Sochaux vs Clermont: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 08.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Bonal (20005 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Sochaux have their presumed home advantage while Clermont are ahead 6 points in the Ligue 2 table.

Insights:
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligue 2

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sochaux and Clermont.

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Sochaux form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Sochaux so far this season.

Sochaux's last game was hosting Dunkerque (placed 14th) and winning 1-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Caen and winning 4-1.

A decent goal production from Sochaux in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. Sochaux's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Clermont form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Clermont, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligue 2, playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Clermont goalkeeper Arthur Desmas is eager to challenge this, with his 193 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Jodel Dossou, Mohamed Bayo and Cedric Hountondji scored in Clermont's previous match, the home game against Grenoble Foot 38 that ended 3-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Châteauroux with the score of 1-0.

Clermont are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Clermont as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sochaux victories, two draws and three Clermont wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClermontM. Bayo
M. Bayo
9 goals
SochauxG. Weissbeck
G. Weissbeck
8 goals
SochauxB. Lasme
B. Lasme
6 goals

Sochaux missing players

Clermont missing players

Sochaux Clermont
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 18
6 4 1 Won W 1 4 9
9 3 1 Drew D 2 3 6
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
25 17 3 Scored S 4 10 25
17 13 2 Conceded C 3 5 10
72% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 83%
67% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 61%
39% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 22% 33%
28% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 11%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 28%
44% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 44% 56%
33% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.4
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.1 8.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11 11.2
3.2 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.3 5.1
44% 53% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 26% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Clermont has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont has the most clean sheets (10) in Ligue 2
  • Clermont have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sochaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sochaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Troyes 18 11 4 3 27 14 9 7 2 0 15 5 9 4 2 3 12 9 13 37
2 Toulouse 18 10 5 3 35 21 10 5 3 2 19 13 8 5 2 1 16 8 14 35
3 Grenoble Foot 38 18 10 4 4 25 13 8 7 1 0 18 4 10 3 3 4 7 9 12 34
4 Clermont 18 9 6 3 25 10 9 5 3 1 15 5 9 4 3 2 10 5 15 33
5 Auxerre 18 9 5 4 35 20 10 6 2 2 23 9 8 3 3 2 12 11 15 32
6 Paris 18 9 4 5 25 19 9 5 2 2 12 9 9 4 2 3 13 10 6 31
7 Sochaux 18 6 9 3 25 17 9 4 3 2 17 13 9 2 6 1 8 4 8 27
8 Caen 18 7 6 5 18 19 9 4 4 1 8 7 9 3 2 4 10 12 -1 27
9 Niort 17 7 4 6 20 24 8 4 3 1 11 5 9 3 1 5 9 19 -4 25
10 Amiens SC 18 6 6 6 16 14 9 3 4 2 6 5 9 3 2 4 10 9 2 24
11 Le Havre 18 6 5 7 17 23 8 2 4 2 6 6 10 4 1 5 11 17 -6 23
12 Valenciennes 17 5 6 6 20 22 9 3 3 3 10 10 8 2 3 3 10 12 -2 21
13 Ajaccio 18 5 6 7 15 22 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 2 3 4 7 13 -7 21
14 Dunkerque 18 6 2 10 15 21 9 3 2 4 9 9 9 3 0 6 6 12 -6 20
15 Nancy 18 4 5 9 22 28 8 2 3 3 14 16 10 2 2 6 8 12 -6 17
16 Guingamp 18 3 8 7 18 24 9 2 4 3 10 11 9 1 4 4 8 13 -6 17
17 Chambly 18 3 7 8 18 28 10 3 1 6 9 14 8 0 6 2 9 14 -10 16
18 Rodez 18 2 9 7 15 26 10 2 4 4 9 13 8 0 5 3 6 13 -11 15
19 Pau 18 3 5 10 14 27 8 2 3 3 7 9 10 1 2 7 7 18 -13 14
20 Châteauroux 18 3 4 11 12 25 9 2 1 6 6 13 9 1 3 5 6 12 -13 13

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.