On the 2nd of April, Bastia plays host to Auxerre in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 14th placed Bastia is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Grenoble Foot 38. Marcellin Anani struck first for Grenoble Foot 38 in the 52nd minute on a feed from Jekob Jeno, then Julien Le Cardinal tied it up for Bastia in the 74th minute on a feed from Amine Talal squeezing out at least the one point for Bastia. Bastia is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Auxerre recorded a 1-2 loss against Toulouse. Branco van den Boomen struck first for Toulouse in the 33rd minute on a penalty, then Branco van den Boomen added another in the 41st minute. Auxerre should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
On Monday Oct 25th, Auxerre hosted Bastia in their last match together. Auxerre was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Birama Toure struck first for Auxerre in the 34th minute on a feed from Alexandre Coeff, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bastia couldn’t manage to score, and Auxerre took the shutout win.
Auxerre’s top weapon lately has been Gauthier Hein, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Salles Lamonge and Yacoub Aly Abeid are the top scorers for Bastia in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.