FURIANI. Bastia tops Dijon 1-0 after M. Alfarela scored just 1 goal (56′). Dijon lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
C. Rocchia received a red card (80′). This red card was one of the reason why Dijon lost the match.
The match was played at the Stade Armand-Césari stadium in Furiani on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Benjamin Lepaysant with the help of Ludovic Zmyslony and Matthieu Lombard. The 4th official was Bastien Leray. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23 degrees Celsius or 73.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Dijon was in firm control of the ball 58% while Bastia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bastia was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bastia won the match.
Bastia shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Dijon shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Bastia received 6 yellow cards (C. Vincent, R. Brouard, K. Van Den Kerkhof, J. Sainati, A. Robic and T. Ducrocq). On the other side, Dijon received 5 yellow cards (O. Thioune, D. Congre, J. Marie, D. Ndong and S. Coulibaly).
Also, Dijon didn’t finish the match with 11 players after C. Rocchia (Dijon) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (80′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Bastia will have 9 points like Grenoble Foot 38 to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Dijon will stay with 11 points like Bordeaux and Metz to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Bastia will host Metz on the 17th of September with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Bastia (1 draw).
Dijon will play away agasint Bordeaux on the 17th of September with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Bordeaux (4 draws).
Bastia – Formation
Bastia
83'
83'
56'
Bastia started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Régis Brouard decided to play with the following team: Johny Placide , Joris Sainati , Niakhate Ndiaye , Kylian Kaiboue , Kevin Van Den Kerkhof , Tom Ducrocq , Anthony Roncaglia , Dylan Tavares , Christophe Vincent , Migouel Alfarela and Benjamin Santelli .
The home team had on the bench: Amine Talal, Kevin Schur, Lloyd Palun, Dominique Guidi, Anthony Robic , Sebastian Salles-Lamonge and Zacharie Boucher.
Substitutions
Bastia made 2 changes: B. Santelli for A. Robic (72′) and A. Roncaglia for S. Salles Lamonge (83′).
Best player: Kevin Van Den Kerkhof
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bastia was Kevin Van Den Kerkhof even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 21 passes (66% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 18. He performed 5 crosses.
Dijon – Formation
Dijon
80'
Dijon started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Omar Daf played with: Baptiste Reynet , Ahmad Toure Ngouyamsa , Senou Coulibaly , Daniel Congré , Christopher Rocchia , Didier N’Dong , Ousseynou Thioune , Jordan Marié , Valentin Jacob , Mickaël Le Bihan and Xande Silva .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Cheik Traoré , Idrissa Camara , Jessy Pi, Lucas Deaux , Loum Tchaouna , Saturnin Allagbe and Bryan Soumaré .
Dijon could not rely on the presence of B. Soumare (injured).
Substitutions
Dijon made 5 changes: X. Silva for B. Soumare (27′), J. Marie for L. Tchaouna (46′), A. T. Ngouyamsa Nounchil for C. Traore (65′), V. Jacob for I. Camara (65′) and O. Thioune for L. Deaux (74′).
Best player: Daniel Congré
The most impressive player for Dijon was Daniel Congré.
His rating is with 61 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Le Havre – Caen – 2-1
- Bastia – Dijon – 1-0
- Amiens SC – Grenoble Foot 38 – 1-0
- Valenciennes – Nîmes – 3-2
- Sochaux – Laval – 4-1
- Metz – Annecy – 0-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Niort – 3-3
