SC Bastia (home)
- Two sides who will be fighting to save their Ligue 2 status in the second half of the season, face off at Stade Armand Cesari on Friday when SC Bastia welcome AS Nancy Lorraine.
- Bastia occupy 18th spot on just 14 points from as many games.
- Bastia have won two of their last 10 Ligue 2 home matches, averaging just 0.70 goals per game at home.
- Bastia thrashed Stade Laval 2-0 away from home three games ago but followed that up with a 0-2 home loss to Montpellier HSC.
AS Nancy Lorraine (away)
- The visitors sit 14th in the table with 21 points from 20 games.
- Nancy have lost their last three matches in all competitions.
- Bastia have the slight home advantage, but Nancy are in much better form on the road, winning two and losing one of their last three away from Stade Marcel Picot, while Bastia have won one and lost two of their last three at the Stade Armand Cesari.
- Nancy conceded 3 goals at home to EA Guingamp and Rodez Aveyron in their last two Ligue 2 outings.
Head-to-Head
The visitors can’t be trusted to deliver away from home and, although they got the better of Bastia 2-0 three months ago, they failed to record a victory on their last visit to Bastia in Ligue 2 and it might be a similar story on Friday.
Key Players
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Bokangu has scored three goals in 16 Ligue 2 appearances and is Nancy’s most potent forward.
- 3 goals in 16 appearances.
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Jeremy Sebas is Bastia’s biggest threat, scoring four goals in 17 Ligue 2 outings.
- Sebas has scored three of Bastia’s last five goals.
Betting Insights
Under 2.5 goals comes in at 1.53 , which looks good considering both teams will want to be solid at the back and neither have been prolific in front of goal recently.
Prediction
Bastia are the 2.3 favourites to get the win here and, although Nancy are overpriced at 3.3 , it would be foolish to take anything other than a draw from this one.
