Lorient vs Sochaux betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 10.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18970 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir clash with Sochaux, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 2 table.

Lorient have less rest than Sochaux in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 2 game only four days ago.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Sochaux's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Sochaux have performed like this: Played one match resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 1-2 (scored/conceded). Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Lorient form and stats

When playing at home, Lorient have managed 8 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games.

The home team returns to Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir after sharing the points with Niort on their last time out; the Ligue 2 game ended 2-2. In the match before that, Lorient hosted Auxerre and drew the game 2-2.

The Lorient fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 25 in 18 matches. On the other hand, Lorient have conceded 19 goals.

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Sochaux form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sochaux, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Ligue 2, so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

The manager O. Daf was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. Sochaux suffered a 1-2 loss to Red Star. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Gazélec Ajaccio.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sochaux as they have only managed to score 11 times from 18 away games. As opposed to that, Sochaux have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sochaux - Lorient 1-0. Lorient-Sochaux H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lorient 4 wins, Sochaux 3 wins, 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

P. Hamel
17 goals / 2 assists
A. Claude Maurice
14 goals / 2 assists
Y. Wissa
5 goals / 3 assists

Lorient missing players

Sochaux missing players

Lorient Sochaux
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played 5 18 36
16 8 5 Won 1 4 10
11 7 0 Drew 2 4 7
9 3 1 Lost 2 10 19
48 25 13 Scored 3 11 24
39 19 5 Conceded 5 20 42
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 80% 83% 83%
64% 67% 67% Over 1.5 60% 44% 47%
53% 56% 67% Over 2.5 20% 22% 31%
31% 33% 50% Over 3.5 0% 11% 14%
8% 6% 17% Over 4.5 0% 11% 8%
53% 61% 67% BTTS 40% 22% 25%
33% 28% 17% Clean Sheets 20% 28% 36%
28% 28% 17% Failed To Score 60% 67% 56%
 
4.3 5.1 5.8 Corners For (avg) 5.6 5.1 5.1
4.2 3.9 2.3 Corners Against (avg) 5.2 4.9 4.5
2.4 2.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 2.1 2.2
3 2 2 Red Cards 1 3 7
Key stats this season:
  • Lorient is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Lorient
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 1 Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
16-03-19 L2 Lorient 1 - 1 Brest
31-03-19 L2 Metz 2 - 1 Lorient
05-04-19 L2 Lorient 3 - 1 Béziers
15-04-19 L2 Paris 2 - 2 Lorient
19-04-19 L2 Lorient 0 - 3 Troyes
23-04-19 L2 Lens 0 - 1 Lorient
29-04-19 L2 Lorient 2 - 2 Auxerre
06-05-19 L2 Niort 2 - 2 Lorient
10-05-19 L2 Lorient 18:45 Sochaux
17-05-19 L2 Le Havre - Lorient
Sochaux
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-03-19 L2 Sochaux 0 - 0 Troyes
29-03-19 L2 Niort 0 - 1 Sochaux
05-04-19 L2 Sochaux 1 - 0 Paris
12-04-19 L2 Sochaux 1 - 3 Le Havre
19-04-19 L2 Auxerre 1 - 0 Sochaux
23-04-19 L2 Sochaux 0 - 0 Châteauroux
26-04-19 L2 Gazélec Ajaccio 0 - 2 Sochaux
03-05-19 L2 Sochaux 1 - 2 Red Star
10-05-19 L2 Lorient 18:45 Sochaux
17-05-19 L2 Sochaux - Grenoble Foot 38

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Metz 36 23 9 4 59 22 18 12 3 3 33 11 18 11 6 1 26 11 37 78
2 Brest 36 20 11 5 61 34 18 12 4 2 35 16 18 8 7 3 26 18 27 71
3 Troyes 36 20 7 9 47 26 18 12 0 6 25 15 18 8 7 3 22 11 21 67
4 Paris 36 15 14 7 34 22 18 9 8 1 21 6 18 6 6 6 13 16 12 59
5 Lorient 36 16 11 9 48 39 18 8 7 3 25 19 18 8 4 6 23 20 9 59
6 Lens 36 16 9 11 42 26 18 10 5 3 25 7 18 6 4 8 17 19 16 57
7 Le Havre 36 13 15 8 43 36 18 8 8 2 30 23 18 5 7 6 13 13 7 54
8 Orléans 36 15 6 15 49 48 18 7 4 7 21 21 18 8 2 8 28 27 1 51
9 Grenoble Foot 38 36 13 10 13 42 44 18 8 4 6 19 18 18 5 6 7 23 26 -2 49
10 Clermont 36 11 14 11 40 31 18 5 9 4 20 15 18 6 5 7 20 16 9 47
11 Niort 36 10 14 12 33 38 18 5 9 4 18 17 18 5 5 8 15 21 -5 44
12 Châteauroux 36 10 14 12 33 39 18 5 7 6 18 20 18 5 7 6 15 19 -6 44
13 Auxerre 36 10 9 17 33 35 18 6 5 7 16 14 18 4 4 10 17 21 -2 39
14 Valenciennes 36 10 9 17 50 60 18 6 4 8 30 32 18 4 5 9 20 28 -10 39
15 Nancy 36 11 6 19 35 47 18 6 2 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 20 25 -12 39
16 Ajaccio 36 9 12 15 29 43 18 6 7 5 18 17 18 3 5 10 11 26 -14 39
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 36 9 12 15 29 51 18 5 4 9 12 24 18 4 8 6 17 27 -22 39
18 Sochaux 36 10 7 19 24 42 18 6 3 9 13 22 18 4 4 10 11 20 -18 37
19 Béziers 36 8 10 18 30 50 18 2 9 7 10 19 18 6 1 11 20 31 -20 34
20 Red Star 36 7 9 20 28 56 18 5 2 11 15 32 18 2 7 9 13 24 -28 30

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