Match preview: 12 points are the diference between the squads ahead of this match, Sochaux having done best. Will Saint-Étienne pull off a surprise?
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sochaux have the most points from losing position (10) in Ligue 2
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Saint-Étienne so far this season.
The Saint-Étienne goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 253 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.
Saint-Étienne enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Niort's place. The match ended 1-0 with Charbonnier scoring. Saint-Étienne goalkeeper Larsonneur did an outstanding job against Niort with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Larsonneur, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.41 out of 10 in that game. Larsonneur topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Laval in a game that was won 1-0.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 Saint-Étienne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Saint-Étienne after this match as they are travelling to Bastia for a Ligue 2 game in only three days.
Saint-Étienne has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Saint-Étienne defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Saint-Étienne hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Niort, Rodez, Pau, Nimes, Laval and Dijon), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Sochaux form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. It's a growing despair in Sochaux as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Sochaux failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Caen (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfield player Doumbia was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Doumbia scored one goal and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Le Havre before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Sochaux in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sochaux, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sochaux are hosting Valenciennes in the Ligue 2 only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sochaux have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met previously this season: Sochaux - Saint-Étienne 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saint-Étienne four wins, one draw and Sochaux five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 8 goals |  M. Doumbia 5 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Sochaux missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Sochaux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 31 | 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 58% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 37% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 16% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 58% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 37% |
| 16% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 11.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10 | 10.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 29% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 29% |
| 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sochaux have the most points from losing position (10) 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 | Le Havre | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Metz | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Caen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Bastia | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Paris | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Quevilly Rouen | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Annecy | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Laval | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Pau | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 16 | Dijon | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 17 | Rodez | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 18 |
| 19 | Niort | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 17 |
| 20 | Nimes | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
