Ligue 2: Nancy - Sochaux match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Nancy have fought quite a few losing battles for points this league season. Will the team get a victory when Sochaux come to visit Stade Marcel-Picot?

Insights:
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nancy form and stats

With {1 Ligue 2 wins}, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Nancy are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The fans are hoping that Nancy will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Ajaccio (placed 3rd). Ogou Akichi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Akichi hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guingamp in a game that was won 2-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nancy here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Nancy with 12 goals conceded in these matches.

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Sochaux form and stats

Sochaux's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sochaux collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Ligue 2. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sochaux, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Sochaux's last game was the home draw against Quevilly Rouen (1-1). Midfielder Ousseynou Thioune was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.11. Thioune hit two key passes and had 83 successful passes (of 98 total).

Prior to that result Sochaux won their away game at Rodez. The scoreline was 1-0.

Sochaux have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Sochaux are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

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

Nancy missing players

Sochaux missing players

Nancy Sochaux
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 1 6 13
1 1 0 Won W 0 4 8
5 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
7 3 2 Lost L 0 1 2
9 5 2 Scored S 0 8 14
23 12 9 Conceded C 0 4 7
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 85%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 46%
38% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 23%
23% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 8%
15% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 31%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 54%
38% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 31%
 
4.6 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.5 4.6
4.4 4.2 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.5 3.5
1.8 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.7 2.2
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.7 8.6
3.2 3.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.4
22% 23% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nancy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nancy haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 13 8 4 1 30 11 6 4 1 1 16 6 7 4 3 0 14 5 19 28
2 Sochaux 13 8 3 2 14 7 7 4 2 1 6 3 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 27
3 Ajaccio 13 7 4 2 16 7 7 5 1 1 9 2 6 2 3 1 7 5 9 25
4 Le Havre 13 6 6 1 14 7 7 4 2 1 8 4 6 2 4 0 6 3 7 24
5 Auxerre 12 5 5 2 18 13 6 3 2 1 11 4 6 2 3 1 7 9 5 20
6 Paris 13 5 3 5 16 15 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 3 0 4 8 9 1 18
7 Niort 13 5 3 5 13 12 6 3 1 2 7 4 7 2 2 3 6 8 1 18
8 Pau 13 5 3 5 13 12 7 4 1 2 9 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 1 18
9 Guingamp 13 4 5 4 14 15 6 2 2 2 8 8 7 2 3 2 6 7 -1 17
10 Caen 13 4 4 5 16 15 7 2 1 4 10 9 6 2 3 1 6 6 1 16
11 Rodez 13 4 4 5 13 15 6 1 3 2 4 6 7 3 1 3 9 9 -2 16
12 Quevilly Rouen 13 4 4 5 13 16 6 1 2 3 5 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 -3 16
13 Dijon 13 5 1 7 14 19 7 3 1 3 9 10 6 2 0 4 5 9 -5 16
14 Grenoble Foot 38 13 4 3 6 13 18 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 0 2 4 2 10 -5 15
15 Valenciennes 13 4 3 6 11 20 6 1 1 4 5 13 7 3 2 2 6 7 -9 15
16 Nîmes 13 3 5 5 15 17 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 2 2 3 10 10 -2 14
17 Dunkerque 13 3 4 6 13 17 7 1 3 3 5 8 6 2 1 3 8 9 -4 13
18 Amiens SC 13 2 6 5 14 16 7 1 3 3 7 8 6 1 3 2 7 8 -2 12
19 Bastia 12 2 5 5 9 13 6 1 5 0 5 3 6 1 0 5 4 10 -4 11
20 Nancy 13 1 5 7 9 23 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 0 3 4 4 11 -14 8

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.