Delightful dogfight as daring Grenoble Foot 38 duels with determined Sochaux

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

Grenoble Foot 38 perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Sochaux can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Insights:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sochaux have the most points (26) away in Ligue 2

It's no vacation for neither Grenoble nor Sochaux as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Grenoble are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Sochaux are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 16 Ligue 2 games here at Stade des Alpes for Grenoble Foot 38. The data says 10 wins, 6 draws and 0 losses.

An away draw last time out for Grenoble, facing Dunkerque in a game that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Caen in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grenoble Foot 38 handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, seven draws and three defeats.

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

Grenoble have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade des Alpes with 31 goals in 16 league matches. Grenoble have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sochaux form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (26) away in Ligue 2, are W6-D8-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Sochaux delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Pau (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Ligue 2 game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Nancy that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Sochaux have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were one victory, three draws and five defeats.

After this away game Sochaux return home for a Ligue 2 game against Caen. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Sochaux are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Sochaux - Grenoble 1-1. Grenoble-Sochaux H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Grenoble Foot 38 two wins, Sochaux three wins, three draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SochauxG. Weissbeck
G. Weissbeck
10 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Djitte
M. Djitte
8 goals
SochauxC. Bedia
C. Bedia
8 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Sochaux missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grenoble Foot 38 Sochaux
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
16 10 4 Won W 1 6 11
10 6 1 Drew D 2 8 15
7 0 0 Lost L 1 2 7
45 31 7 Scored S 3 20 41
29 12 1 Conceded C 2 9 28
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 62% 73%
73% 81% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 64%
33% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 33%
15% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 21%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
42% 50% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 45%
39% 50% 80% Clean Sheets C S 75% 56% 45%
27% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
8.8 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.4 8.2
3.8 4.3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.4
36% 45% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 41% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Sochaux have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the most clean sheets (9) away in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the most points (26) away in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the the best goal difference (+11) 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 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 32 10 10 12 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 16 4 3 9 14 23 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 33 7 10 16 35 57 17 6 2 9 19 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 31
20 Châteauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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 Troyes 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 32 10 10 12 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 16 4 3 9 14 23 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 33 7 10 16 35 57 17 6 2 9 19 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 31
20 Châteauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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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.