Sochaux have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Caen. Prepare for the match with this Ligue 2 preview!
Caen and Sochaux should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Caen form and stats
Caen have only played one Ligue 2 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats from 19 matches.
The Caen goalkeeper Remy Riou is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 181 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.
A good away victory last time out for Caen, who won 1-0 against Niort (placed 16th). Rémy Riou, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.44 out of 10 in that game. Riou stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Rodez.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 Caen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost three.
Caen has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Sochaux form and stats
Only one away game in the Ligue 2 so far for Sochaux and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 8 draws and 5 losses from 19 travels.
Home advantage was not enough for Sochaux in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 2-match, hosting Le Havre, 0-2. Attacker Aldo Kalulu got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Kalulu hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
Prior to that result Sochaux won their away game at Dijon. The scoreline was 3-1.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 14 relevant matches. Results were four Sochaux wins, four draws and six defeats.
Sochaux have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Caen-Sochaux H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Caen two wins, Sochaux five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendy 4 goals |  S. Shamal 1 goals |   G. Weissbeck 1 goals |
Caen missing players
Sochaux missing players
| Caen | Sochaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 62% | 80% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| Caen | Last season | Sochaux | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Drew | D | 8 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 49 | 19 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 87% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 68% | 76% | ||
| 61% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 63% | ||
| 39% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 34% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 47% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 45% | ||
| 26% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 42% | ||
| 39% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 37% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Caen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Ajaccio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Nîmes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Auxerre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sochaux | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Pau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Rodez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Bastia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Quevilly Rouen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Dunkerque | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Niort | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Amiens SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Dijon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Nancy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 77 |
| 2 | Clermont | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 36 | 72 |
| 3 | Toulouse | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 70 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 65 |
| 5 | Paris | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 64 |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 64 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 62 |
| 7 | Sochaux | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 51 |
| 8 | Nancy | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 47 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 20 | -2 | 47 |
| 10 | Amiens SC | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -6 | 47 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 59 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 36 | -9 | 47 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 48 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -10 | 47 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -9 | 46 |
| 14 | Pau | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -7 | 44 |
| 15 | Rodez | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 38 | 44 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -6 | 43 |
| 16 | Dunkerque | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 29 | -13 | 41 |
| 17 | Caen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -15 | 41 |
| 18 | Niort | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 33 | -24 | 41 |
| 19 | Chambly | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 64 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 37 | -23 | 38 |
| 20 | Chateauroux | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 58 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 23 |