Ligue 1

October 6, 2012
  • FTFT
     
    Montpellier
    Evian Thonon
    2
    3
    2
    3
    1
  • FTFT
     
    Bastia
    Troyes
    3
    2
    3
    2
    2
  • FTFT
     
    Lille
    AC Ajaccio
    2
    0
    2
    0
    3
  • FTFT
     
    Sochaux
    Rennes
    0
    1
    0
    1
    4
  • FTFT
     
    Reims
    Nice
    3
    1
    3
    1
    5
  • FTFT
     
    Toulouse
    Valenciennes
    2
    2
    2
    2
    6

Full-time

Bastia

3 - 2

Troyes

Ligue 1

18:00 +00:00, October 6, 2012

Armand-Cesari-Furiani, France

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Team Stat Comparison

Bastia Troyes
Matches Played 37 37
Table Position 12 18
Points 46 37
Goal Difference -16 -17
Goals for * 1.7 0.9
Goals against * 1.4 1.9
Last 5 W-W-L-D-L W-W-W-L-W
Last 5 home W-D-L-W-W W-W-L-D-W
Last 5 away W-L-L-W-L W-L-W-L-D
*  Goals per match - home matches for home club and away matches for away club
Stats: Bastia | Troyes

Competition Stats

Bastia Troyes
Goals Anthony Modeste 15 Benjamin Nivet 9
Assists Jerome Rothen 9 Stéphane Darbion 5
Yellows Sambou Yatabaré 14 Benjamin Nivet 6
Reds Gael Angoula 1 Xavier Thiago 1
Squads: Bastia | Troyes

Tables

POTEAMPWDLFAGDPts
1
PSG
 37 24 8 5 66 22 44 80
2
Marseille
 37 21 7 9 42 36 6 70
3
Lyon
 37 18 10 9 59 38 21 64
4
St Etienne
 37 16 14 7 59 31 28 62
5
Lille
 37 16 13 8 58 39 19 61
6
Nice
 37 17 10 10 55 46 9 61
7
Lorient
 37 14 11 12 56 55 1 53
8
Montpellier
 37 15 7 15 54 49 5 52
9
Bordeaux
 37 12 16 9 38 33 5 52
10
Toulouse
 37 12 12 13 47 47 0 48
11
Rennes
 37 13 7 17 48 57 -9 46
12
Bastia
 37 13 7 17 50 66 -16 46
13
Valenciennes
 37 11 12 14 47 52 -5 45
14
Reims
 37 10 12 15 33 42 -9 42
15
Evian Thonon
 37 10 10 17 45 51 -6 40
16
AC Ajaccio
 37 9 15 13 39 49 -10 40
17
Sochaux
 37 10 10 17 41 57 -16 40
18
Troyes
 37 8 13 16 42 59 -17 37
19
Nancy
 37 8 11 18 36 57 -21 35
20
Brest
 37 8 5 24 31 60 -29 29

Next Matches

Bastia Troyes
5/26 H: Sochaux 5/26 A: Valenciennes

Captain Marcos has pleaded for patience from Troyes fans as the newly-promoted side attempt to win their first Ligue 1 game of the season tomorrow at the eighth time of asking.

Troyes always knew they were in for a tough season following their promotion from Ligue 2, but fans of the French club have found the team's poor start to the campaign particularly hard to stomach.

Jean-Marc Furlan's team, who finished third in France's second tier last term, have gained just two points from their opening seven fixtures this year and some disgruntled fans at last week's 2-0 home defeat to Toulouse appeared to have given up any hope of their team avoiding the drop.

But Marcos says it is only a matter of time before Troyes achieve their first victory, which he hopes comes against Ligue 2 champions Bastia tomorrow.

"It has been a difficult start to the season so I understand why people are full of doubt,'' the forward told Troyes' website.

"The fans must understand it is always hard when you start in a new league.

"We need our supporters to believe in us and support us. That will give us confidence.

"We have the weapons to escape. The dressing room will be a much more cheerful place once we have that first win.

"This victory will come soon I hope. All is well within the group at the moment. There is a great solidarity among us. We will fight back.''

Bastia have had similar problems stepping up to top-flight football.

They won their first two games but have only picked up one point since - at Nice last weekend.

Manager Frederic Hantz, who is without injured trio Salim Moizini, Yassin El-Azzouzi and Ilan, has also called his team's fans to relax.

He said: "It has been very difficult with the defeats we have had, but kast season we went five games in a row without a win so we have no need to panic.''