Ligue 2 match preview and facts: Paris fight Sochaux

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charléty (20000 seats)

There's been seven sleeps since Paris fought Rodez and the scoreline was 0-0. Can they get the points versus Sochaux?

Insights:
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This promises to be an interesting game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Paris form and stats

The Ligue 2 results playing at home this season for Paris are 6-3-8 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Paris after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Paris, as their goalkeeper Vincent De Marconnay has completely shut out the opponents for 252 minutes in the Ligue 2.

Paris shared the glory with Rodez in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Bernauer was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Bernauer hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Grenoble Foot 38.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Paris have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Paris has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Paris's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sochaux form and stats

6-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sochaux in their Ligue 2 matches away. With the Sochaux losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Doumbia was the last player to score for the away team. Sochaux haven't scored a league goal in the last 275 minutes.

Sochaux's previous game was their home loss versus Guingamp (0-1). Couto got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Couto hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Sochaux in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sochaux, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Sochaux have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Sochaux in these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other already this season, with the match result Sochaux - Paris 0-0 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Paris victories, four draws and three Sochaux wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
14 goals
SochauxI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
12 goals
SochauxM. Doumbia
M. Doumbia
11 goals

Paris missing players

Sochaux missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Sochaux
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
13 6 0 Won W 3 6 15
9 3 2 Drew D 1 3 7
13 8 3 Lost L 2 8 13
41 21 3 Scored S 7 21 52
41 21 9 Conceded C 6 18 35
83% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 89%
63% 65% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 65% 66%
49% 59% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 59% 54%
17% 18% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 23%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 14%
49% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 49%
40% 35% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 35% 34%
29% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 29%
 
4.2 4.7 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 4.7
4.9 5.3 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 4.2
1.6 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
6 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.7 10.6 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.1 11.5
3.9 4.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 4.6
30% 28% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 32%
 
8.7 9.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.2 10.9
3.5 3.9 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Le Havre 34 19 14 1 44 15 17 10 7 0 22 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 29 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Étienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
16 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
17 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
18 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
19 Nîmes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 27

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 Le Havre 34 19 14 1 44 15 17 10 7 0 22 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 29 71
2 Bordeaux 35 19 9 7 48 26 17 11 4 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 22 66
3 Metz 35 18 11 6 56 30 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 9 4 4 31 17 26 65
4 Bastia 35 16 8 11 43 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 17 5 5 7 18 25 4 56
5 Caen 35 15 10 10 47 39 18 11 5 2 31 15 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 55
6 Sochaux 35 15 7 13 52 35 18 9 4 5 31 17 17 6 3 8 21 18 17 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 35 14 8 13 32 32 17 9 4 4 18 13 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 50
8 Quevilly Rouen 35 12 13 10 41 39 18 6 9 3 27 21 17 6 4 7 14 18 2 49
9 Guingamp 35 13 9 13 46 45 17 6 3 8 23 23 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 48
10 Paris 35 13 9 13 41 41 17 6 3 8 21 21 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 48
11 Saint-Étienne 35 13 10 12 55 53 17 8 4 5 28 25 18 5 6 7 27 28 2 46
12 Amiens SC 35 12 8 15 35 46 17 8 3 6 18 17 18 4 5 9 17 29 -11 44
13 Rodez 35 10 12 13 35 40 18 4 7 7 16 24 17 6 5 6 19 16 -5 42
14 Pau 35 10 11 14 34 44 17 5 6 6 17 21 18 5 5 8 17 23 -10 41
15 Laval 35 12 4 19 40 52 18 8 2 8 25 24 17 4 2 11 15 28 -12 40
16 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
17 Dijon 35 9 11 15 35 40 18 7 6 5 20 16 17 2 5 10 15 24 -5 38
18 Annecy 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 7 4 6 16 18 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 38
19 Nîmes 35 9 6 20 40 57 17 8 2 7 23 20 18 1 4 13 17 37 -17 33
20 Niort 35 7 6 22 30 60 17 5 2 10 19 31 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 27

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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.