Betting preview: Auxerre vs Sochaux should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

The Auxerre & Sochaux bosses Furlan and Daf are both anxious about and looking forward to this key fixture in the top part of the Ligue 2 standings.

Insights:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sochaux have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Auxerre form and stats

The Ligue 2 results at home this season for Auxerre are 6-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Auxerre, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rodez away with the result 3-1. Arcus and Hein (2) found the net in that victory. Midfield player Hein got a match rating of 9.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Hein scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Quevilly Rouen in a game that was won 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Auxerre have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Auxerre as they are travelling to their away game against Nîmes in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

Auxerre have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps with 23 goals in 13 league matches.

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Sochaux form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Sochaux go into this game after a win, the home game against Guingamp that ended 1-0. Midfield player Mauricio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.1/10. Mauricio hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 8 of 15 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Paris wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sochaux playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were two Sochaux wins, five draws and six defeats.

Sochaux have another game that requires travelling in just three days, a Ligue 2 match vs Niort. A back-breaking fixture list for them!

Sochaux are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Sochaux have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier this campaign: Sochaux - Auxerre 0-0. Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Auxerre won seven games, one match ended with a tie and Sochaux got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
13 goals
AuxerreG. Hein
G. Hein
6 goals
SochauxA. Kalulu Kyatengwa
A. Kalulu Kyatengwa
6 goals

Auxerre missing players

Sochaux missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Auxerre Sochaux
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
13 6 0 Won W 1 6 13
9 4 1 Drew D 0 4 8
5 3 2 Lost L 3 3 6
41 23 3 Scored S 3 16 30
28 13 5 Conceded C 8 14 24
85% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 85%
67% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 54% 52%
52% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 33%
33% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 22%
15% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 7%
52% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 44%
44% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 41%
19% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 30%
 
4.5 4.8 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.8 5.7
4 3.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 4.9 4.1
1.6 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.7 10.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9 9.1
5 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.9
30% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 36% 28%
 
8.4 8.1 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 9.3 7.6
3.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.4 2.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sochaux have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 27 16 9 2 60 21 14 9 4 1 38 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 39 57
2 Paris 27 15 7 5 40 23 13 8 4 1 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 52
3 Ajaccio 27 15 6 6 25 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 14 7 3 4 12 10 11 51
4 Auxerre 27 13 9 5 41 28 13 6 4 3 23 13 14 7 5 2 18 15 13 48
5 Sochaux 27 13 8 6 30 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 6 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 27 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 13 5 6 2 15 13 3 41
7 Pau 27 11 5 11 29 30 14 9 1 4 20 11 13 2 4 7 9 19 -1 38
8 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 33 36 14 5 4 5 17 17 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 36
9 Niort 27 10 5 12 28 28 13 6 2 5 15 10 14 4 3 7 13 18 0 35
10 Guingamp 27 8 10 9 28 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 14 3 5 6 10 18 -6 34
11 Amiens SC 27 7 12 8 35 26 14 6 4 4 23 11 13 1 8 4 12 15 9 33
12 Dijon 27 10 3 14 31 36 14 6 2 6 17 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -5 33
13 Caen 27 8 8 11 33 30 14 6 1 7 20 14 13 2 7 4 13 16 3 32
14 Valenciennes 27 7 10 10 27 36 13 4 2 7 17 24 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 31
15 Bastia 27 6 12 9 27 27 14 3 11 0 14 7 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 30
16 Rodez 27 7 9 11 23 31 13 3 6 4 10 12 14 4 3 7 13 19 -8 30
17 Quevilly Rouen 27 7 8 12 23 37 13 3 6 4 12 16 14 4 2 8 11 21 -14 29
18 Grenoble Foot 38 27 8 4 15 21 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 14 2 3 9 6 20 -15 28
19 Dunkerque 27 7 6 14 21 34 14 4 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 10 21 -13 27
20 Nancy 27 4 8 15 21 48 13 3 4 6 10 20 14 1 4 9 11 28 -27 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 27 16 9 2 60 21 14 9 4 1 38 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 39 57
2 Paris 27 15 7 5 40 23 13 8 4 1 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 52
3 Ajaccio 27 15 6 6 25 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 14 7 3 4 12 10 11 51
4 Auxerre 27 13 9 5 41 28 13 6 4 3 23 13 14 7 5 2 18 15 13 48
5 Sochaux 27 13 8 6 30 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 6 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 27 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 13 5 6 2 15 13 3 41
7 Pau 27 11 5 11 29 30 14 9 1 4 20 11 13 2 4 7 9 19 -1 38
8 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 33 36 14 5 4 5 17 17 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 36
9 Niort 27 10 5 12 28 28 13 6 2 5 15 10 14 4 3 7 13 18 0 35
10 Guingamp 27 8 10 9 28 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 14 3 5 6 10 18 -6 34
11 Amiens SC 27 7 12 8 35 26 14 6 4 4 23 11 13 1 8 4 12 15 9 33
12 Dijon 27 10 3 14 31 36 14 6 2 6 17 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -5 33
13 Caen 27 8 8 11 33 30 14 6 1 7 20 14 13 2 7 4 13 16 3 32
14 Valenciennes 27 7 10 10 27 36 13 4 2 7 17 24 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 31
15 Bastia 27 6 12 9 27 27 14 3 11 0 14 7 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 30
16 Rodez 27 7 9 11 23 31 13 3 6 4 10 12 14 4 3 7 13 19 -8 30
17 Quevilly Rouen 27 7 8 12 23 37 13 3 6 4 12 16 14 4 2 8 11 21 -14 29
18 Grenoble Foot 38 27 8 4 15 21 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 14 2 3 9 6 20 -15 28
19 Dunkerque 27 7 6 14 21 34 14 4 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 10 21 -13 27
20 Nancy 27 4 8 15 21 48 13 3 4 6 10 20 14 1 4 9 11 28 -27 20

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.