Sochaux have performed excellent football this season, proven by 4th position in the table. Bastia can look both up and down from the 11th place.
- Sochaux have the most points from losing position (10) in Ligue 2
- Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Bastia when visiting Sochaux as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
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.
Sochaux form and stats
Sochaux have performed here at Stade Auguste-Bonal this season with 4 wins from 7 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
No payout for Sochaux in their previous match, an away game at Annecy that ended in defeat 1-2. The first loss after collecting points in three league fixtures. Midfielder Doumbia was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Doumbia hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that fixture, a home victory against Hombourg-Haut in the Coupe de France. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sochaux handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this team has had three or more goals.
Sochaux are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Auguste-Bonal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Bastia form and stats
Playing away, Bastia have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Paris with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Palun was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Palun hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.
Before that, 0-0 away against Prix-les-Mezieres in the Coupe de France. Bastia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league matches have contained two or less goals.
Bastia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Bastia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Sochaux have won at least one point in the last 6 fixtures (2-4-0) versus Bastia.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 7 goals |  M. Doumbia 4 goals |  G. Weissbeck 3 goals |
Sochaux missing players
Bastia missing players
| Sochaux | Bastia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 86% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 64% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 21% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 21% |
| 7% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.8 | 11.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.8 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 33% | 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 33% | 27% |
| 10.1 | 9.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.7 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
- Bastia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bastia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sochaux have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sochaux have the most points from losing position (10) in Ligue 2
- Sochaux have the most scored goals (14) at home 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Valenciennes | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Caen | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Paris | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Pau | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Bastia | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Laval | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Metz | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Annecy | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Nîmes | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Dijon | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Rodez | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 | Niort | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
