Angers vs Bastia Betting Tips

Angers ought to enter Saturday’s game against Bastia feeling high on confidence. They’ve started their Ligue 1 campaign far better than they probably even expected of themselves. Their fifth in the table and are unbeaten in their last three games, including a 2-1 win away from home against Marseille last week. They look like a decent club, they’ve figured out how they want to play at this standard and it’s working right now.

They face a Bastia team that ended a rut last week with a confident 3-0 win over Toulouse. Prior to that victory, Bastia had lost four straight games, including heavy defeats to Nice and Marseille. This isn’t a purely defensive and negative team, in fact, they’re a little susceptible to conceding a few goals at times. Still, they’ve got some potency going forward and they looked to have figured a few structural things out in the midfield in their victory over Toulouse.

Three Reasons for Betting Tips

1. Bastia will open it up

A part of their approach against Toulouse was a more effective attacking strategy and it looked good. Balls went wide, set pieces were earned in promising positions and the team as a whole looked like a threatening and good side.

2. Angers score 

Their approach may not be out and out attack, they won’t get a reputation for scoring lots and lots of goals, but quietly, Angers have accumulated a pretty good record in that regard. They’ve found the back of the net nine times in eight games and the 2-1 win over Marseille last week was a prime example of scoring the goals they needed.

3. Bastia better than they’ve shown

Angers are obvious favourites with a good start to the season and home advantage, but we really expect a well-played and competitive game with Bastia challenges well.