El Hassani , Samy Benchama , Bilal Boutobba , Moataz Zemzemi , Yanis Merdji and Godwin Bentil .
The home team had on the bench: Sidi Cissé , Bradley Matufueni M’bondo, Junior Olaitan , Jean Louchet, Samuel Renel, Amadou Sagna and Kevin Rocheteau .
Substitutions
Niort made 4 changes: N. El Hassani for A. Sagna (29′), Y. Merdji for K. Rocheteau (56′), G. K. Bentil for S. I. Cisse (78′) and M. Zemzemi for J. Olaitan (78′).
Best player: Bilal Boutobba
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Niort was Bilal Boutobba.
His rating is with 1 goal, 38 passes (57% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 16. He performed 16 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Bastia – Formation
Bastia
Bastia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Régis Brouard played with: Johny Placide , Joris Sainati , Niakhate Ndiaye , Kylian Kaiboue , Kevin Van Den Kerkhof , Tom Ducrocq , Christophe Vincent , Sebastian Salles-Lamonge , Dylan Tavares , Migouel Alfarela and Frank Magri .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kevin Schur, Anthony Robic, Amine Talal, Zacharie Boucher, Lloyd Palun, Anthony Roncaglia and Benjamin Santelli .
Substitutions
Bastia made 3 changes: T. Ducrocq for A. Roncaglia (83′), M. Alfarela for B. Santelli (83′) and F. Magri for A. Talal (89′).
Best player: Frank Magri
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bastia was Frank Magri.
His rating is with 2 goals, 22 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Quevilly Rouen – 2-1
- Saint-Étienne – Nîmes – 1-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Sochaux – 1-0
- Niort – Bastia – 1-4
- Amiens SC – Annecy – 1-0
- Valenciennes – Le Havre – 1-0
- Laval – Guingamp – 1-2
- Pau – Dijon – 0-0
- Rodez – Bordeaux – 0-3
