Ligue 2: Paris - Sochaux pre-match thoughts and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charléty (20000 seats)

The two participants are satisfied with a good season so far and occasions like this one could be momentous. Read up on Paris - Sochaux!

Insights:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sochaux have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2

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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Paris form and stats

Paris have performed here at Stade Charléty this season with 7 wins from 12 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. Paris has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Pau defeat 132 days ago.

Paris travelled for their previous game, a trip to Guingamp that ended 1-1. Gory (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Gory hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Quevilly Rouen in a game that was won 3-0.

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 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost four.

A decent goal production from Paris in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Paris have conceded only 8 goals.

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Sochaux form and stats

6-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sochaux in their Ligue 2 matches away.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Ajaccio with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Lopy was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Lopy hit one key pass and won 5 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Grenoble Foot 38 with the score of 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Sochaux in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sochaux, five draws and five defeats.

Sochaux have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Sochaux as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams encountered each other earlier this season: Sochaux - Paris 2-0. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Paris won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Sochaux got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
10 goals
SochauxA. Kalulu Kyatengwa
A. Kalulu Kyatengwa
6 goals
SochauxG. Weissbeck
G. Weissbeck
5 goals

Paris missing players

Sochaux missing players

Paris Sochaux
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
14 7 1 Won W 1 6 12
6 4 3 Drew D 0 4 8
5 1 0 Lost L 2 2 5
36 18 7 Scored S 2 15 28
21 8 5 Conceded C 5 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 84%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 52%
36% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 32%
20% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 20%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 8%
44% 42% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 44%
40% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 40%
16% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 32%
 
4.6 5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 5.6
4.4 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 4.8 4.1
1.4 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.3 9 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.3 9.1
4.5 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.8
32% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 37% 29%
 
8.2 8 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 9.2 7.1
3.2 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.2 2.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sochaux have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Ligue 2
  • Sochaux have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2

  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 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 25 14 6 5 36 21 12 7 4 1 18 8 13 7 2 4 18 13 15 48
3 Ajaccio 25 13 6 6 22 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 13 6 3 4 11 10 9 45
4 Sochaux 25 12 8 5 28 21 13 6 4 3 13 10 12 6 4 2 15 11 7 44
5 Auxerre 25 11 9 5 37 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 13 6 5 2 15 14 10 42
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 25 10 5 10 28 26 12 6 2 4 15 9 13 4 3 6 13 17 2 35
8 Nîmes 25 10 5 10 32 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 5 2 5 16 16 0 35
9 Pau 25 10 5 10 27 28 13 8 1 4 18 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -1 35
10 Guingamp 25 7 10 8 27 33 12 4 5 3 17 16 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 31
11 Amiens SC 25 6 12 7 31 24 13 5 4 4 20 11 12 1 8 3 11 13 7 30
12 Dijon 25 9 3 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 4 1 7 13 17 -5 30
13 Rodez 25 7 9 9 21 26 12 3 6 3 9 9 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 30
14 Caen 25 7 8 10 31 28 13 5 1 7 18 13 12 2 7 3 13 15 3 29
15 Bastia 25 6 11 8 25 24 13 3 10 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 29
16 Quevilly Rouen 25 7 8 10 23 34 12 3 6 3 12 14 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 29
17 Valenciennes 25 6 9 10 25 35 12 3 2 7 16 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 -10 27
18 Grenoble Foot 38 25 7 4 14 20 34 12 6 1 5 15 14 13 1 3 9 5 20 -14 25
19 Dunkerque 25 6 6 13 19 31 13 3 5 5 9 12 12 3 1 8 10 19 -12 24
20 Nancy 25 4 8 13 21 46 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -25 20

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.