In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 28th, in week 20, Grenoble Foot 38 hosts Bastia in a clash of these two closely matched Ligue 2 teams. Grenoble Foot 38 sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Stade Plabennec. Mohamed Sbai scored the first goal for Grenoble Foot 38 in the 11th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Stade Plabennec was frustrated by Grenoble Foot 38’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Grenoble Foot 38 ended the match with the shutout victory. Grenoble Foot 38 should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Bastia is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Lorient. Ibrahima Kone struck first for Lorient in the 64th minute, then Joris Sainati tied it up for Bastia in the 81st minute. Bastia is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Aug 13th, Bastia hosted Grenoble Foot 38 at the Stade Armand-césari in their last match together. Bastia was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Frank Magri struck first for Bastia in the 8th minute, then Sebastien Antoine Luc Salles Lamonge added another in the 24th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Grenoble Foot 38 couldn’t manage to score, and Bastia took the shutout win.
Bastia’s top weapon lately has been Benjamin Santelli, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Grenoble Foot 38’s most prolific scorer has been Jordan Tell. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.