Niort vs SC Bastia Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Niort

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Niort will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 Ligue 2 triumph versus Annecy FC.

For Niort, the goalscorers were Yanis Merdji (29') and Bilal Boutobba (39'). Arnold Temanfo (63') scored for Annecy FC.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Niort have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Niort have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 11 goals along the way.

Ahead of this clash, Niort have not won at home in their last 4 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

SC Bastia

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Stade Lavallois in Ligue 2 competition, SC Bastia will be aiming to make amends here.

Zakaria Naidji (16', 63') scored for Stade Lavallois.

Looking at their form, and SC Bastia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in total. Defensively, SC Bastia have been far from perfect. That sort of trend might not be carried forward into this next game, however.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 22/09/2006 tells us that Niort have won 0 of these and SC Bastia 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

An aggregate of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 5 from Les chamois and 12 created by Bastia. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league contest between these sides was Ligue 2 match day 34 on 19/04/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Niort 1-1 SC Bastia.

The referee was Thomas Leonard.

📋 Team News: Niort

The Niort manager Sébastien Desabre does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash with a fully injury-free squad available for selection.

📰 Team News: SC Bastia

With a completely injury-free group available for selection, the SC Bastia boss Régis Brouard has zero fitness worries to speak of before this clash.

✨ Prediction

It’s looking like SC Bastia and Niort could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought score draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 02:56 02/08/2022