Ligue 2: Two contenders in reasonably good shape get together for this fixture. Sochaux might have a wee edge with their 5th spot in the league table?
- Niort is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Niort 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.
Niort form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Niort have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games. It's trouble wherever Niort are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Niort haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 464 minutes ago. Sissoko scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Desabre led his Niort to a defeat away at Paris. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade René Gaillard. Midfielder Zemzemi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Zemzemi hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Ajaccio that was lost 0-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Quevilly Rouen are coming to town in four days.
Niort are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Niort are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.
Sochaux form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Sochaux have produced an overall stat of 6-4-4 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sochaux are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Sochaux are travelling again after losing away to Auxerre in their previous match (2-3). Midfielder Mauricio was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Mauricio scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 29 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Guingamp.After this away game Sochaux return home for a Ligue 2 game against Rodez. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sochaux have scored 18 goals in 14 league games away. As opposed to that, Sochaux have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Niort and Sochaux have met already this season: Sochaux - Niort 1-0. Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Niort won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Sochaux managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 6 goals |   A. Kalulu Kyatengwa 6 goals |  B. Boutobba 5 goals |
Niort missing players
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| Niort | Sochaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 32 |
| 30 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| 86% | 85% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 79% | 86% |
| 61% | 54% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 57% | 54% |
| 39% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 57% | 36% |
| 18% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 43% | 25% |
| 4% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 29% | 23% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 46% |
| 36% | 46% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 39% |
| 50% | 46% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 29% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.9 | 8.8 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 30% |
| 8.5 | 8.5 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.4 | 7.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
- Niort is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- 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 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 | Paris | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 55 |
| 3 | Auxerre | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 51 |
| 4 | Ajaccio | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 47 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Nîmes | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 39 |
| 8 | Pau | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Amiens SC | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 10 | Caen | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Niort | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | Dijon | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Bastia | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 32 |
| 16 | Rodez | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 31 |
| 17 | Dunkerque | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 30 |
| 18 | Quevilly Rouen | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -14 | 30 |
| 19 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 29 |
| 20 | Nancy | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 20 |
