Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nancy & Sochaux face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nancy and Sochaux.
Nancy form and stats
Last season, Nancy's Coupe de France journey ended in the 16th finals.2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Nancy so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
An away draw last time out for Nancy, facing Guingamp in a game that ended 0-0. In the match before that, Nancy hosted Rodez and drew the Ligue 2 game 2-2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nancy, as the Ligue 2 home game vs Niort is only three days away.
The Nancy fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Nancy with 18 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sochaux form and stats
They also participated in Coupe de France last season. This ended in the 7th round.The visitors are W2-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.
Sochaux lost away at Troyes (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Clermont in the Ligue 2.
Sochaux goalkeeper Maxence Prévot had a great day against Troyes, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sochaux are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nancy two wins, four draws and Sochaux four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Weissbeck 8 goals |  B. Lasme 6 goals |   M. Biron 5 goals |
Nancy missing players
Sochaux missing players
| Nancy | Sochaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 91% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 43% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Troyes | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Clermont | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 37 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Paris | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Sochaux | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Amiens SC | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Caen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Valenciennes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Ajaccio | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Niort | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Le Havre | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Guingamp | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Dunkerque | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Nancy | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 17 | Chambly | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Rodez | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Pau | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Châteauroux | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 13 |