The visiting Sochaux side should be favourites in this visit to Châteauroux, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Châteauroux form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Châteauroux have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stade Gaston Petit. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Châteauroux, their manager N. Usaï and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Châteauroux's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Sochaux (placed 6th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Le Mans and winning 2-1.
Châteauroux have scored 3 goals here in 7 league matches, a depressing statistic. On the other hand, Châteauroux have conceded 7 goals.
Sochaux form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sochaux playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.
The attacking players of Sochaux have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
Sochaux play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Châteauroux (placed 16th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Troyes.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Sochaux have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 2 Châteauroux victories, 2 draws and 3 Sochaux wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Sané 7 goals |   R. Grange 3 goals |  Y. M'Bone 2 goals |
Châteauroux missing players
Sochaux missing players
| Châteauroux | Sochaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 82% |
| 41% | 25% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 62% | 59% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 12% | 12% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | 59% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 50% | 47% |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 185 | 85 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 53 | 133 |
| 64 | 29 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 19 | 47 |
| 14% | 10% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 40% |
- Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Châteauroux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sochaux has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Sochaux have scored more than double the goals of Châteauroux.
- Sochaux have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lorient | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Lens | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Troyes | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Sochaux | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Clermont | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Nancy | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Caen | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Auxerre | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Rodez | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Niort | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Chambly | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | Paris | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 20 | Orléans | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 10 |