Caen have performed better than Sochaux so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Caen has the most points from losing position (11) in Ligue 2
- Sochaux has the fewest scored goals (4) away in Ligue 2
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 Caen and Sochaux.
Caen form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Michel d'Ornano as Caen have scored 7 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 4-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Caen have been steadily collecting points here at Stade Michel d'Ornano through three straight draws.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Troyes.
Manager P. Dupraz felt very clever after Kelian Nsona Wa Saka scored the winning goal against Dunkerque, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 64th minute.
This is expected to be a close game, with Caen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Caen as a small favourite), we find seven games. Caen has won five of these, drawn one and lost one.
Caen aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Michel d'Ornano in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Caen have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sochaux form and stats
1 win, 6 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sochaux, who have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Ligue 2, playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. Sochaux has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 24 days ago, in the Le Havre fixture. Sochaux has drawn their two previous away games.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Pau.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Sochaux in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sochaux, four draws and six defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Sochaux's away league games. Only 4 goals from 8 travels. Sochaux's manager O. Daf has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Caen victories, four draws and three Sochaux wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Weissbeck 7 goals |   Y. Bammou 5 goals | N. Gioacchini 4 goals |
Caen missing players
Sochaux missing players
| Caen | Sochaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 38% | 69% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 38% | 69% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7.9 | 7.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.9 | 7.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 29% | 24% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 22% | 43% |
- Caen has the most points from losing position (11) in Ligue 2
- Caen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Caen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sochaux has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Ligue 2
- Sochaux has the fewest scored goals (4) away in Ligue 2
- Sochaux has the most clean sheets (6) away 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 | Troyes | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Auxerre | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Paris | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Toulouse | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Caen | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Clermont | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 8 | Niort | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Dunkerque | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Le Havre | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Ajaccio | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | Guingamp | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Chambly | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Pau | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Nancy | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Chateauroux | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Rodez | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 13 |