Grenoble Foot 38 clashes with Sochaux in Ligue 2 confrontation

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this season as Grenoble Foot 38 and Sochaux lock horns at Stade des Alpes.

Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an energetic game!

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

In the previous season, Grenoble Foot 38's league stats were 12 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses, producing 15th spot in the Ligue 2. From these 38 matches they scored 32 goals and gave away 44. Performing as the host team in the previous season Grenoble Foot 38 managed 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 21 conceded.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 231 minutes without scoring a league goal. Nery was the last player to find the net.

Grenoble Foot 38 shared the glory with Le Havre in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Gaspar was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Gaspar won 11 of 12 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Paris (0-2).

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Sochaux form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sochaux performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 11 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 25/20 goals scored/conceded.

Maxime was the last player to score for the away team. Sochaux haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes. Sochaux have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Maxence Andre Prevot. It's been 262 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.

Sochaux delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Paris (placed 10th) in their previous match. Ndiaye got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Ndiaye hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 50 successful passes (of 52 total).

A 0-0 draw at Auxerre's stadium before that.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Grenoble Foot 38 wins - draws - Sochaux wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Sochaux missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 Sochaux
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 2
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Grenoble Foot 38 Last season Sochaux
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 40
12 7   Won W   10 20
8 5   Drew D   6 12
18 7   Lost L   5 8
32 21   Scored S   27 49
44 21   Conceded C   21 35
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   81% 88%
55% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 57%
32% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 35%
16% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 22%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 8%
32% 42%   BTTS BTTS   52% 48%
37% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 40%
42% 32%   Failed to Score F T   29% 25%
 
3.8 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.2
4.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.1
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
7 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
6.9 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.3
2.7 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
32% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 32%
 
10.9 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 8
4.3 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Laval 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Dijon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Niort 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Paris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Rodez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Sochaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Nimes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
20 Saint-Etienne 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 -3
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 Toulouse 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nimes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

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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.