Red Star 93 Saint Ouen

vs

SC Bastia

Preview

Red Star

• Red Star 93 Saint Ouen welcome SC Bastia to Stade Bauer on Saturday in a Ligue 2 clash where a lot will be at stake, with promotion and relegation at either end of the table dominating the season finale.
• Red Star are sitting 4th in Ligue 2 with 48 points from 29 matches, well inside the promotion spots, while Bastia are in 18th with 21 points from the same number of games.
• The home team are a well-drilled outfit with Gregory Poirier’s pragmatic, defence-first methods since his appointment as manager in July 2024.
• The Red Star 4-2-3-1 structure is compact, yet the team has plenty of quality when they have the ball and are always a threat on set pieces.
• Red Star have not lost their last three home games in Ligue 2 (W1, D2) and have conceded just 1.14 goals per game at Bauer, while Bastia are averaging just 0.57 goals scored and 1.00 conceded per game on the road.

SC Bastia

• SC Bastia are winless in their last 5 Ligue 2 games, D3, L2.
• SC Bastia are in the midst of a relegation battle, with their form and form book looking terrible since club management controversially sacked manager Mathieu Chalmet in November 2025.
• The Corsicans have drawn both of their last two Ligue 2 away games, but are winless in five and have only won one of their 14 games on the road all season.
• Reginald Ray took over from Chalmet and has been unable to build on his predecessor’s great work.
• He has deployed a deep block with a narrow structure, containing teams rather than attempting to outplay them.
• Bastia have been tougher to beat since Ray took over, but the offensive output remains lacking, with top scorer Jeremy Sebas netting just four times in 24 Ligue 2 matches.
• Joachim Eickmayer has been a bright spot recently, however, with the youngster scoring two of his team’s four goals from their last four matches.

Head-to-Head

Key Players

• Damien Durand is the Red Star’s most reliable attacking player with nine goals in 29 Ligue 2 appearances.
• Jeremy Sebas is Bastia’s top scorer with four goals in 24 matches.
• Joachim Eickmayer has scored two of Bastia’s last four goals and has been a recent bright spot.

Betting Insights

• As this will be a low-tempo game with few clear-cut chances, we’re going to side with the Under 2.5 markets at 1.55 and Both Teams to Score - No at 1.7, although a 2.15 odds on a Red Star win is very tempting.
• Bastia have no real firepower and Red Star have enough grit in the middle of the field and defensive solidity to secure the win against a struggling team that has been in a downward spiral since their manager was unceremoniously dismissed.

Prediction