Ligue 2 game preview and numbers: Guingamp meet Sochaux

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 21.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Sochaux will not ask for any pleasantries from hosts Guingamp in this Ligue 2 fixture. Here's the full match preview!

Insights:
  • Guingamp have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals away as Guingamp have scored home.

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Sochaux have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Guingamp form and stats

Guingamp have played three Ligue 2 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Guingamp are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Niort. El-Hadji Ba (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.23/10. Ba had 49 successful passes (of 61 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Paris and winning 1-0.

There will be little rest for Guingamp after this match as they are travelling to Quevilly Rouen for a Ligue 2 game in only three days.

Guingamp have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Guingamp have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Sochaux form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sochaux playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Sochaux go into this game after a win, the home game against Paris that ended 2-0. Gaetan Weissbeck got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Weissbeck .

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Ajaccio's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Auxerre in just three days.

Sochaux find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Sochaux as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the former six meetings): Guingamp won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Sochaux got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four

Top Goalscorers

SochauxG. Weissbeck
G. Weissbeck
3 goals
SochauxA. Kalulu Kyatengwa
A. Kalulu Kyatengwa
3 goals
SochauxA. Virginius
A. Virginius
2 goals

Guingamp missing players

Sochaux missing players

Guingamp Sochaux
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 8
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 2 1 Scored S 2 5 9
7 4 1 Conceded C 1 3 5
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
62% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 25%
38% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 50%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 38%
 
5.6 9.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 5.1
4.6 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 3.9
2.1 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.1 6.3 5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.5 9.8
2.1 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.5
29% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Guingamp's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Guingamp have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligue 2
  • Guingamp have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Guingamp have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Guingamp have yet to win a game at home.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals away as Guingamp have scored 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 Toulouse 8 6 2 0 18 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 3 1 0 10 3 12 20
2 Ajaccio 8 5 3 0 12 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 4 1 3 0 5 3 8 18
3 Sochaux 8 5 1 2 9 5 4 3 0 1 4 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 16
4 Auxerre 8 4 3 1 15 5 4 2 1 1 8 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 10 15
5 Pau 8 4 2 2 9 5 5 3 1 1 7 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 14
6 Nîmes 8 3 4 1 12 7 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 7 3 5 13
7 Paris 8 4 1 3 10 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 13
8 Rodez 8 3 3 2 9 10 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 6 6 -1 12
9 Caen 8 3 2 3 9 7 4 2 0 2 7 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 11
10 Le Havre 8 2 5 1 7 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 2 11
11 Quevilly Rouen 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 2 1 1 6 5 0 11
12 Niort 8 3 2 3 6 8 4 2 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 3 7 -2 11
13 Guingamp 8 2 4 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 5 2 2 1 3 3 -2 10
14 Bastia 8 1 4 3 6 9 4 0 4 0 3 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 7
15 Dijon 8 2 1 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 8 9 3 0 0 3 2 6 -5 7
16 Grenoble Foot 38 8 2 1 5 5 14 4 2 1 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 1 9 -9 7
17 Amiens SC 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 4 1 2 1 6 6 -4 6
18 Valenciennes 8 1 3 4 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 9 4 1 2 1 3 3 -7 6
19 Dunkerque 8 0 3 5 5 12 4 0 2 2 2 5 4 0 1 3 3 7 -7 3
20 Nancy 8 0 3 5 4 14 4 0 1 3 2 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 -10 3

Read more about Ligue 2

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.