SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne wipes out Bastia 5-0 with goals of Y. Macon (8′), J. Krasso (19′), J. Krasso (33′), J. Krasso (36′ pen) and J. Krasso (61′). Saint-Étienne capitalized on its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Mikael Lesage with the assistance of Stephan Luzi and Camille Soriano. The 4th official was Arnaud Baert.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Saint-Étienne had a superior ball possession 56% while Bastia was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bastia was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Saint-Étienne was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Saint-Étienne shot 9 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Bastia shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (A. Bakayoko and D. E. Bile). On the other side, Bastia received 2 yellow cards (L. Palun and J. Sainati).

Standings

After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will have 3 points like Pau to sit in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Bastia will stay with 6 points like Quevilly Rouen and Niort to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will play away against Guingamp on the 17th of September with a 9-3 head to head record in favor of Saint-Étienne (1 draw).

Bastia will host Dijon on the 2nd of September with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Dijon (6 draws).

Saint-Étienne – Formation

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

The manager Laurent Batlles decided to play with the following team: Matthieu Dreyer (7.2), Abdoulaye Bakayoko (7.1), Jimmy Giraudon (7.4), Anthony Briançon (7.1), Sergi Palencia (7.3), Benjamin Bouchouari (7.0), Louis Mouton (6.6), Yvann Maçon (7.6), Mathieu Cafaro (7.2), Jean-Philippe Krasso (9.9) and Dylan Chambost (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Lenny Pintor (6.1), S. Sow, Mickael Nade, Antoine Gauthier (6.5), N. Raveyre, Ayman Aiki (6.6) and Darnell Bile (6.7).

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: D. Chambost for L. Pintor (66′), M. Cafaro for A. Gauthier (81′), S. Palencia for D. E. Bile (81′), J. Krasso for A. Aiki (81′) and A. Briancon for M. Nade (89′).

Best player: Jean-Philippe Krasso​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Jean-Philippe Krasso.

His rating is (9.9) with 4 goals, 33 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.

Bastia – Formation

Bastia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Régis Brouard played with: Johny Placide (5.3), Joris Sainati (6.6), Dominique Guidi (6.5), Niakhate Ndiaye (6.3), Lloyd Palun (6.3), Tom Ducrocq (6.3), Christophe Vincent (6.3), Sebastian Salles-Lamonge (6.4), Kevin Schur (6.4), Kevin Van Den Kerkhof (6.8) and Migouel Alfarela (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Anthony Robic (6.6), Anthony Roncaglia (6.6), Dylan Tavares, Amine Talal (7.2), Benjamin Santelli (6.6) and Z. Boucher.

Bastia could not rely on the presence of A. Talal (injured).

Substitutions

Bastia made 5 changes: K. Schur for A. Talal (62′), M. Alfarela for B. Santelli (66′), S. Salles Lamonge for A. Robic (66′), T. Ducrocq for A. Roncaglia (66′) and K. Van Den Kerkhof for D. Tavares (86′).

Best player: Amine Talal​

The most impressive player for Bastia was Amine Talal.

His rating is (7.2) with 14 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.

Results of the day

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

• Amiens SC – Paris – 1-1
• Saint-Étienne – Bastia – 5-0
• Guingamp – Sochaux – 1-2
• Caen – Pau – 1-1
• Dijon – Annecy – 0-2
• Niort – Valenciennes – 0-1
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Nîmes – 3-2
• Rodez – Metz – 1-4
• Laval – Le Havre – 1-3
• Bordeaux – Quevilly Rouen – 4-0