Week 8 brings us a match on Sep 10th, where Nîmes hosts Bastia at Stade Des Costières in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. 12th placed Nîmes is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Valenciennes. Kaba scored the first goal for Valenciennes in the 29th minute, then Malik Tchokounte tied it up for Nîmes in the 45th minute , but luckily for Valenciennes it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while bastia is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Dijon. Migouel Alfarela struck first for Bastia in the 55th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dijon couldn’t manage to score, and Bastia took the shutout win. Bastia is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Bastia won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Bastia’s most prolific scorer has been Migouel Alfarela. The French attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Both Moussa Koné and Malik Tchokounte have been the hottest scorers for Nîmes in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each.