Bastia vs Paris FC Prediction & Betting Tips (20 September)

Long plagued by doubt last season, Bastia had to wait until the last months of competition to leave its competitors in the race to maintain and renew its lease in this Ligue 2 championship. On its momentum, Sporting is in the process of to have a particularly interesting start to the season since he has still not experienced defeat during the first 4 days. Held in check by Metz 1-1 when they entered the competition, the Corsicans were then able to get the better of Amiens 1-0 and Martigues 0-1 before missing the boat last week against Troyes 0-0. With 8 points on the clock, Benoit Tavenot's men occupy 6th place in the standings, just one point behind the Guingamp leader. Paris FC, for its part, has been revolving around its major objective for several seasons, which is to make your way to the elite.

Unfortunately for him, the capital club failed again in its endeavor last year by being knocked out in the first round of the play-offs by Rodez. Not discouraged however, the Ile-de-France residents hope to reach the highest level in the coming months and their start to the season allows them to remain optimistic with 3 first wins against Paris FC 0-2, Dunkerque 3-2 and Clermont 0-1 . However, this good series ended last Saturday at home against FC Metz 1-2 and the Parisians therefore had to give up their leadership seat to the EAG which has a better goal difference.

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Some members of Sporting are still stuck in the infirmary. We are of course thinking of the senior defender Guidi, the promising Janneh and the right back Meynadier who were joined more recently by replacements Charles Traoré and Boumaaoui. Affected at the end of the match last week, the starting left back Ariss is not entirely sure he will be able to be operational this Friday. The offensive sector of this team is still led by captain Christophe Vincent as well as summer recruits Rodrigues and Boutrah who have both already unlocked their counters with Sporting. The Parisians are also faced with numerous defections at the start of the season.

In fact, the replacement goalkeeper Riou and potential starters Chergui, Koré, Gueye and Alakouch are all victims of physical problems and they will not be able to hold their place in the group. On the other hand, the interesting striker Hamel (8 goals last year in L2) made his return to the field at the end of the match last week. There are still plenty of people left in this team with brothers Maxime and Julien Lopez as well as striker Krasso, who arrived from Red Star Belgrade during the summer transfer window and was decisive before the break against Clermont. Also watch out for the interesting Dicko who reduced the score against Metz last week.